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[SOLDIER First]

Well this is bad

I have to prepare for my game on Saturday and I am frozen with anxiety and procrastination.

>Everyone was calling bullshit, as the DM had given the golem levels in rogue

I consider that... fair.

My advice, write a text block to get the scene set and then just wing everything else... I am sure we will spend most of the session drinking/smoking and just talking to each other.

Yeah, you couldn't possibly do as bad as Flyme's DM. _Hopefully.

[UXLZ]

Nah, Flyme's DM is bad beyond mere incompetence. Neon would probably have to purposefully try.

[kilakan]

From what he described it seems that Flyme's DM did purposefully make all that up in preparation so...

[BlackFlyme]

Yea, he claims to have planned everything ahead of time. Said that he wrote up several stories, in case we resolved different parts in different ways. I have my doubts.

Anyways, to continue on:

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>You would think that someone would have stepped in to stop the fight.
>Once outside, the angel transformed into the party bard.
>Unexpectedly, he explained to us about how he was actually the son of a god, and that the other angel was his evil twin.
>Just nod and continue on, as it hasn't been bad or anything yet.
>Unexpectedly, we meet a witch lost in the woods, which is the paladin/wizard's newest character.
>Strolling back to speak with the king, the bard shares the story of how is brother is pure evil.
>Time is short, as now that he is free, he will begin amassing an army to overtake the material plane.
>Looks like we will need to start forming an army of our own.
>Our plan is to ask the nearby kingdoms for their aid.
>Strangely enough, they are broken down by race, with all humans under one, all elves under another, etc.
>Though somehow the bard never knew about his brother's location, even though he helped seal him.
>The king gave us his support without a question, even though he barely knows us and we only did him a minor favour, in his opinion.
>He tells us that our next best bet for allies would be with the elves, in the elf kingdom.
>Everyone gears up and heads out together in a random direction, because we have never gotten anything specific for the geography of this world.
>Going along a plain, we notice about a half dozen strangely out of place stalagmites.
>All of them were ropers, and even just one would be an encounter well above our current level.
>Major problem with them is that they have a 50 foot ranged touch attack that does 1d6 strength damage, and can use it six times on their turn.
>Everyone went down at least once, because DM didn't read their entry correctly, and thought it was 1d6 bludgeoning damage.

[Neonivek]

Though somehow the bard never knew about his brother's location, even though he helped seal him.

You know DAMN HIM!!! Damn him so much.

In the right hands this could have been a big "Ohh damn!" moment... That maybe his brother was NEVER sealed and his memory was altered to think he was.

damn him for not being a competent DM...

[BlackFlyme]

I'm personally more pissed about the ropers.

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>In field with ropers, well out of their habitat.
>Battle starts, ropers use touch attacks, dealing 6d6 each.
>Call bull, ask DM to reread their monster entry.
>"Oh, shit. Sorry guys, their tentacles do 1d6 strength damage."
>Shit, we shouldn't have called him out.
>"Sorry, nothing I can do. It's what the book says."
>Everyone goes down at least once, eidolon ends up banished back to its plane.
>Spellcasters all giving out bull's strength to keep everyone up.
>Barbarian has ability that buffs his health and damage whenever an ally goes down, goes full beefcake.
>Gets swole, becomes the only reason we survive.
>Summoner summons shadows, fight fire with fire.
>Witch gets dropped to negative strength, dies.
>Player points out that only negative constitution kills, not strength.
>"Sorry, my game, my rules. In my games any negative stat kills."
>Player gets mad, leaves.
>Don't blame him, that's three characters in one session.
>Summoner drops a fire wall, so ropers won't reach through it.
>"Bullshit, I'm not letting my monsters take damage for reaching through the fire!"
>Are you shitting me? Each rope can be individually harmed.

Anyone who wants to can cannibalize his ideas, assuming people want to touch them in the first place.

[SOLDIER First]

>uses rulebook's rules that everyone else on the planet uses
>outright violates a rule just to be a dick to some guy who's already died twice

[UXLZ]

As I said, this guy is hypocritical as all fuck. Has anyone ever actually called him out on it?

[BlackFlyme]

Not that I can remember.

Also, nobody noticed the hidden messages I put in the first three greentexts of this story?

[UXLZ]

I wonder how he'd react if someone started acting the way he does, with the cheaty races and so forth. Probably throw a hissy fit.

[SOLDIER First]

FLYME ARE YOU SHITTING ME

[BlackFlyme]

Eh, while the kasatha is definitely cheap, it is still an actual race in the game. Not one I think a player should be able to choose, but one none the less.

If it were some bullshit third-party or his custom "human hero", then I could see some serious complaints. At the moment it is the current DM's fault for allowing him to use it, and, admittedly unknowingly, adding two extra feats to progress one single one that is already better than the two-weapon fighting chain.

Edit: kek

[Rolan7]

Damn, Pathfinder apparently boosts the DC from 18 to 25 vs 3.5e.  Only 1d6 STR instead of 2d8 though, guess it sorta evens out.
But yeah...

>"Sorry, nothing I can do. It's what the book says."
[SNIP]
>Player points out that only negative constitution kills, not strength.
>"Sorry, my game, my rules. In my games any negative stat kills."
>Player gets mad, leaves.

Good move by the player.  Even without the first part.  Trying to stick to the RAW is already a losing battle, but sticking so hard to a houserule is just crass.

>Summoner drops a fire wall, so ropers won't reach through it.
>"Bullshit, I'm not letting my monsters take damage for reaching through the fire!"

Punishing a creative *AND* realistic defense.

>Are you shitting me? Each rope has its own health pool.

W-what?  The entry clearly says that each rope is destroyed by ANY slashing damage (AC 20).

[BlackFlyme]

Ah, just reread the roper stats. I was misremembering, you are right, it's just an AC you have to hit.

He didn't let us have a fort save to avoid the damage though. Not that any of us could have made that at level 7.

[Boltgun]

You simply don't understand. This is the greatest DM ever, he makes fun and exciting stories.

That or he really want to tentacle your party.