Isn't that rather a lot of 'splaining when you could just say, "A flaming cow falls from the sky!"
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amych - Aug 12, 2008 9:21:39 am PDT #1191 of 26132
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
hippocampus - Aug 12, 2008 9:22:57 am PDT #1192 of 26132
not your mom's socks.
"A flaming cow falls from the sky!"
would not work at meetings.
Jessica - Aug 12, 2008 9:23:50 am PDT #1193 of 26132
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
would not work at meetings.
Depends on where you work, surely?
amych - Aug 12, 2008 9:23:51 am PDT #1194 of 26132
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I think we all need better meetings.
hippocampus - Aug 12, 2008 9:25:38 am PDT #1195 of 26132
not your mom's socks.
I think we all need better meetings.
or more flaming cows.
amych - Aug 12, 2008 9:26:32 am PDT #1196 of 26132
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
or more flaming cows.
They would be an improvement.
Sean K - Aug 12, 2008 9:29:51 am PDT #1197 of 26132
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I have used the flaming cow falling from the sky, and had it used on me. Actually, it's kind of a fun way to design an encounter -- a flaming cow flies into the party. Why?
Most of the time, with most players, we don't need a CTRL Z. And even with really stupid tricks that turn out not to work, we can live with the consequences.
I've had two incidences (back under D&D 2.0), where a particular fight led to a TPK, which each time prompted the DM to open the next session with the words, "Okay. You all wake up from the terrible shared nightmare where you all died."
I had one Shadowrun session where Joe had to do a retcon for something that would have severely messed up my spellcaster, after we all remembered *several* minutes after the fact that my character has been invisible, and that couldn't have happened that way.
hippocampus - Aug 12, 2008 9:31:00 am PDT #1198 of 26132
not your mom's socks.
amych, insent.
amych - Aug 12, 2008 9:33:04 am PDT #1199 of 26132
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sox, received, and "yes" to the first, will have to respond after work to the second.
Miracleman - Aug 12, 2008 9:53:20 am PDT #1200 of 26132
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I had one Shadowrun session where Joe had to do a retcon for something that would have severely messed up my spellcaster, after we all remembered *several* minutes after the fact that my character has been invisible, and that couldn't have happened that way.
Well, yeah, but that wasn't several *sessions* later, so I had no real problem with it.
I've had two incidences (back under D&D 2.0), where a particular fight led to a TPK, which each time prompted the DM to open the next session with the words, "Okay. You all wake up from the terrible shared nightmare where you all died."
Then there was the GURPS Supers game wherein we all died, and it turned out to be a "Danger Room" session.