The Really Bad Ideas Topic

No need to apologize at all Disturbingly, as long as you don't misrepresent yourself. Misrepresentation of one's D Ming style is the most heinous act a DM can commit. And That's Terrible.

edited 9th Aug '10 4:23:20 PM by TheyCallMeTomu

The scary thing about this thread is that there's someone out there who can and will take everything suggested in here seriously, and in fact consider it to be the only proper way to play the game.

My constant reminders that "Everyone has a playstyle just don't misrepresent yourself" is explicitly designed as a way of countering the "Stop Having Fun" Guys (though, ironically, those who say "THIS IS THE ONLY PROPER WAY TO PLAY" are often the hardcore roleplayers who think that optimization for Hack n Slash is basically doing it wrong)

Run a game that uses dice pools. Have everyone make a sniper. Insist that everyone leave their dice at home since you'll have plenty.

Make a hero with a weakness to Oxygen. Proceed to explain to the GM that there's no "unbonded" Oxygen in the atmosphere, but express thanks for the extra character points nonetheless.

Make a secret agent with low intelligence and strength, but godly seduction skills. Name him Chad Haniff. Make sure to lose your gun privileges. Scream "executive death punch" before charging headlong into unwinnable melee combat. Post pictures.

Allow separate players to make both Neutral Evil characters and Lawful Stupid ones. Then set the campaign in Sigil.

Join or run a game for DrRockopolis.

edited 18th Aug '10 7:42:34 PM by DrRockopolis

Make a not-so-thought out rules change when running a game for me. Game makers aren't excepted - for instance, Armory for the new World Of Darkness is so fucked up when it comes to some weapons it ain't even funny.

How has this not been mentioned?

Fox News: The roleplaying game.

"90. My swashbuckling fop cannot take the flaw Dark Secret: Not Gay"

That's a classic.

"17. Collateral Damage Man is not an appropriate name for a super hero."

That one's hilarious if you know Section 8.

No, no matter what the underlying Unfortunate Implications of the setting it brings up, Orcs and Goblins are not 'wogs'. Or 'dagos'. Not even if you're drink tea instead of Mountain Dew.

^ What system is that, Rocko?

Well, if nothing else, it'd probably be in character for Space1889, old boy.

• Though that one doesn't actually have orcs or goblins, just martians and foreigners.

D&D, for one. Generic imperialist fantasy.

edited 29th Aug '10 1:04:46 PM by DrRockopolis

That's the reason I don't mind letting Special Snowflake Syndrome run amok. It just feels less imperialistic to have a party consisting of all kinds of weird species from all over existence rather than just a human, a short human, a shorter human and a tall human.

Roll horribly on dicebot and quit the game midsession because your character wasn't built for kiting minions.

I just came up with a character concept for the orcish general who will be a major villain in a future campaign. You see, the orcish tribes were feudal and divided until one particularly brutal warlord conquered and thus united them all. He established himself as the foremost of all the tribes... the Master Chief.

He'll wear green armor and rub his genitalia on the faces of fallen enemies. The strange part is, if you forget about the fact that this is blatantly making fun of Halo, this is actually something that would make perfect sense for an orc to do....

edited 10th Sep '10 3:02:58 PM by Exaggeration17A

I don't know whether this is a stupid idea or an awesome idea, so I'm just putting it out here:

Portraying Tharazidun as an expy of Giygas, complete with the same method of defeat. It kinda makes sense, as they were both driven insane and warped by ultimate evil. Does this idea belong on this thread, or is it any good?

It is an awesomebad idea.

Really Bad Idea? Run a Dark Heresy campaign that lets the players win.

Astonishingly bad idea?

Run a game set in the 40K universe, but based on White Wolf's Storyteller System.

Then have the players Exalt.

Nurgle? Meet Solar Medicine.

^ AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

NO! The poor Grimdark won't be able to handle it! Unless of course... They are treated like Psykers. Though in all seriousness: They could Drop-kick a planet into EXTERMINATUS!

That mental image is awesome.

On topic: Letting your grappling-monster Player take the Feat Weapon Specialization Team-mate. No Matter how awesome it sounds it just doesn't end well when you're wielding a Half-orc as a club.

^^^ Mr Cales, do you mean Incredibad?

Exaggeration 17 A:
I just came up with a character concept for the orcish general who will be a major villain in a future campaign. You see, the orcish tribes were feudal and divided until one particularly brutal warlord conquered and thus united them all. He established himself as the foremost of all the tribes... the Master Chief.

He'll wear green armor and rub his genitalia on the faces of fallen enemies. The strange part is, if you forget about the fact that this is blatantly making fun of Halo, this is actually something that would make perfect sense for an orc to do....

edited 24th Sep '10 1:18:04 PM by NotSoBadassLongcoat

^^ Voot: My point exactly.

Do you honestly think they can consistently get them treated like psykers when Performance Charms come into play? "No, we're Saints!"

And I'd dearly love to see a serious zombie plague outbreak meet an Essence 7 Solar with A Hood On Death.

The setting would warp backwards.

Or they'd create a new Chaos God. Ghitar, the God of Awesome.

Yeah, they'd break it over their knee. The Exalted kinda have a history of beating up unkowable cosmic entities that are more powerful than we could possibly imagine.

"So, here's the plan. We head into the Warp, find the Skull Throne, and use Chaos-Repelling Pattern- then pull out our bolters and lay down a Rain of Mass-Reactive Death. Any questions?"