Another 2000 Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by calmquist

This one is for one of my players.

515. He is not allowed to solve all of his problems with explosives.
515a. He may not uses explosives to recruit threaten other PCs.
515b. He may not use explosives as his only backup plan.
515c. He may not use explosives as his primary means of stealth.

If you've found a problem explosives don't solve, you aren't using enough explosives.

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by RyanW

If you've found a problem explosives don't solve, you aren't using enough explosives.

"As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of resolving approaches Zero."

-- Varsuvius, Order of the Stick

[woodchuck]

Originally Posted by RyanW

If you've found a problem explosives don't solve, you aren't using enough explosives.

Or fire, don't forget about fire.

[Phantasm]

516. No matter how good a visual it is, I am not to use a circular metal shield to basically snowboard down the side of a step pyramid.

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

516. No matter how good a visual it is, I am not to use a circular metal shield to basically snowboard down the side of a step pyramid.

That still only counts as one!

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Phantasm

516. No matter how good a visual it is, I am not to use a circular metal shield to basically snowboard down the side of a step pyramid.

516-a: All visuals drawn from surfing, snowboarding, or surfboarding should be restricted to cases when that's what you're actually doing. Some leeway may be made for hover-boards.

[Disliker of the mary sue]

517. If I am doing russian roulette intergation on the enemy listed on my charecter sheet, it not appreciated to test her plot shields by shooting the 4th or 5th chamber.

517.A even if in those cases the gun bullet is not fired.

[calmquist]

Originally Posted by woodchuck

Or fire, don't forget about fire.

I actually had a character like that.

518. I am no longer allowed to make every fight trivial by spamming grease and astral construct.

[Disliker of the mary sue]

519. It get annoying when you always say "this must be the work of an enemy mage"

[L.J.Steele]

520. Not encouraged to roll initiative against mushrooms
521. Not allowed to loose initiative to mushroom
522. Not allowed to loose initiative to flowers either
523. A petrified PC is not a toy.
523a. Not allowed to suggest the cleric use stone shape to improve petrified PC's appearance.
523b. Not allowed to encourage petrified PC's bird familiar to "do what comes naturally", even if it surely must want some revenge.
523c. When we realize that the jewel we need to escape a magical trap was being carried by petrified PC, not allowed to encourage dwarf to carve off replacement jewels.
523d. Not allowed to use magical water to grow flowers on petrified PC.
523e. Not even while humming the Rabbit of Seville.