Quote from: deadDMwalking;575928Not something I see often - but I have seen it.  People that don't practice good hygiene are not welcome at my house.  

I've also been to GenCon once.  It is possible that some allowance should be made for the possible long waking hours and number of people sharing a single room (and therefore, shower), but I'm not inclined to make it.  

There are plenty of behaviors that aren't acceptable in any type of gaming environment, and the first are always the same ones as at work.  Keep yourself clean; no unwanted touching or leering; etc.  

Then you start on the ones that are really important to gaming.  The first and cardinal rule for players: Make a character that has a reason for wanting to work with the other members of the party.  

I've had a player that wanted to go off and do solo-shit.  I let him leave the party and we'd give him 5 minutes to describe his long journey to a far away land while spending 55 minutes doing the actual adventure...  It wouldn't matter if he had none of the problems that Declan thinks are a problem.  

That's not to say you can't have intra-party conflict.  But you have to be willing to work together.  

The second rule: It's a game - try to have fun and try to make sure everyone else is having fun with you.

Again, it doesn't matter what kind of game you're playing.  If you're being careful to observe rule #2, you can be as Pun-Pun as you want.  It's only a problem if people aren't having fun.  So if Declan is at your table, watch your Pun-Pun making self.  If that's the only way for you to have fun and it ruins his fun, the two shouldn't be playing together.  But for most people, there's a middle ground.  

This also covers what 'Rating' a game should have.  Some gamers aren't comfortable with the death of a child, some think that if evil doesn't do anything WICKED, then what's the point.  

There are plenty of ways to be an asshole that Declan didn't mention.  As far as those things go, they're not NECESSARILY a problem, but they can be.  

I think 3.x has some major flaws, but for me, it's still the best game around.  But I honestly don't care if Declan thinks I'm an asshole either in addition to or because of that.  I like to believe that it's enough we're all enjoying our shared hobby.

Quote from: Bill;576041Is WANTED touching and leering ok?

Quote from: Benoist;575848OK. I do too. But what if that extra little benefit meant the difference between a character you like and one you are really invested in, as a player? Wouldn't there be value in that then, from an immersive standpoint?

Quote from: Sacrosanct;575849Using Declan's logic here:

*The rpgsite is one of the only sites that allow users to call  other users cunts with no repercussion.  

*Being able to call people cunts willy nilly is an asshole behavior, and thus attracts assholes as members

*If you are a member of therpgsite and post there more than anywhere else, you are an asshole.

Quote from: Declan MacManus;576065Yes.

Quote from: Panzerkraken;576068Combining those two chains of logic together, then, we discover that Declan's favorite game IS D&D 3.5.

So tell us all about your ideas for tweaking a Warblade build, Declan?

Quote from: Exploderwizard;576069:rotfl:

Shit man hot coffee out the nose ain't fun!

Quote from: Declan MacManus;576062I don't see investment in one's character as being a product of character generation, but rather it is the result of having played the character through numerous adventures.

I don't see how anyone can become invested simply by throwing together a few feats and skill ranks. I know that it happens...but I can't fathom HOW it happens.

Quote from: Bill;576071Isn't a Warblade a 4E prototype?

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I pretty much put that book right next to that book about the funky magic using rings on my list of fuck right off and don't ask me about playing shit from there.

I allowed people to play prestige classes from Vile Darkness before I'd let anything from those books into my games.

Quote from: Panzerkraken;576075I thought it was a book of nine swords prestige class .  



I pretty much put that book right next to that book about the funky magic using rings on my list of fuck right off and don't ask me about playing shit from there.

I allowed people to play prestige classes from Vile Darkness before I'd let anything from those books into my games.

Quote from: Panzerkraken;576068So tell us all about your ideas for tweaking a Warblade build, Declan?

Quote from: Declan MacManus;576085Step 1: Pay some tourette's kid to go to the game in your stead and shout "Ancient Mountain Hammer" every other attack.

Step 2: Spend the evening with a sparked joint, a glass of single malt scotch, and your dick in a spanish girls mouth.

Step 3: Nap.

That kids, is not only how you optimize a warblade, but also how you optimize your life.

Quote from: Declan MacManus;576085Step 1: Pay some tourette's kid to go to the game in your stead and shout "Ancient Mountain Hammer" every other attack.

Step 2: Spend the evening with a sparked joint, a glass of single malt scotch, and your dick in a spanish girls mouth.

Step 3: Nap.

That kids, is not only how you optimize a warblade, but also how you optimize your life.

Quote from: Bill;576090I can't find that Build on the Char-Op boards, but it sounds great!
Might be overpowered.

Quote from: Bill;576090I can't find that Build on the Char-Op boards, but it sounds great!
Might be overpowered.