Name That Party!
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incandescensOkay, this is amusing.
Someone on rpg.net has started up a thread of:
Name that party!
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The Rules: Choose a known ensemble or team from a movie, TV show, book, or the like. Describe the GM's reaction to this team when presented with the players' characters in sufficient detail to allow someone the opportunity to guess what movie/show/book this is.
It's at http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=154525&page=1&pp=10
My favourite so far is on page 21 (it's a loooong thread) and is:
Okay, okay, let's look at your character sheets. Hmm...
Erick, your 30something editor, that's fine... He does seem a little too whitebread, though. And he's got the Dependents disadvantages? I'm going to make you roleplay it, you understand?
Oh, Jon, that's a pretty cool concept, the sleazy bathhouse attendant. Like the backstory and her religious conflict, but could you tone down the - you know, running around main street in frilly unmentionables thing?
All right, Cody, Maria, what've you two got? Not playing star-crossed lovers again, I hope? Hmm. A kung-fu Buddhist monk and a Shinto priestess... with the Celibacy disadvantage and Vocation... okay, that's a relief.
Shannon, you played this same heartbroken gay sorceror guy in our last campaign. No, I don't care if he's 9 years older, mentally scarred, and - What's with all this disadvantage farming? Addiction: Nicotine? Your True Love is also your ENEMY? Look, you're still a bunch of points over. I'm gonna let you go into arrears this time, but you'll have to pay them off ingame.
Lynnette, I said "dark modern campaign". What the fuck is a 14 year old schoolgirl with an imaginary dog doing in a situation like this? And no, Addiction: Pocky is not a valid disadvantage, and I am not allowing you to take "Genki" as an advantage.
Okay, Megan, let's see your - two character sheets? I'm only allowing you to play one of them. Make your damn mind up.
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Let's see. Orphan, Dark Fate... high-level magical sword with a slew of disadvantages stuck onto it... high Appearance, low Charisma, and everything else in psychic powers... You obviously weren't listening when I said "dark modern campaign", because we sure as Hell aren't playing Exalted.
This is going to be a long session.
- Mel
(Referring to X by Clamp, to spare those who don't want to trudge through to look . . .)
Someone on rpg.net has started up a thread of:
Name that party!
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The Rules: Choose a known ensemble or team from a movie, TV show, book, or the like. Describe the GM's reaction to this team when presented with the players' characters in sufficient detail to allow someone the opportunity to guess what movie/show/book this is.
It's at http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=154525&page=1&pp=10
My favourite so far is on page 21 (it's a loooong thread) and is:
Okay, okay, let's look at your character sheets. Hmm...
Erick, your 30something editor, that's fine... He does seem a little too whitebread, though. And he's got the Dependents disadvantages? I'm going to make you roleplay it, you understand?
Oh, Jon, that's a pretty cool concept, the sleazy bathhouse attendant. Like the backstory and her religious conflict, but could you tone down the - you know, running around main street in frilly unmentionables thing?
All right, Cody, Maria, what've you two got? Not playing star-crossed lovers again, I hope? Hmm. A kung-fu Buddhist monk and a Shinto priestess... with the Celibacy disadvantage and Vocation... okay, that's a relief.
Shannon, you played this same heartbroken gay sorceror guy in our last campaign. No, I don't care if he's 9 years older, mentally scarred, and - What's with all this disadvantage farming? Addiction: Nicotine? Your True Love is also your ENEMY? Look, you're still a bunch of points over. I'm gonna let you go into arrears this time, but you'll have to pay them off ingame.
Lynnette, I said "dark modern campaign". What the fuck is a 14 year old schoolgirl with an imaginary dog doing in a situation like this? And no, Addiction: Pocky is not a valid disadvantage, and I am not allowing you to take "Genki" as an advantage.
Okay, Megan, let's see your - two character sheets? I'm only allowing you to play one of them. Make your damn mind up.
...
Let's see. Orphan, Dark Fate... high-level magical sword with a slew of disadvantages stuck onto it... high Appearance, low Charisma, and everything else in psychic powers... You obviously weren't listening when I said "dark modern campaign", because we sure as Hell aren't playing Exalted.
This is going to be a long session.
- Mel
(Referring to X by Clamp, to spare those who don't want to trudge through to look . . .)
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Date: 2004-11-12 09:15 pm (UTC)waahahahah
Date: 2004-11-12 06:42 pm (UTC)Alright, I asked you guys for "diverse" backgrounds for my Silver Age-y game, and bot did you deliver. I'm really psyched, but I have a few concerns about some of your characters.
Joe, I like your speedster guy, but even with those "Activation" and "Limited Endurance" disads on his speed power, I'm worried he'll dominate all the action because of how the rules handle super-speed.
Jack, how many points did you put into that shapeshifting power! Thats damn near broken. Since you sacrificed alot of your stats to get that level, including intelligence, make sure you limit how creative you get with it.
Ivan, Professor X much? What do you mean you've never heard of the X-men? Okay, he's different, he's a little baby. But man, with those TP and TK skills he's little Deus Ex Machina waiting to happen.
Alright, Dave, your flyer is solid, and I like Fritz's guy with the built in weapons. Tom's brick is solid too, but a little bland. Gabe, your fire-breathing chinese chef is a little wacky, but given the scenario I've got in mind, you could use the comic relief.
Ed, don't know how to tell you this, but Aquaman was the lamest superhero for a reason, and your underwater guy is gonna be a real pain to work into the plot.
Marie, you've got every extra sense and sensory enhancement in the book, but where are your combat skills? I know it's not in concept, but you're pretty much gonna be reduced to a spectator in a fight this way.
Anyway, how do we tie all these people together? Joe, you wake up on a lab table...
CYBORG 009!!!!!!!!!!
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