{"id":3275,"date":"2009-12-13T13:47:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T21:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lee.org\/blog\/?p=3275"},"modified":"2009-12-13T13:47:19","modified_gmt":"2009-12-13T21:47:19","slug":"1575-things-mr-welch-can-no-longer-do-during-an-rpg-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/13\/1575-things-mr-welch-can-no-longer-do-during-an-rpg-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"1575 things Mr. Welch can no longer do during an RPG: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the followup to 1575 things Mr. Welch can no longer do during an RPG<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t read this here. Instead read it on the author’s site<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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801. We do not settle disputes in Paper-Rock-Scissors with games of Vampire.
\n802. Fake eye spots on my helmets do not help intimidate the monster.
\n803. If my personal carried firepower exceeds that of the Battleship Texas, there’s a problem.
\n804. I cannot take the Dementia: Obsession counting things if I’m not a Malkavian.
\n805. On second thought, I can’t take it even if I am a Malkavian.
\n806. My character cannot have a noticeable impact, positive or negative, on a town’s population.
\n807. Large dice are for rolling. Not sound effects.
\n808. Covering fire does not include nuclear weapons.
\n809. I don’t earn the bonus XP for a written background if it’s just a summary of the plot to Dig-Dug.
\n810. While the party is off searching for secret doors, can’t position the slain orcs in compromising positions.
\n811. In the middle of a black ops can’t reprogram the cleaning droids to wax the floors for 12 hours straight.
\n812. I don’t have to take a lower level bard adventuring as my opening act.
\n813. Taking the orc warlord’s skull as a trophy is acceptable. Not as a hand puppet.
\n814. Sending the villain a nymph stripper only works once.
\n815. Somebody doesn’t “accidentally” fall on two dozen shanks.
\n816. The adventure wrap up is the epilogue. Not Miller Time.
\n817. Cannot challenge anyone to a dance off. To the death.
\n818. Augment their psi means their mental powers, not their air pressure.
\n819. Taking each class as I level in alphabetical order is forbidden.
\n820. Even if the rules allow it, my Paladin can’t serve the god of obituaries.
\n821. My sorcerer will not take a level in druid just to make it easier to get to the flammable stuff.
\n822. If everybody in the room is in black leather, we’re in the thieves’ guild. Not a fetish club.
\n823. Even if infinitely useful, absolute power over elastics is not an appropriate super power.
\n824. The back up trap handler is not the guy with the lowest INT.
\n825. I cannot have Bracers of Brachiation until I tell the DM what brachiation really means.
\n826. Elves do not respond to chainsaws the same ways dogs react to vacuum cleaners.
\n827. My battlemech does not play Dixie every time I hit the jump jets.
\n828. Even if the mages critically fumbles his stealth check, can’t threaten to bleed him slow.
\n829. Despite the song’s claim, a pelvic thrust does not cause Sanity loss.
\n830. Even if we are in Sweden, I can’t use one blanket seduction check on the entire crowd.
\n831. I didn’t ‘accidentally’ forget to buy any skills.
\n832. I will not run up my bar tab and then skip out leaving the DM’s super NPC to foot the bill.
\n833. Overrunning a larger army is not a glorious victory if it happened at 3AM and they were still in bed.
\n834. I will stop reminding Elminster he’s not as cool as Merlin, Gandalf or that shapechanging wizard from Krull.
\n835. I cannot lure out the Psycho Killer into an ambush by having sex with another character.
\n836. No paraphrasing the party leader’s elaborate plan as ‘pick somebody you don’t like and let them know it.’
\n837. Even if the rules allow it, I can’t take the 1st Armored Division as an ally.
\n838. Doesn’t matter how high my influence is; I still can’t make Carmen Miranda hats part of the unit’s dress code.
\n839. In the middle of a black ops no inserting a memo into the target’s computer mandating ‘clothing optional Mondays’.
\n840. Even if it would have immediately solved the last six adventures, I won’t throw dynamite in every well I come across.
\n841. No more tricking rookies into putting whoopie cushions on Lord Vader’s throne.
\n842. When handed Dieties and Demigods and told to pick a god for my druid, I will skip right by the Cthulhu Mythos.
\n843. It doesn’t matter how high his hit points or damage reduction are, we aren’t sending the dwarf into battle via catapult.
\n844. As a matter of fact, Jeopardy does screen for telepaths.
\n845. It’s not a good idea to taunt Greek heroes with “Who’s your daddy?”
\n846. Doesn’t matter if it’s an anime style game, I don’t get a bonus to hit with eyepokes.
\n847. Polymorph Mother-in-Law is not a real spell.
\n848. The Caern is not “Disneyworld as if run by coyotes”
\n849. The FBI tends to notice when people buy several miles of hamster tubing at once.
\n850. Doesn’t matter how practical, we aren’t reanimating the dead dragon and having him haul that horde back for us.
\n851. When plumbing the depths of depravity, I must remember to come up for air.
\n852. Any superhero offensive to more than two major religions is vetoed.
\n853. Even if I’m faced with yet another Get of Fenris Lupus Ahroun, I will not refer to him as CliChe Guevara.
\n854. We will not take the dead dryad with us to use as kindling.
\n855. I will not keep reincarnating that bugbear until he comes back as something we can actually eat.
\n856. A funeral is not a proper place for setting new fashion trends.
\n857. I will not disbelieve the magic mouth before he gives out the important plot information.
\n858. Even if it is hours of entertainment, can’t feed the Red Talon peanut butter.
\n859. I will concede we’re on a dungeon crawl and stop trying to talk to the monsters.
\n860. Under religion I cannot put Born Again Klingon.
\n861. I will not use undocumented zombie workers to help build my castle.
\n862. Bigby’s Offensive Finger is not a real spell.
\n863. Even if there is no alignment in Traveller, giving feuding TL1 tribes TL12 weapons and putting the results on PPV is just wrong.
\n864. My doctor’s bag will contain more than just a bonesaw and a bottle of whiskey.
\n865. I do not put the cad in decadent, nor the rave in depraved.
\n866. Even if it’s catchy, I don’t have to yell my battlecry everytime I roll to attack.
\n867. We can’t all play bards just to relive our favorite Spinal Tap moments.
\n868. I cannot have a gun with an area of affect larger than it’s range.
\n869. Richard Simmons is not an appropriate role model for a Get of Fenris.
\n870. I will not use my vast personal knowledge of Dublin, Texas to get an unfair advantage in the campaign.
\n871. My halfling cannot take the flaw Obsession: Ring of Invisibility.
\n872. Any gun that sets off the metal detector before I even pass through it is vetoed.
\n873. I will not combine Thermographic Sights and a gun that can shoot through walls. It makes Black Ops too easy.
\n874. After cleaning out Ravenloft, when it’s my turn to pick treasure, can’t call dibs on the castle.
\n875. If my superhero has a healing factor, claws, combat sense and longevity, he can’t take the flaw Total Pacifist.
\n876. If I want to play a rampaging nordic warrior and get handed a treehugging elf hippie instead, I can’t play her like a rampaging nordic warrior.
\n877. Even if I am playing a chick, I can’t spend all my starting cash on shoes.
\n878. Rifts in the time\/space continuum are not for my personal amusement.
\n879. Buying a bigger gun does not restore sanity.
\n880. Searching the dead PC for spell components is ok. Using him for spell components is not.
\n881. Any character that can run the 2 minute mile is vetoed.
\n882. I will not convince the party to name all the characters the same thing.
\n883. I do not need to see proof of insurance before making a medtech roll.
\n884. Customs doesn’t care what my charisma bonus is.
\n885. Halflings do not store food in their cheeks for winter.
\n886. Elves are not deciduous.
\n887. Despite evidence to the contrary, half-elves do not automatically go both ways.
\n888. Breast enhancing spells gain no benefits from meta-magic feats.
\n889. I will not try to regain sanity by nailing the reporter chick in public.
\n890. Dwarves do not get Roto-Rooters as racial weapons.
\n891. I will not brag too loudly I’m the real reason behind the sinking of the Titanic.
\n892. Cultists tend to notice if you’ve replaced their summoning ritual with Jitterbug instructions.
\n893. Invisibility is all or nothing, can’t just target their clothes.
\n894. I can’t just keeping buy rounds of drinks until everybody passes out so I can rob them.
\n895. I will not miss the final epic battle just because I crit my seduction check.
\n896. Polish is not a sub-dialect of gnomish.
\n897. Any action causing the powergamer to storm off while actually appreciated is frowned upon.
\n898. Healing people of other faiths gets a penalty in Deadlands. Not Serenity.
\n899. I will not have the architect build my castle using a hexadecimal base to screw with the powergamer.
\n900. I will not fill the bag of holding with dirt so we can just fill in pit traps as we detect them.
\n901. In the middle of the Black Ops a diversion is not blowing off the top twenty floors of the building.
\n902. Can’t set the bad guy on fire until after I’ve blown the persuasion roll.
\n903. If I fail to make a bluff check, can’t shoot him to change it to an intimidate check.
\n904. Not possible to fire a gun with your teeth.
\n905. Humming the James Bond theme in the middle of a Black Ops doesn’t give me any bonuses.
\n906. They make platemail in a variety of styles. Crotchless is not one of them.
\n907. Can’t use my attack bonus as a substitute for the skill: Hibachi Chef.
\n908. I can’t take Telekinesis as an auxilary mode just to get free food from the snack machine.
\n909. Dual wielding spike chains does not let me use the battlecry “DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER!”
\n910. I will not convince the entire party to play rockerboys so we can be a Europe cover band.
\n911. Can’t take a level of monk just for tone.
\n912. Droogie is not a starting language.
\n913. After casting my one first level spell, can’t leave the dungeon to go sleep.
\n914. Can’t bribe the biokinetic to take my drug test for me.
\n915. On second thought, let’s not disguise the wookies in the stormtrooper uniforms.
\n916. A runic facial tattoos is acceptable for my berserker. Not a Betty Boop.
\n917. Have one point in every single skill in the game doesn’t count as a super power.
\n918. Can’t clean out the dungeon by renting the adjacent dungeon and being as obnoxious as possible.
\n919. Goldfish do not get a bonus in a staredown.
\n920. My mech gunner can’t have a nude pinup in his cockpit. Especially if it’s of his pilot.
\n921. “But she’s hot!” is not an acceptable excuse for my Black Ops solo dating the tabloid reporter.
\n922. No matter how much we look, we’re not finding the secret door leading to the back of the villain’s hideout.
\n923. Druids do not hibernate.
\n924. Before I make my next wish I have to ask myself: “Is this going to shatter the very fabric of reality again?”
\n925. Any gun that can fire more rounds in one shot than I can physically carry is vetoed.
\n926. If given a stock NPC, I must play him as written. So Jar-Jar has to lose the sarape and the cigar.
\n927. I do not get a bulk discount at the jenny’s guild.
\n928. The Flaw: Odious Personal Habit- Teleports into romantic moments is only available at the maximum penalty.
\n929. Telekinetic Redhead Chick is not a real superhero.
\n930. Even if the rules allow it, I cannot circumnavigate the world on foot in one turn.
\n931. There are no alignment restrictions on becoming a lawyer.
\n932. Nowhere in the bible does it say ninjas have to line up in a straight line to fight me.
\n933. If escorting a high priority target, I can’t biosculpt the entire team to look like her.
\n934. Nerve gas complicates fast talk rolls.
\n935. Cannot take the shape of any animal the GM doesn’t know.
\n936. ‘The power of Christ compels me’ does not justify my Blessed’s actions.
\n937. I cannot take life insurance out on anybody I have for the enemy background.
\n938. Psychotherapy doesn’t eliminate the alignment change penalty.
\n939. Just because I’ve hit name level does not automatically give me groupies.
\n940. I will not abuse the Exemplary virtue to set up highly choreographed dance routines with random crowds.
\n941. In the middle of a black ops I cannot make an educational video.
\n942. We do not need an elf on this dungeoncrawl for the same reason miners need canaries.
\n943. I am not Bjorn of Borg.
\n944. Before accepting a harem as a reward for my heroism, need to check with the wife.
\n945. I don’t get any equipment before the GM can Google it.
\n946. If Australia doesn’t exist, I can’t use my Australian accent. Even if I am playing a space koala.
\n947. I cannot bet the powergamer he can’t field strip the grenade faster than me.
\n948. Even if the rules allow it, I can’t catch dropped cannonballs with my teeth without drawbacks.
\n949. I will not make my castle’s halls 9x9x9′ to keep out gelatinous cubes.
\n950. The ability to give superpowers to characters is acceptable. Naming the character Captain Franchise is not.
\n951. The most important stat in Call of Cthulhu is not movement.
\n952. Keifer Sutherland does not make numerous cameos in my character’s background telling him he’s destined for greatness.
\n953. No matter how high my strength, still can’t use that wall as a shield.
\n954. I will not convince the entire party to play identical copies of the same character on the grounds we’re sextuplets.
\n955. No matter his age, my bard can’t start a boy-band.
\n956. Despite the halberd being 6′ long, it can’t hit monsters more than 5′ away.
\n957. Even if it’s been more than two hours since we left the bar, the dwarf isn’t getting the DT’s.
\n958. No matter how practical, I can’t have shotgunchucks.
\n959. The town drunk is not our one stop source for all mythos happenings in every town.
\n960. I will not base my Call of Cthulhu character off the lead character in Slingblade.
\n961. Even if I am pissed for working on my birthday, in the middle of a Black Ops I will not refer to my CO only by his first name.
\n962. If I don’t have an instrument for my bardic song, an ‘air mandolin’ won’t suffice.
\n963. After critting with a cannon, we can’t dump a barrel of gunpowder over the gunner’s mate.
\n964. Elves aren’t marsupials.
\n965. Even if we’re freezing to death, I won’t cut open the half-orc and shove the elf inside him.
\n966. Using precog on the personals to find out who puts out on a first date is abusing the power.
\n967. There is no such thing as a Tequila Golem.
\n968. A paladin with a British accent is acceptable. One with a Peter Lorre accent isn’t.
\n969. When I’m allowed a bunny as a familiar, that doesn’t include Ava Fabian.
\n970. I will not make a super hero that requires a graphing calculator to create.
\n971. I cannot take the flaw Enemy: Random packs of wild dogs.
\n972. “Threesome” is not a specialty of the seduction skill.
\n973. Shotguns are not a traditional part of Texas funerals.
\n974. If short changed at the Hong Kong deli I will call the manager. Not roll for initiative.
\n975. There is something wrong with a 2nd level Kamikaze.
\n976. I was not issued a flamethrower for my own personal amusement.
\n977. Disable plot device is not a real skill.
\n978. Nowhere in the plan does Franco go in where the others have been.
\n979. Mumus do not appear in the starting equipment list for a reason.
\n980. As a matter of fact, a 90′ tall hostile pineapple is much more terrifying than a dragon.
\n981. My last wish cannot be for Ragnarok.
\n982. Trailblaze means find a path, not cut down every tree between here and there.
\n983. Elves do not take 1d3 1 minutes for their entire menstrual cycle.
\n984. In the middle of a black ops I cannot moonlight as tech support.
\n985. Even if it isn’t in the rules, I have to use the same scale miniature as everybody else.
\n986. I cannot switch miniatures between each combat.
\n987. Even if starving, can’t suckle the elf chick.
\n988. David Bowie cannot cast glitterdust at will. This issue is also closed.
\n989. When asked to describe my character, I can leave out the hickies.
\n990. Even if he botches his medicine roll, I can’t sue the medtech for malpractice.
\n991. “Kiww the Wabbit” is not a proper viking battlecry.
\n992. The rest of the party would appreciate it if I didn’t take Munchhausen Syndrome by Proxy as a flaw.
\n993. Even if the rules allow it, I can’t empty out the entire castle for a week with just a cherry bomb.
\n994. Corporate Pop Whore is not a real prestige class.
\n995. Drakkar Heartgourger is not a proper name for a paladin.
\n996. Dwarves can’t take trees as favored enemies.
\n997. I can’t beat on the drow until he admits his name is Toby.
\n998. The script for the Baywatch movie does not cause more Sanity loss than the Necronomicon.
\n999. I can’t train squirrel mobs to abuse the grapple rules.
\n1000. I will stop referring to the powergamer as MinMaximus.
\n1001. No matter how bad the game is going, I won’t stradle the table like Slim Pickens riding a bomb.
\n1002. Foam Finger of Death is not a real spell.
\n1003. I cannot start with an armor class higher than my actual age.
\n1004. Not permitted to die from essence loss during character creation.
\n1005. Even if I bought the book at Walmart, I don’t get a discount on advantages.
\n1006. If I take the Poison Immunity advantage, that doesn’t include Radiation.
\n1007. That whole Expedition to the Barrier Peaks? Dream Sequence.
\n1008. Texans do not get revolvers as a racial weapon proficiency.
\n1009. No matter how many points I put into the skill, can’t use sword swallowing to parry.
\n1010. Stone Giants don’t have heat sinks.
\n1011. Even if we are facing Yuan Ti, my battlecry cannot be “COBRA!”
\n1012. Note to self: Lightsaberchucks…BAD IDEA
\n1013. The expressive dance skill is not a substitute for language skills.
\n1014. I will stop blaming every massacre we come across on Decepticons.
\n1015. Despite what the rules say, berserking does not improve my aim.
\n1016. Even if spells are use them or lose them, I will not waste Meteor Swarms on a goblin.
\n1017. I will not lay siege to Cinderella’s Castle.
\n1018. Elves do not get Viking Funerals.
\n1019. Even if we have more ammo than fuel, I still have to cut down the tree with the chainsaw, not the HMG.
\n1020. If we have to add a new PC mid-campaign, he doesn’t have to pass a drug test first.
\n1021. Can’t use the Jedi Mind Trick to convince the stormtroopers the Droids over there are the Droids they are looking for.
\n1022. Can’t start the game with 24 hours to live.
\n1023. The bluff skill is no substitute for actually knowing the spell.
\n1024. Slings make poor thongs. And vice versa.
\n1025. If I have two cyberarms, they have to be on different sides.
\n1026. My character cannot gain a level through nepotism.
\n1027. I will not use the d20 system to test the validity of any Kennedy Assassination theory.
\n1028. My character has mastery level in singing. I do not.
\n1029. I will not convert to Eilistraee just so I can watch naked drow chicks getting their groove on.
\n1030. No matter how much he pisses me off, I will not raise the barbarian\u2019s dead mother-in-law.
\n1031. Just because my superhero game has 18 stats and yours only has 3, doesn\u2019t mean mine is 6x better.
\n1032. Monofilament does not automatically make the world a better place.
\n1033. Holding the hand crossbow sideways \u2018gangsta style\u2019 does not add to my intimidate check.
\n1034. Even if I wait for the ninja to jump at me, I can\u2019t crucify him with a repeating crossbow in a single round.
\n1035. If at any point in his lifespan my character can clear out every single Cave of Chaos in one single round, he\u2019s vetoed.
\n1036. My druid can’t summon or change into a skunk. No seriously, it\u2019s not allowed in the rulebook.
\n1037. Kangaroos are poor substitutes for taun-tauns.
\n1038. There is no such thing as a Viking Assisted Suicide.
\n1039. Jury Summoning I is not a real spell.
\n1040. I can not name my character anything that was suggested by Tom Servo.
\n1041. Doesn\u2019t matter if I\u2019m just using to spot weld, force lightning still gets me a dark side point.
\n1042. Erasing the compass on the map and redrawing it in reverse does not mean the villain will start building his evil railroad backwards.
\n1043. Ninjas do not have a hive mind.
\n1044. No matter how much ammo I start with, I can\u2019t impact the total world supply.
\n1045. We will not gut every animal we kill to see if they have treasure inside like in video games.
\n1046. We can\u2019t stabilize the dying villain before we make our escape just in case he was a load bearing villain.
\n1047. If my troll is the smartest character in the party, the entire party is vetoed.
\n1048. I will not attempt to overdose on Rogaine so I can disguise myself as a wookie.
\n1049. I can\u2019t summon anything in MM4 just so I can take a bathroom break while the DM looks it up.
\n1050. If the weapon has the 3-handed trait, I don\u2019t get a sidekick just for the extra hand.
\n1051.\tAs a matter of fact, the high and tight buzz cut doesn\u2019t exist in Exalted.
\n1052.\tI\u2019m not automatically eliminated from the crappy module if I guess the wrong murderer like in Clue. So I should stop making random accusations.
\n1053.\tI was not raised by a pack of feral Ironclads.
\n1054.\tI will call the elf druid by his real impossibly long elf name, and not just Llanowar Leafblower.
\n1055.\tI will also not simply refer to the elf druid as that dirty, dirty hippie.
\n1056.\tThere is no such thing as a Dwarven Battle Perm.
\n1057.\tCanadian is not a real language.
\n1058.\tWhen I get to the custom weapons creation section, I will keep turning those pages.
\n1059.\tEven if the villain is Lawful Evil, slapping a cease and desist order on him isn\u2019t going to work.
\n1060.\tI will go into the villain\u2019s lair and take him out the old fashioned way. Not just wait outside his favorite bar with a rifle.
\n1061.\tIn the middle of a Black Ops I do not have time to put a banana in the exhaust port of their AV-9.
\n1062.\tEven if I think of something the Demi-lich isn\u2019t immune to, he\u2019s immune to it.
\n1063.\tEven if my character sheet says otherwise, I can\u2019t max out the party with Delta class Cyberware immediately after character generation.
\n1064.\tEven if I can prove at least a half dozen practical uses for it, I can\u2019t have a slip and slide for the dungeon crawl.
\n1065.\tEven if we are playing in the New Republic era, I can\u2019t call dibs on Boba Fett\u2019s armor.
\n1066.\tIf the GM\u2019s wife is in the party, I\u2019m not allowed to hunt anything cute.
\n1067.\tI do not get to put remote detonation switches into the weapons of any PC\u2019s I build them for.
\n1068.\tI cannot have a handgun that starts out doing more damage than most people have wounds.
\n1069.\tI do not have to check before each adventure that my fellow adventurers are not doppelgangers, Cylons or pod people.
\n1070.\tEven if we are Womprat hunting, we don\u2019t have to dye the wookie fluorescent orange.
\n1071.\tI will go take out the villain\u2019s dungeon the old fashioned way, and not use magic to reroute a river into it instead.
\n1072.\tAfter rerouting a river through the villain\u2019s lair, I will not pan for gold wherever the river comes out.
\n1073.\tJust because the game left the rules for stun setting grossly unbalanced doesn\u2019t mean I have to take advantage of it.
\n1074.\tDespite the name, I can\u2019t actually wear a cloaker. But I will fail to notice the cloak weighs over a quarter ton.
\n1075.\tMetal detectors don\u2019t automatically find Cylons.
\n1076.\tWhen told to dress like a Goth I will make sure with no uncertainty whether they mean black clothes and eyeliner or chainmail and shield.
\n1077.\tThere is no such thing as a weresaxophonist.
\n1078.\tIf 48 straight hours of pistol whipping doesn\u2019t convince the terrorist to spill his guts, another 48 hours probably won\u2019t either.
\n1079.\tA tattoo gun is not standard equipment in a mapping kit.
\n1080.\tThe Cryokinetic is forever banned from water balloon fights.
\n1081.\tEven if the rules allow it, my sumo wrestler can\u2019t take super human attractiveness.
\n1082.\tThere is no such thing as a brothel crawl.
\n1083.\tMy IRSAn will not use his powers to help fill out wikipedia articles.
\n1084.\tMy sumo wrestler can\u2019t have lap band surgery without affecting his martial arts skills.
\n1085.\t\u201cEverybody Wang Chung tonight\u201d is not an acceptable use of the Mass Suggestion spell.
\n1086.\tTornadoes don\u2019t have hit points.
\n1087.\tEven if I take twice as long, that doesn\u2019t mean I can take 40.
\n1088.\tI cannot try and throw large blunt objects at malkavians, kobolds or kender. Or their players.
\n1089.\tEven if the game is a crappy rip-off of World of Warcraft, my character can\u2019t speak in Leet.
\n1090.\tEven if I roll a natural 20, I can\u2019t jump the grand cannon on a stock steam roller.
\n1091.\tIn the middle of a Black Ops, if a character dies I will not disavow knowledge of him until after the mission is over.
\n1092.\tIf the battle goes for 20 rounds, we don\u2019t have to stop and wait for the zamboni guy to clean up the battlefield.
\n1093.\tI will not tell the rookies they can roll down their Y-Wing\u2019s windows.
\n1094.\tMy wizard does not need to shout out the name of what he\u2019s summoning every time he picks a creature.
\n1095.\tAnything short of adamantine full plate is not considered light armor for dwarves.
\n1096.\tIn the middle of a Black Ops I can\u2019t start a major Corpwar just because I\u2019m bored stiff with the current run.
\n1097.\tEven if he used INT as a dump stat, I don\u2019t have to carve \u2018this end towards enemy\u2019 on the barbarian\u2019s axe blade.
\n1098.\tIf I\u2019m in an assault mech, bump drafting is discouraged.
\n1099.\tAfter a successful Black Ops, before I\u2019m paid I will not immediately adopt a dozen children for the tax breaks.
\n1100.\tI cannot wish that someone else was an Oscar Meyer weiner.
\n1101.\tI will not cut the vault guards in on the haul instead of fighting them.
\n1102.\t1980\u2019s break dancing moves have their place. In front of the Vodacce prince is not one of them.
\n1103.\tJust because I was paid in advance doesn\u2019t mean I can let the incompetent expedition leader die.
\n1104.\tThere is a limit to how much innuendo I can fit into one combat round.
\n1105.\tEven if it is just my character speaking, I will not claim Texas was stolen from Mexico. I will live longer that way.
\n1106.\tI cannot put Nodens on speed dial.
\n1107.\tI will not attempt to clear out the dungeon using only Bangalore torpedoes.
\n1108.\tPicking his pocket means more than just turning him upside down and shaking him vigorously.
\n1109.\tI will not do anything that Bilbo Baggins hates.
\n1110.\tEven if I have enough, putting silencers on my minigun doesn\u2019t work.
\n1111.\tThere is no such thing as a Magic Murder Bag of Holding.
\n1112.\tI will stop referring to the Eladrin as just the Elf Mk II.
\n1113.\tI will not shoot vampires in the chest with a large pistol just so they have to explain the embarrassing sucking chest wound.
\n1114.\tI will not take a phobia of anything that doesn\u2019t exist in the game world.
\n1115.\tIf I have an ability that lets me alter minor aspects of my appearance, that doesn\u2019t include girth.
\n1116.\tAdd Bulldozers to the list of things vampires are allergic to.
\n1117.\tCan\u2019t strangle a werewolf with a roll of Kodak film, no matter what we all know it\u2019s made out of.
\n1118.\tIn the middle of a black ops I will not use up all the claymores just because I don\u2019t want to take them back with me.
\n1119.\tI cannot have my mercy surgically removed.
\n1120.\tEven if I\u2019m in charge I can\u2019t order the Assault Lance to perform West Side Story dance routines.
\n1121.\tIf given a Holy Avenger sword, I can\u2019t melt it down and reforge it into a weapon my paladin actually uses.
\n1122.\tEven if it still give a combat bonus to everybody else, I can\u2019t just stand there and read a comic book behind the villain.
\n1123.\tIn the middle of a black ops I can\u2019t call my girlfriend to remind her to pick up some Chinese on her way home.
\n1124.\tI will leave out mating rituals when presenting a cultural exchange with diplomatic ambassadors.
\n1125.\tLetting the Red Shirt guard the plane is really frowned upon as it doesn\u2019t leave anybody to sacrifice to the Shoggoths.
\n1126.\tCannot start the campaign on fire.
\n1127.\tWill not start all my skills at 89% just so I get massive SAN boosts early.
\n1128.\tI cannot RickRoll people with any video that increases their Mythos Lore.
\n1129.\tI will refrain from casting Dimension Jump and Magnificent Mansion on every police box we pass.
\n1130.\tI cannot wish we were playing the previous edition of the game.
\n1131.\tSummoning a Water Elemental right above the Fire Elemental doesn\u2019t work.
\n1132.\tThere will be no more debating how much XP Mr. Tumnus would be worth.
\n1133.\tI cannot be the Bizarro version of another player.
\n1134.\tNowhere in my barbarian\u2019s description will I include the word \u201cJaunty\u201d
\n1135.\tMy Eshu does not get bonus frequent flyer miles automatically during character generation.
\n1136.\tDoesn\u2019t matter how big we make it, a pit trap isn\u2019t going to take out the Tarrasque.
\n1137.\tI have to go into the dungeon, not just send in dozens of summoned creatures every morning.
\n1138.\tFireballs don\u2019t have a non-lethal option. I will ponder this after I\u2019ve cast one at that guy we needed alive.
\n1139.\tMy weapon is a 3 Flaming Flail. Not my Great Balls of Fire.
\n1140.\tI will not use a portable hole to cheat at golf.
\n1141.\tIn the middle of a Black Ops I will not look at the target\u2019s HR files to see if they have better benefits.
\n1142.\tI will not use the mage\u2019s Staff of Wizardry in lieu of a pool cue.
\n1143.\tTorching the forest doesn\u2019t get me any XP for anything inside the forest.
\n1144.\tI cannot have any gun that lets me kill the villain without being in at least an adjacent county.
\n1145.\tA 2nd level commoner is not twice as common as a 1st level commoner.
\n1146.\tIf we don\u2019t have a thief, I can\u2019t call AAA to slim jim the dungeon entry door.
\n1147.\tI will lick the Rodian\u2019s antennae and stick him to the wall while he sleeps.
\n1148.\tNo matter how long his speech is, my sniper will not shoot the speaker introducing the target.
\n1149.\tDuring the psi-jump my neutral can\u2019t do mean things to the psions while they are tripping.
\n1150.\tI will not try to feed the Qin extremely salty food to see if he melts.
\n1151.\tOur mission is to rescue the princess. Not to bring Sexy back.
\n1152.\tEven if given detailed instructions on pages 50-51, can\u2019t take Cloud City on a joy ride.
\n1153.\tI can\u2019t wish to change my vote on what module we\u2019re playing.
\n1154.\tBass line is not an acceptable perform skill specialty.
\n1155.\tThri-kreen do not have the flaw Obsession: Pretty lights
\n1156.\tThe party leader is not the one that looks best in a chainmail bikini.
\n1157.\tI can\u2019t \u2018make it rain\u2019 before the invention of paper currency.
\n1158.\tIf I make a cowboy with the young \u2018un flaw I can\u2019t name him Sioux.
\n1159.\tIf I don\u2019t have any points in medtech, I can\u2019t try faith healing.
\n1160.\tWe will not end every adventure with a public service announcement.
\n1161.\tIf my character requires the GM to memorize the rules for siege warfare, he\u2019s vetoed.
\n1162.\tWe can\u2019t trade the ranger for a giant, pirate or padre.
\n1163.\tI am forbidden from using more than ten sourcebooks to make one character.
\n1164.\tI will wait for the GM to finish his incredibly complicated riddle before answering correctly.
\n1165.\tI can\u2019t wish for somebody to publish the rules for gnomes or bards.
\n1166.\tThe time machine is not for collecting autographs.
\n1167.\tI can\u2019t stop rolling at 7x dead.
\n1168.\tI am forbidden from doing anything that makes a passerby flinch.
\n1169.\tIf even the rules allow it, I can\u2019t have my uneducated peasant start with every known language.
\n1170.\tIf the rules contradict Isaac Newton, Newton wins.
\n1171.\tI will not send the villain a fake message his mother is coming then attack him while he\u2019s cleaning.
\n1172.\tMy brooding costumed vigilante can\u2019t take the flaw Dark Secret: Well Adjusted to Society.
\n1173.\tDespite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Dick Clark is not Shemsu-Heru.
\n1174.\tEven if I spend the points, I can\u2019t take the U.S.S. Montana as an ally.
\n1175.\tMy knight will not buy a Shetland pony just so he can use his lance underground.
\n1176.\tI will remember the spiked chain cheesemonster is allergic to the improved sunder feat.
\n1177.\tI will stop asking NPC\u2019s how much XP they are worth.
\n1178.\tThe seduction skill does not have a to hit on roll.
\n1179.\tNo matter how well I make my bluff check, the Star Destroyer crew isn\u2019t going to believe I\u2019m the new captain.
\n1180.\tDressing up the wizard as the monk still won\u2019t stop monsters from appearing beside him and attacking him first.
\n1181.\tWhen asked what game we want to LARP, Frogger is not an option.
\n1182.\tChewing hoagga leaves does not make me a goddammed sexual rhinodon.
\n1183.\tNo it won\u2019t help if we put a silencer on the bazooka.
\n1184.\tWhen approached by a famous historical figure, I can assume he\u2019s a time traveler and not a zombie.
\n1185.\tPaladins do too urinate.
\n1186.\tIn the middle of a black ops my buttocks is forbidden from making contact with the target\u2019s copy machine.
\n1187.\tIt\u2019s okay to feed the Ewok after midnight.
\n1188.\tFlash Bangs are not to be handed out to trick or treaters.
\n1189.\tA stagehand does not get a better sneak bonus than ninjas.
\n1190.\tI will not Conga Line the Pattern.
\n1191.\tSuper powers that are only useful to art majors are vetoed.
\n1192.\tMy last wish cannot be for a cage match between Cthulhu, Godzilla, Galactus and the Tarrasque.
\n1193.\tI will avoid making wishes that locks the game in an infinite time loop.
\n1194.\tI will not go to FTL just to avoid the red lights.
\n1195.\tI will not min\/max the appraise skill just to clean up on The Price is Right.
\n1196.\tEven if we cleared it out, we can\u2019t turn White Plume Mountain into a theme park.
\n1197.\tEven if the rules allow it, I can\u2019t put a spinal mounted weapon on a bicycle.
\n1198.\tI cannot have a destroid that requires me to take the ally advantage two dozen times just to crew it.
\n1199.\tStan Lee does not have to make a cameo appearance in every single adventure.
\n1200.\tEven if I make it out of one continuous design, a dracheneisen castle doesn\u2019t count as one object.
\n1201. \u2018Just blow them out the airlock\u2019 is not a backup First Contact Protocol.
\n1202. Even if it\u2019s totally feasible, I can\u2019t indefinitely stall our rivals with a bureaucracy check.
\n1203. My panzerhand doesn\u2019t get a vote.
\n1204. Smartass is not a character role.
\n1205. I can\u2019t have any feat in the main book if the feat is written in pencil.
\n1206. In the middle of a Black Ops I can\u2019t download several thousands songs on the target\u2019s computer and then call the RIAA.
\n1207. There is no such thing as \u2018ambiguously elven\u2019
\n1208. Even if he is Chaotic Evil, I can\u2019t turn state\u2019s evidence against a fellow party member.
\n1209. Even if the boss monster has 100% magic resistance, my wizard can\u2019t go catch a movie.
\n1210. I will keep rolling until I get a superpower I can actually use.
\n1211. I cannot have any gun that has an NPC Only Trigger Guard.
\n1212. Even if they\u2019d never suspect it, my Jedi can\u2019t have a flamethrower.
\n1213. No, we can\u2019t see if the party can beat Temple of Elemental Evil in under an hour.
\n1214. I will stop trying to put the Halfling in a diabetic coma.
\n1215. If I\u2019m just a few XP from 16th level, I can\u2019t just cast fireballs at random forests until I hit something.
\n1216. I can\u2019t have a gun that treats buildings as light cover.
\n1217. No matter what the dice just said, I didn\u2019t kill the villain with the first shot of the combat.
\n1218. Elves do not have to go to the bathroom in groups.
\n1219. Penguins will not fit in the standard ether jar.
\n1220. The Vulcan neck pinch doesn\u2019t work in campaigns without Vulcans.
\n1221. Just because my sword is intelligent doesn\u2019t mean he can do my math homework for me.
\n1222. It’s a strangehold. Not an Ogryn neck pinch.
\n1223. Ussuran women are not instantly recognizable by their beards.
\n1224. Even if the rules allow it, I can\u2019t hit Stone with the Stone Cold Stunner.
\n1225. Having more beer than the enemy doesn\u2019t give me a morale bonus for the mass combat chart.
\n1226. No feat allows me to open beer cans with my pects.
\n1227. The Death Star does not need a cabin boy.
\n1228. \u2018Overused clich\u00e9\u2019 is not an appropriate favored enemy.
\n1229. I cannot gain Drama Dice in games I\u2019m not actually in.
\n1230. It\u2019s okay if you name your Kindred Alucard. But I still can\u2019t name my Garou Namflow.
\n1231. No matter how low Orc intelligence, they aren\u2019t going to fall for a large wooden horse outside the gates of Mordor.
\n1232. \u201cHead, Heart, Run\u201d is not our posse\u2019s motto.
\n1233. No matter how much sense it makes, we can\u2019t paint the Glitterboy a camo scheme.
\n1234. My first act as XO can\u2019t be a mutiny.
\n1235. Not allowed to use the replicator and transporter to fill the Bird of Prey with Jello.
\n1236. I can\u2019t take Invisibility to Detect Invisibility.
\n1237. My fighter can\u2019t use the Monster Manual as a To-Do list.
\n1238. No making up Patron Saints.
\n1239. No part of the adventure is clothing optional.
\n1240. No matter what the dice say, I didn\u2019t just seduce Chun Li. And Cammy.
\n1241. It takes more than one pick pocket roll to totally derail the campaign.
\n1242. I can\u2019t wish that somebody competent wrote this module.
\n1243. Even if the game is dreadfully repetitive, our party is motto can\u2019t be \u2018Wash, Rinse, Repeat\u2019
\n1244. I will not point out the Drow Matron would make more money as an exotic dancer. Even if it\u2019s true.
\n1245. Must at least pay lip service to the metaplot.
\n1246. It\u2019s not possible to stampede dwarves.
\n1247. When told to pick a published superhero to play, Johnny Cash is not allowed. Paul Stanley is perfectly acceptable.
\n1248. There is no such thing as a strap on beard.
\n1249. It doesn\u2019t matter if he took the large advantage, we aren\u2019t using the Ussuran as ballast.
\n1250. I will address the other PC as Lord Tyrion, Eldritch Knight of the Winter Court. And not just as the Sidhe Male.
\n1251.\tEven the rules disagree, my character can still drown.
\n1252.\tI cannot take the following as my favored enemies: Southpaws, Mother-in-law or Keynesian Economists.
\n1253.\tEven if I\u2019m being shanghaied into playing a rather crappy campaign, can\u2019t use Constitution as a dump stat.
\n1254.\tWe aren\u2019t luring the Arasaka agents out of the safehouse by making ice cream truck noises.
\n1255.\tSplitting the atom at will is not an acceptable super power.
\n1256.\t\u2018Ignore the metaplot\u2019 is also not an acceptable super power.
\n1257.\tNo, the answer to the problem is not to make a gatling gun out of bazookas.
\n1258.\tCan\u2019t base my character off a smurf.
\n1259.\tEven if I could base my character off a smurf, Ghurka Smurf was not a real smurf.
\n1260.\tNo matter what the dice say, my renaissance inventor didn\u2019t just invent manned space flight.
\n1261.\tIf the villain\u2019s three room lair holds over one hundred brutes, can\u2019t just tip off the Fire Marshal.
\n1262.\tNo rerouting the roller coaster through the Umbra.
\n1263.\tCan\u2019t blame it on my gun.
\n1264.\tWill not retrofit my Federation Starship with fuses.
\n1265.\tHeavy bolters don\u2019t come with a pistol grip.
\n1266.\tI will stop referring to my rogue as a freelance subterranean locksmith.
\n1267.\tThe lockpicking kit must be more than a sawed off shotgun.
\n1268.\tDwarves are physically incapable of performed the Dance of the Seven Veils.
\n1269.\tEven if the guy I based my character off was famous for doing it, I can\u2019t kill eight guys with one bullet.
\n1270.\tWeapon Focus: Nukes is not a real feat.
\n1271.\tThere will not be any sex in other player\u2019s battlemechs.
\n1272.\tMy Paladin can be charged with sexual harassment if he doesn\u2019t watch exactly where he lays on hands.
\n1273.\tAny character that makes a seasoned Rifts player flinch is vetoed, and shall never be spoken of again.
\n1274.\tI can\u2019t check the Soul Forge in as baggage.
\n1275.\tWill not reanimate dead familiars just to keep them around for sentimental reasons.
\n1276. Freeing slaves out of justice is good. Out of spite, not so much.
\n1277. No I can\u2019t have an H. R. Giger Counter.
\n1278. An elf wardancer chick in nothing but body paint is totally hot. A Vesten berserker in nothing but body paint not so much.
\n1279. Basing characters off gestalt of historical characters is fine unless it\u2019s Miyamoto Musashi and the mom from What\u2019s Happening.
\n1280. Gold dragons do not conduct electricity better than other dragons.
\n1281. The two primary types of Halfling are not flathead and Phillips.
\n1282. My mad scientist does not get to divide the party into control and test groups.
\n1283. For the last time, the elf wears the maid disguise and the troll wears the bouncer disguise.
\n1284. There is no such thing as a Gnomish Pygmy Seeing Eye Rhino either.
\n1285. Just because I can play a charismatic Vestenmannavnjar missionary cleric, doesn\u2019t mean I should.
\n1286. My Buddhist monk will lose the cockney accent.
\n1287. Let\u2019s not taunt the minotaur with \u2018How appropriate, you fight like a cow\u2019
\n1288. I will spend my martial arts technique points on things other than blocking and running away.
\n1289. Even if the rules allow it, a laser sight doesn\u2019t add to my chaingun\u2019s accuracy. Yes, even if I have one on each barrel.
\n1290. I will refrain to take character roles that the game forgot to make any rules for.
\n1291. Just because I\u2019m playing an anthropomorphic Emperor Marmoset doesn\u2019t give me the noble advantage for free.
\n1292. Cannot bribe the target\u2019s HR director to start casual Fridays just to make our upcoming Black Ops easier that week.
\n1293. I can\u2019t avoid plot mandated ambushes no matter how hard I try.
\n1294. No I can\u2019t have a magelock mini-slugger.
\n1295. I will not spend all my freebie points buying quantakinetic auxiliary modes.
\n1296. No we can\u2019t weld the Star Destroyer\u2019s bridge shut.
\n1297. There is a 100xp penalty every time we remind the GM of the Bionic Six.
\n1298. If the adventure includes the birth of a god, we still can\u2019t file for holiday pay that day.
\n1299. In the middle of a Black Ops I can\u2019t compose an offensive joke on the target CEO\u2019s email and CC the entire company.
\n1300. If the GM can\u2019t lift all the GURPS books needed to run my character, he\u2019s vetoed.
\n1301.\tThe 10\u2019 pole in the starting equipment list cannot support the weight of an exotic dancer.
\n1302.\tScorched Earth Day is not a holiday, even in Cyberpunk.
\n1303.\tNothing in Victoria\u2019s Secret catalog is available in Dracheneisen.
\n1304.\tEven if they are better in combat according to character generation, the USMC frowns on octogenarians in front line combat.
\n1305.\tNo amount of background will allow me to name the character Biff Buttoms.
\n1306.\tState Troopers are immune to the effects of the Delirium, so I need to find another way out of that speeding ticket.
\n1307.\tNo matter how well I make my fashion roll, L\u2019Empereur is not going to the ball dressed in a Catholic school girl\u2019s uniform.
\n1308.\tEverybody was not gun-fu fighting.
\n1309.\tEven if my character is Canadian, that doesn\u2019t mean he can take a 1.524 meter free step.
\n1310.\tI will pick my character\u2019s girlfriend based on something more than how much fire support she can provide.
\n1311.\tI will not one shot an Eisenfurst.
\n1312.\tThe plan will not continue until the GM finds out who Zan Tabak is.
\n1313.\tI will do nothing that tarnishes Hello Kitty\u2019s memory.
\n1314.\tGravity defying breasts, while impressive, do not count as a super power.
\n1315.\tEven if my character is Orthodox Jewish, I will check other characters\u2019 pulse before trying to bury them.
\n1316.\tA NASCAR pit crew cannot repair all my vehicle\u2019s damage in one round.
\n1317.\tMy character will refrain from appearing with Hitler in any history books. Especially if I\u2019m chasing him with a wheat thresher.
\n1318.\tFauner Posen\u2019s Boy Toy is not technically a position at court.
\n1319.\tI will only use the module\u2019s suggested tactics to stop the ground assault and ignore the squadron of Y-Wings 100 meters away.
\n1320.\tThere is no such thing as a Ballista-o-Gram.
\n1321.\tI will not accuse the Traveler News Service of liberal bias.
\n1322.\tThe Ewok does not appreciate the giant hamster wheel we put in his quarters. Ingrate.
\n1323.\tI will not spend my entire Muster bonus on lottery tickets.
\n1324.\tIf another player took the Disadvantage: Stutters, I can\u2019t play a K\u2019Kree.
\n1325.\tBlack and Decker does not make droids either.
\n1326. I will not blow all my points on extra limbs just so I can play the superhero \u201cMillipede Man\u201d
\n1327. Just because the Great Race of Yith\u2019s effect on sanity is minimal, doesn\u2019t mean I should invite them over for dinner with the folks.
\n1328. The very concept of a Hutt lap dancer will earn me a dark side point.
\n1329. The M203 is not for long range bocce ball.
\n1330. Getting someone to spot for me is not going to give me a bonus on a strength check.
\n1331. I will not hex someone into looking like a pi\u00c3\u00b1ata. Especially in Mexico City.
\n1332. Even if silence is required for the entire adventure, we are not naming the Black Ops Operation: Mimecrime.
\n1333. I will tell the noob the game is about post nuclear Europe and not love struck vampires before we start.
\n1334. You cannot tell if somebody is a power gamer by the faint smell of Gouda.
\n1335. I can not filibuster in the middle of my dying speech to buy the cleric more time.
\n1336. Even if we are told to pick a manly name for the game, Genocidicles is a bit much.
\n1337. Can\u2019t lure the Bastet into an ambush by turning on the can opener.
\n1338. Jack Lalanne: Wrong type of Juicer.
\n1339. If unsure of what side of the road we drive on, the middle of the road is not a healthy compromise.
\n1340. Brute squads make poor bridesmaids. The reverse is not necessarily true.
\n1341. Even if the rules allow it, I cannot become famous for not being famous.
\n1342. There is no god of Wombats, no matter how much I pray.
\n1343. If I have to explain to the halfling\u2019s sister why we dressed him like a raccoon, we\u2019re all in trouble.
\n1344. No matter how cool it would be, we can\u2019t use the time machine to loan Ike a few A-10 squadrons for D-Day.
\n1345. I don\u2019t get a drama die just because the GM pees.
\n1346. I will not waste wishes on professional sporting events.
\n1347. Hooking up with the gamer chick the Storyteller was angling for gets me banned from the game.
\n1348. When attempting to lure the giant to sleep with a bardic lullaby, I will leave out the lyric \u201cSo we can kill you.\u201d
\n1349. I will not program the medical droid for \u201caggressive dentistry.\u201d
\n1350. I will not dare the wage mage into trying to summon a class 20 spirit.
\n1351. Guardian mode is not just for flipping people the bird in the middle of battle.
\n1352. Even if we are issued a nuke, I’m not allowed to touch it.
\n1353. I will stop trying to get a reality TV show for our Black Ops team.
\n1354. We are not going to stall 10,000 Uruk-Hai with a fake tollbooth.
\n1355. Pointing out the massive plothole in the villain’s plan is not going to stop her from attacking.
\n1356. Before we start, let’s make sure whether everybody blows up if I shoot a shield with a lasgun.
\n1357. Preliminary saturation carpet bombing is not automatically Plan A.
\n1358. Even if I only get to swing a sword once per minute, I can’t stop to smoke between attacks.
\n1359. I can’t call my gun by a stupid nickname, even if it’s the one that the game suggested.
\n1360. Woodchippers, while useful, aren’t normal gear for a Black Ops.
\n1361. I will not tell the new players gelatinous cubes come in a variety of yummy flavors.
\n1362. The cleric is not tax exempt.
\n1363. No matter how much fun, we are not retrofitting a tank with jumpjets.
\n1364. I cannot mint my own currency.
\n1365. Just because the make a miniature with that ability, doesn’t mean I can take that ability.
\n1366. I will not use the mass suggestion spell to make the elf babes to make out.
\n1367. Gnomes are not nature’s tripods.
\n1368. Dwarves do not groom themselves like cats. Or baboons.
\n1369. Elves do to have nipples.
\n1370. Halflings are not used as currency.
\n1371. “Biggio leans into pitch” is not a real kung fu maneuver.
\n1372. Even if the rules allow it, I cannot have a monofilament sledgehammer.
\n1373. If we can’t fit the droid in the freighter, I can’t play him.
\n1374. No matter I well I make the animal handling roll, I can’t break in a Juggernaught of Khorne.
\n1375. Setting Jawas on fire with a magnifying glass is an automatic dark side point.
\n1376. Motorcycle tires will cause aggravated wounds on a case by case basis.
\n1377. No feat affects hang time.
\n1378. We will limit the total amount of conversation on the topic of “Hot Gnome on Gnome action.”
\n1379. I will not threaten to glue the old rules for gnomes over the new rules for Elves Mk II.
\n1380. Even if the rules allow it, I cannot disarm someone in melee with a longbow.
\n1381. I will just not dump the vampire in the Umbra and call it a day.
\n1382. Growing a goatee will not give me a bonus for sneaking into the villain’s lair.
\n1383. Portable Plothole is not a real magic item.
\n1384. I will not start a Ponzi scheme involving the entire party.
\n1385. Even if I couldn’t attend the session when everything went to hell, it’s still my fault.
\n1386. The Stanley Cup does not have the same power as the Holy Grail, even on Canadians.
\n1387. The MMORPG convert doesn’t actually have to role play in his first game.
\n1388. Characters wanting to join the party do not have to undergo the Flash Gordon tree monster ceremony.
\n1389. I cannot have a palanquin in my starting gear.
\n1390. Having a reputation for having a reputation does not grant me more reputation.
\n1391. I will quit hogging the legend chips.
\n1392. No digging out all the bullets in my character and reusing them.
\n1393. No using the grapple rules to change the course of history.
\n1394. I will not take on the entire dungeon using only one body part to attack.
\n1395. Eldar really hate it when you greet them with “Live long and prosper”
\n1396. No matter his condition, we aren\u2019t selling the villain\u2019s corpse as modern art.
\n1397. Count on a back up villain if we ace the first one in two rounds without damage.
\n1398. I will not give my preteen kids my work number, especially if I\u2019m on a Black Ops.
\n1399. The Monkey Grip feat doesn\u2019t have anything to do with gripping monkeys.
\n1400. Winona Ryder\u2019s bare breasts are not an acceptable weakness for my super hero.
\n1401. I will stop shooting at natural disasters.
\n1402. No spending all my starting gold on just a loincloth.
\n1403. Can’t use dominate to make vampires forget to change their clocks for Daylight Savings Time.
\n1404. I will not spoil the adventure’s mandatory ambush by using the cheesy tactic of a “scout”.
\n1405. It’s obvious I’m just playing a skald so I can sing “Bjeorning, Bjoerning, Disco Inferno”
\n1406. The primary dwarf subraces are Sedimentary, Igneous and Metamorphic.
\n1407. I will not vote to play a game that has needed a rules decision from an economist.
\n1408. Even if the rules allow it, I cannot fence with a katana.
\n1409. I can’t have a skill if the rules say I can’t have, even if the rules say I’m also good at it.
\n1410. Bleaching the drow won’t help.
\n1411. Despite what the rules say, bobsledding through the Vatican is much harder than it looks.
\n1412. I will not make the DM break out the siege rules until I’m at least second level.
\n1413. Even if the dungeon has only one exit, can’t just starve the villain out.
\n1414. A Black Ops is not the appropriate place to declare my candidacy for mayor.
\n1415. Carpet bombing is not an appropriate specialization for a starting character.
\n1416. The guy with the meltagun doesn’t automatically have to carry the popcorn.
\n1417. I do not have time in the Black Ops to play Tetris with the building lights.
\n1418. The Elvish language is not just English with a hell of a lot of lisping.
\n1419. I cannot convert to Scottish just for tax purposes.
\n1420. Doing 50 in a 45 does not cause an alignment check for the paladin.
\n1421. Gods don’t tap out.
\n1422. Montaigne aren’t required to surrender after the second turn.
\n1423. Eisenfurst Wishce didn’t appreciate the lap dance.
\n1424. I will keep the fact the king’s heraldry looks like a ferret in need of the Heimlich Maneuver to myself.
\n1425. Lying about benefits being cut are not going make the guards too disgruntled to fight back later.
\n1426. I am not “He who must not be named only in passing.”
\n1427. It is not a race to 0 SAN.
\n1428. No spending half the game session seeing what rhymes with Nyarlathotep.
\n1429. Even if I did manage to work all the lyrics to 22 Acacia Avenue in character in the game, no bonus XP.
\n1430. If the party goes out like 300, that’s cool. Thelma and Louise not so much.
\n1431. When the DM sobers up, my paladin’s flumph mount is as good as dead.
\n1432. Using my prior knowledge of the adventure to force the game along while encouraged, is discouraged.
\n1433. Zentradi are not good eating.
\n1434. Emergency supplies are not for childish pranks.
\n1435. The “Dibs” system is not a recognized method of promotion in the Ordo Malleus.
\n1436. In case of premature termination, the dungeon boss has an identical twin brother on standby.
\n1437. High recoil guns and roller skates are not an accepted method of transportation.
\n1438. You can’t find true names in a phone book.
\n1439. If the top floor is too well defended, can’t just blow off the next to top floor.
\n1440. Can’t start the game with echolocation.
\n1441. I will not wait until the first combat to tell the new guy that the lower his AC the better.
\n1442. In the middle of a Black Ops I don’t have time to elope.
\n1443. Wizards do not have to save against carpal tunnel syndrome.
\n1444. My Ally advantage and Arch Enemy flaw can’t both represent the same person.
\n1445. If I take a Buddhist monk I get lots of combat bonuses that I can’t use without violating my religion.
\n1446. Even if the rules allow it, can’t catch bullets with my pects.
\n1447. My Bard will not take a trombone just so he can attack and use his bard song at the same time.
\n1448. No such thing as preemptive last rites.
\n1449. Any plan that would quickly, logically and safely defeat the module early is doomed to failure.
\n1450. Cannot summon an elemental out of any material that only exists in a laboratory environment.
\n1451. Cannot name my Droid WEG-D6
\n1452. Despite it’s phenomenal success rate, a multi-melta is not the solution to all my problems.
\n1453. When the dwarf has an idea, no making the “He’s drunk” motion behind his back.
\n1454. The paladin does not appreciate us painting his dire tiger green and orange.
\n1455. Like a cow who goes to the well to often, I will stop speaking only in metaphors.
\n1456. Will not blow all my skill points on just ballroom dances.
\n1457. I will remember the Japanese response to uncomfortable situations is to giggle, not a kick in the kiwis.
\n1458. The ability to mimic other people’s luck powers does not make me a karma chameleon.
\n1459. Even if the game is set in 1912, the female characters get a vote on the party’s action.
\n1460. Even if the rules allow it, can’t fish with a flamethrower.
\n1461. I will not insist on playing a LAM pilot just to see if the Robotech lawyers were really serious.
\n1462. Dwarves do not have the racial ability to merge into a larger, more powerful dwarf.
\n1463. I will not take Resources 0 and Status 5 and just confiscate money as I need it.
\n1464. Cannot use the requisition skill to get a beach house in the Virgin islands, even if Congress can.
\n1465. My sideburns cannot earn their own fear rating.
\n1466. I must sing my kids to sleep before the black ops.
\n1467. I will not sing other characters’ kids to sleep before, during or after the black ops.
\n1468. None of the Summon Animal spells will get me the drummer from the Muppets.
\n1469. No crossclassing just to get all the different animal sidekicks.
\n1470. Will not break it to the other player her 3 1\/2′ elf is not taller than my 3’6″ tall gnome.
\n1471. The party will not enter into a tontine, that just encourages the evil players.
\n1472. No matter what the rules say, I can’t chase the villain around the map indefinately.
\n1473. When I’m told to get an alias, they didn’t mean that chick with the azure bonds.
\n1474. The concept of puberty is not alien to the elves.
\n1475. There is more to playing a Finn than cellphones, reindeer and sniper rifles.
\n1476. Even if I have a salient point, I won’t call the Rush Limbaugh show in the middle of a Black Ops.
\n1477. If I’m playing an alien, I can’t have alkaline for blood.
\n1478. Burning Orb spell doesn’t cause jock itch.
\n1479. Using the time machine to put ‘W’ at the front of the alphabet is silly.
\n1480. I will not add the restriction “only to cook eggs” to any of my super powers.
\n1481. The Island of Small Breasted Fantasy Females does not exist.
\n1482. Even if Detroit can do it, I can’t add the trait “Randomly bursts into flame” to my car.
\n1483. There is more to stopping a zombie horde than punji pits.
\n1484. Just because I can, doesn’t mean I should drop a house on the witch.
\n1485. No amounts of dots in fashion will let me use my bio-varg for formal wear.
\n1486. I cannot convince the entire party to play Squats.
\n1487. I cannot take a sidekick if all he’s gonna do is trail us with a high powered rifle.
\n1488. Dropping a tree on the lich creates more rules problems that its worth.
\n1489. My bard will not stop every passing minstrel for a round of Dueling Banjos.
\n1490. I will not use the ventriloquism skill to deliver bad news to the Emperor.
\n1491. Even if the rules allow it, can’t add the High Speed Pursuit Option to a steamroller.
\n1492. I will not turn the DM into a drinking game.
\n1493. No metamagic feat lets me add fragmentation to my spells.
\n1494. When playing a teleporter, I will buy the ability to actually teleport.
\n1495. I not just buy the ability to teleport everybody but me.
\n1496. When I’m out of character, the hand puppets come off.
\n1497. I will not use the time machine to make “Don’t blame me, I voted for Tilden” bumper stickers.
\n1498. Shooting him in the foot first does not give me a bonus to the ridicule check.
\n1499. Even if historical accuracy is important in the adventure, I will not become the Nazi Nazi.
\n1500. I will not convince the dragon to eat the elf instead because he’s organically grown.
\n1501. I will not take the mirror image spell literally and just shoot the wizard that’s not left handed.
\n1502. My first wish can’t be to invalidate the previous character’s last wish.
\n1503. Despite what the rules say, it doesn’t take 45 minutes to choke a 10th level fighter to death.
\n1504. I cannot take the parachute skill until somebody invents the parachute.
\n1505. We are not going through the phone book to see who’s name is a killing word either.
\n1506. It is not automatically assumed whatever vehicle my cop commandeers is a monster truck.
\n1507. North Equatorial Kansas is not a real state.
\n1508. Nowhere in the timeline is Superfly McBoomboom a US vice president.
\n1509. No part of the Constitution is written in invisible ink.
\n1510. The Movie Phone Guy can’t be the voice of the ship’s computer.
\n1511. No using the time machine to set the “Star Spangled Banner” to anything by White Zombie.
\n1512. My canine officer can’t spend his animal requisition cash to buy two dozen chihuahuas.
\n1513. I will not shoot a Great Old One just to say I did it.
\n1514. I will make it abundantly clear the guy playing my mortal enemy is a good friend in real life.
\n1515. The Pope does not have cyberpsychosis.
\n1516. I will not wish we were still playing Torg.
\n1517. Checking to see if the Mad Slasher is dead is ok, dismembering him with a shotgun is overkill.
\n1518. My Sniper will not kill all the bad guys before the rest of the party is in range.
\n1519. In the middle of a Black Ops I can’t sell my niece’s band candy to the hostages.
\n1520. I will tell the noobs the storyteller wasn’t joking about kicking people in the jewels for macking on jailbait.
\n1521. While not lethal, Ferris Wheels aren’t exactly healthy to vampires.
\n1522. Outside of Kingwood Community College moose antlers do not mean ‘Out of Character’.
\n1523. Stain glass windows are not a standard feature on Panzer tanks.
\n1524. The spell Extract Water Elemental doesn’t work on Water Elementals.
\n1525. I will not waste critical successes on drumming.
\n1526. Can’t use my pistols to communicate in Morse Code.
\n1527. There is no Patron Saint of the Dodecahedron.
\n1528. I can’t ask the bad guy if I fired 40,000 rounds or just 39,999.
\n1529. There is no such thing as a Thirty-Sevensexual
\n1530. We are not sneaking in Mordor dressed as tour guides.
\n1531. Even if it does take the thief 10 minutes to search the room, that’s not enough time for a quickie.
\n1532. If its cheaper to buy a new gun than reload the old one, there’s a problem.
\n1533. Even if the rules allow it, can’t have a belt fed pistol.
\n1534. I will raise my hand if I’ve already heard the the DM’s riddle.
\n1535. The spell is called Prismatic Spray, not Taste the Rainbow.
\n1536. Before we start the dungeon crawl, I don’t have to have my monk oiled down.
\n1537. My Rogue Trader does not need to announce his arrival with eight hours of orbital bombardment.
\n1538. My mage can’t just sleepwalk to get around resting for spells.
\n1539. When the power gamer sleeps, can’t move the camp down the road.
\n1540. Can’t lure out House Laio mechwarriors by announcing a Chinese Firedrill.
\n1541. While highly effective, grabbing his a man by his small intestine and making him talk like a ventriloquist dummy is frowned on.
\n1542. My superhero didn’t survive the purge of supers by just playing left offensive guard for the Detroit Lions.
\n1543. My warhammer doesn’t have a claw part.
\n1544. Not allowed to just blow the supports under Menzoberranzan.
\n1545. No matter how appreciated, I have to have a better super power than ‘cures cancer by touch’
\n1546. I can’t spend Ship Points to put a Starbucks on the bridge.
\n1547. I will stop making up Space Marine Chapters.
\n1548. My netrunner’s icon has to be something other than the Space Invaders ship.
\n1549. The totalitarian government tends to notice large purchases of cows, trebuchets and surveying gear.
\n1550. The Dirty Harry ‘Feeling Lucky Punk’ speech doesn’t work with a longbow.
\n1551. During the Black Ops all cell phones go on vibrate.
\n1552. My Lunar Class Cruiser has more than one bathroom.
\n1553. I can’t wish my girlfriend was hot like you.
\n1554. Archvillains don’t care about zoning restrictions.
\n1555. No matter how well I roll on my intimidate check, France won’t surrender.
\n1556. I do not have weapon proficiency in Craftsman.
\n1557. I will not horde Electrum in 2nd edition because I know it will be phased out.
\n1558. No Dire Marmot mounts until they publish the rules.
\n1559. Any mention of Life Day gets everybody a dark side point.
\n1560. My character is not addicted to the Feeling, the Shindig, or Love.
\n1561. Not possible to tattoo the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel anywhere on my body.
\n1562. Weapon codes mean Bludgeoning, Slashing and Piercing. Not Ballistic, Serrated and Pneumatic.
\n1563. Dwarves have to take the platemail off before sex.
\n1564. Superspeed gives immunity to friction.
\n1565. Shapechanging is an acceptable super power. Shapechanging only into the ’93 San Diego Padres is not.
\n1566. Bunk Cards are not for 3 card monte.
\n1567. I don’t get to play anybody’s Shadow.
\n1568. Werewolves normally do not have access to the ‘Sonnet’ Specialization.
\n1569. The opening lyrics to Rock of Ages are not an acceptable substitute to a real plan.
\n1570. No signing infernal contracts in disappearing ink.
\n1571. Can’t bluff the Empire at Hoth with just a whole bunch of snowmen.
\n1572. The Navigator has Warp Sight. Not Insane-o-Vision.
\n1573. Attempting to woo the Space Elf Clown does not turn the adventure into a Harlequin romance.
\n1574. I do not have to scan the Romulan ambassador for cooties.
\n1575. Apaches do not settle arguments by Indian Leg Wrestling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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