Jaz
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I know I have posted this topic over and over again (at least on several forums I frequent/ed), but I don't think we had one like this at the Watch so far... it's all about your most memorable pen and paper roleplaying moments.
1.
I'll start with my very first RPGing experience; my brother had been lured into the roleplaying trap by our cousin, fresh from the States. Because my brother loved RPGing so much, he decided others should participate in the fun as well... but he couldn't get my cousin's RPG at the time and place after he had left for the States again, so he bought the only RPG that was available then and there - Tunnels and Trolls. He studied the rules, asked our mother and me if we wanted to play, and off we went.
It took us over an hour to roll up the characters, and my mom started to get impatient. Finally my brother spoke the magical words...
Brother GM: "Okay. You two great heroes venture into the dungeon. Do you want to go left or right?"
Player Mom (reading the newspaper): "Mhm."
Player Jaz (scratching her head): "Ah, we are great heroes?"
Brother GM: "Er, yes. Left or right?"
Player Jaz (wondering what great heroes wanted to do in a dungeon): "Oh, let's go left."
Brother GM: "Okay. There's a dragon. What do you want to do?"
Player Mom: "Mhm."
Player Jaz (scratches head): "Um, attack it...?"
Brother GM (shrugs): "Okay."
Everybody rolls dice.
Brother GM: "Okay, Jaz and Mom, your heroes are wounded. What do you want to do now?"
Player Jaz: "Um, attack it again?"
Player Mom: (yawns)
Brother GM: "Okay." (rattle rattle). "You two are dead."
Player Jaz: "What? Why?"
Brother GM: "Because the dragon was much stronger than you. You had no chance to win against it."
Player Jaz: "Huh? I thought we were great heroes?"
Brother GM: "But the dragon was 8th level. You were just first level characters."
Player Jaz: "And now?"
Brother GM (shrugs) "That was it. The game is over."
Players Jaz and Mom (look at each other)
Player Mom: "What a stupid game."
Player Jaz: "One hour to create a hero and two minutes to lose the game?" (throws down character sheet) "This was the first and last time I played such an idiotic game."
Brother GM (starts to cry)
2.
Despite the T&T debacle, my cousin finally managed to get me interested in roleplaying after all, and I actually had fun! He was a good GM, he really was, and when he was here for the summer holidays, we played each and every day... AD&D (first edition) at the time.
Unfortunately, though, my cousin *did* have a bad day from time to time... this was his worst by far:
Cousin GM (sitting down): "Today we'll start a new campaign. I prerolled some characters for you so we can jump into the action immediately." (hands us the character sheets) "There's a door in front of you."
Player Jaz (raises a finger after looking at her character sheet): "Sorry, Tim... just two questions: who are we, and why are we here?"
Cousin GM: "Unimportant."
Player Jaz: "You might at least tell us if we're indoors or outside?"
Cousin GM: "Uh... I never thought of that. - Anyway, the door openes, and you see a man."
Player Brother: "What does he look like?"
Cousin GM: "He carries a sword."
1.
I'll start with my very first RPGing experience; my brother had been lured into the roleplaying trap by our cousin, fresh from the States. Because my brother loved RPGing so much, he decided others should participate in the fun as well... but he couldn't get my cousin's RPG at the time and place after he had left for the States again, so he bought the only RPG that was available then and there - Tunnels and Trolls. He studied the rules, asked our mother and me if we wanted to play, and off we went.
It took us over an hour to roll up the characters, and my mom started to get impatient. Finally my brother spoke the magical words...
Brother GM: "Okay. You two great heroes venture into the dungeon. Do you want to go left or right?"
Player Mom (reading the newspaper): "Mhm."
Player Jaz (scratching her head): "Ah, we are great heroes?"
Brother GM: "Er, yes. Left or right?"
Player Jaz (wondering what great heroes wanted to do in a dungeon): "Oh, let's go left."
Brother GM: "Okay. There's a dragon. What do you want to do?"
Player Mom: "Mhm."
Player Jaz (scratches head): "Um, attack it...?"
Brother GM (shrugs): "Okay."
Everybody rolls dice.
Brother GM: "Okay, Jaz and Mom, your heroes are wounded. What do you want to do now?"
Player Jaz: "Um, attack it again?"
Player Mom: (yawns)
Brother GM: "Okay." (rattle rattle). "You two are dead."
Player Jaz: "What? Why?"
Brother GM: "Because the dragon was much stronger than you. You had no chance to win against it."
Player Jaz: "Huh? I thought we were great heroes?"
Brother GM: "But the dragon was 8th level. You were just first level characters."
Player Jaz: "And now?"
Brother GM (shrugs) "That was it. The game is over."
Players Jaz and Mom (look at each other)
Player Mom: "What a stupid game."
Player Jaz: "One hour to create a hero and two minutes to lose the game?" (throws down character sheet) "This was the first and last time I played such an idiotic game."
Brother GM (starts to cry)
2.
Despite the T&T debacle, my cousin finally managed to get me interested in roleplaying after all, and I actually had fun! He was a good GM, he really was, and when he was here for the summer holidays, we played each and every day... AD&D (first edition) at the time.
Unfortunately, though, my cousin *did* have a bad day from time to time... this was his worst by far:
Cousin GM (sitting down): "Today we'll start a new campaign. I prerolled some characters for you so we can jump into the action immediately." (hands us the character sheets) "There's a door in front of you."
Player Jaz (raises a finger after looking at her character sheet): "Sorry, Tim... just two questions: who are we, and why are we here?"
Cousin GM: "Unimportant."
Player Jaz: "You might at least tell us if we're indoors or outside?"
Cousin GM: "Uh... I never thought of that. - Anyway, the door openes, and you see a man."
Player Brother: "What does he look like?"
Cousin GM: "He carries a sword."
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