My character was in a trance-like state and trying to walk away towards some distant, unseen voice. A simple slap didn't snap him out of it, so the party tied him down while they thought of a plan.
That Guy kicked my character in the face at full force with an armored boot while my character was tied down and on the floor.
It was enough to warrant an attack roll. Our DM has a boner for grittiness, so we use an awfully lethal system. That Guy's roll was shit, so my character just ended up with moderate penalties to everything for a few days.
What is an appropriate and measured response?
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Hudson Walker
Get healed up. Pretend it didn't affect you emotionally. Then, once he needs healing/to be lifted up from the edge of a cliff, go all Scar from Lion King on him. "Long live the king."
Nathaniel Campbell
>woke.gif /pol/ pls go
James Edwards
Kill him, eat his flesh, wear his skin. Stick his head on a spike and use it as a ventriloquist dummy. Not his character. Do it IRL.
Angel Brown
Shove your tongue down their throat irl.
Jace Evans
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Benjamin Reyes
It's hard to respond to people who are too socially inept to understand what sort of response is proportional in any given situation.
If he thought kicking you in the face was a perfectly normal and rational attempt to resolve the situation, there's no telling what he'll do when you get in his face about it.
Jason Gutierrez
This is legitimately the most rational point I’ve ever seen on Veeky Forums
Jordan James
Solution, remove his face.
Cooper Carter
You were mind controlled, he tried to help. Don't complain about how people try to fix your fuckups.
Tyler Powell
>hurr durr I blame players when they fail saves You're the kind of inept moron that shouldn't play games with random number generators.
Jaxson Lopez
You call your GM a wanker for being such a shitbird.
Kayden Bailey
Should a decent GM moderate his players when they behave like antisocial retards?
I'm a firm believer in letting the players do whatever they want. If it's stupid, they'll just have to face the consequences.
Blake Thomas
"I did nothing wrong, it's everyone else fault that I was vulnerable to mind control"
Eli Roberts
>Should a decent GM moderate his players when they behave like antisocial retards? Yes. Yes, of course he should. Part of the GM's job is to make sure the game is enjoyable for everyone. Part of making a game enjoyable is punishing antisocial retards and training them to not be antisocial and retarded.
John Sanchez
The only way to be invulnerable to mind control is to cheat on die rolls.
That's a hard no on my part.
John Jackson
>Part of the GM's job is to make sure the game is enjoyable for everyone. That's part of the players' job, too. If they can't be arsed, I see no problem with the GM leaning back and letting basic group dynamics take care of the punishment.
Dylan Smith
It's the group's "job" overall, and the GM is very much a part of the group. And yes, the GM should absolutely be taking a little more responsibility than the other members when mediating player actions, of all things.
James Cook
We started off so strong And ended back in darkness
Alexander Lee
Shon-chan doesn't count as CP, right? I mean, it's basically two "U" shapes, and done for comedy.
Comedy dinkie.
Luis Hernandez
This is OP.
For reference, what I actually did was laugh, tell him plainly that this was a retarded thing to do, and drop solid gold clangers for the rest of the session.
"Hey, this door is locked. Better kick someone in the face." "I want to climb that wall. Who do I need to kick in the face to do that?" "Oh, you're hungry? Have you tried kicking anyone in the face?"
I'm the best.
Easton Hall
I can't see how he used a kick and not a slap, it's the most traditional thing to do when somebody is acting weird, a bucket of water is a good choice too, what would your GM do? roll for a water elemental attack? saving throw from choking?
Dylan Wood
>There is mind control in the setting >Don't have any magic, skills, abilities or items to resist it.
You didn't buy an umbrella and you got wet. It happens. Don't be a pussy about it.
Brody Cox
They tried slapping him and it didn't work.
Jordan Taylor
I had both protective items and a save of my own, friendo. Sometimes the dice just fuck you.
Joseph Johnson
Whenever you get the chance, kick him in the dick, but this time make it actually useful for the scenario (get creative) so you can show how really retarded he is.
Or murder him in his sleep
Blake Collins
>It was enough to warrant an attack roll. I fucking hate that shit, just like when you get critical hit with a punch that wasn't done with the intent to kill and you end up killing somebody anyway just because it happened irl
Nolan Cruz
None, you were in a trance, reacting to the kick is metagaming
Nathaniel King
You don't ask any critical questions when you randomly wake up with a broken nose?
Easton Diaz
I don't necessarily have a massive boner for realism, but I think it's better to treat violence like what it is; potentially life-threatening even if it's just a punch. People don't understand how easy or hard it can be to kill someone.
William Martinez
But did it work?
Carter Russell
Drawings aren't CP.
John Sullivan
Think again
Jack Sullivan
Oh, sweet summer child. I hope you never play with an old school dm. A max roll means you only resisted for so long, while negating it only means the means to do so burn out the next round.
Christian Sullivan
Drawings aren't CP.
Jace Green
Boy, I sure am glad those days are over and gone.
Brayden Wright
The last old school DM hasn't died yet.
Nathaniel Mitchell
Punch the player.
Jose Brooks
The last WWI veteran only died in 2012 but that doesn't mean the war lasted for 98 years.
Liam Butler
I have a similar story.
>That Guy's playing an elf >Has heard that it's uncomfortable for an elf to be woken up from his reverie >The party's spending the night barricaded in a tower in the middle of Bad Juju Forest >Massive Bad Juju Spiders starts reaching in through the windows to get at the party >That Guy's on watch, the party is sleeping, the other elf PC is in reverie >He wakes up the humans only >They decide this place isn't safe anymore, try to shake the other elf awake >That Guy turns away from the spiders completely and nocks an arrow at his human party members >Ends up shooting one of them for having the gall to attempt to wake up an elf >In the middle of an attack
Jacob Edwards
The last WW2 veterans held out until '74. They would have shot and killed you despite the war being officially over. And there are some voices that say we should stick WW1 and WW2 together as one big war, because the break in between was really only a rearmament for the inevitable continuation.
Jayden Butler
I'm saying that you can still run into and play with an old school DM, despite 'those days' being over.
Asher Gray
Elvish elitism at its finest.
Nathaniel Garcia
I am angry. ANGRY ABOUT ELVES.
Justin Lewis
You're an idiot, dude.
Joseph Cooper
Should've used him as a bait while the rest of the party is bailing out, preferably crippling him intentionally
Aaron Rivera
Onoda died in 2014. He's not the last WWII veteran.
Matthew Butler
Way to miss the point. Up to '74 he was actively fighting a war that was "over" to everybody else.
Joseph Smith
Another one: >The party has been framed for treason >Working undercover to prove their innocence, protect the world from devastation, and unite all people within the nation >We've split up, some of us are laying low in a brothel in the skeevy end of the nation's capital >That Guy doesn't like me because I call That Guy's character a cunt whenever he does cunty things >Decides he's gonna get me in trouble while we're making our way to our rooms for the night >DM describes some burly NPC in shiny leather BDSM gear looking around our hallway for an 'employee' >That Guy decides to volunteer me >"Shut the fuck up you cunt, we're supposed to keep a low profile." >Too late, Bubba has spotted me and is demanding service. >My character is pretty burly himself, so he tells Bubba to fuck off >Turns into a kerfuffle that draws the attention of the owner >That Guy, who had hidden in his room, picks this moment to randomly come out into the hallway and tell the owner that I was whoring myself out in his establishment >Owner is getting too old for this shit and kicks us all out into the street >I drag That Guy into an alleyway for a pointed conversation about 'laying low' >He tries to leave, but I've got a tightening grip on his collar >"Let me go or I'm calling the guards." >"We're wanted men trying to lay low, you incredible retard." >"GUARDS GUARDS I'M BEING ASSAULTED BY [my character's real name], THE WANTED FUGITIVE." >A chase ensues, but we escape from the long dick of the law and make it to the other PCs' hideout >Nice town house in a richer district, a wealthy benefactor's place
I snuck into That Guy's room at night and started beating him until four servants of the household pulled me off. He nearly died. Everyone understood. Unfortunately, we were still all in this together.
Wyatt Bennett
>some burly NPC in shiny leather BDSM gear >Bubba has spotted me and is demanding service