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comradesnarf in bad_rpers_suck

A Name Which Will Live in Infamy

Jun 24, 2010 22:31

It's been a very long time since I've posted in this community, but I recently recalled I'd promised to share the story of yet another absolutely terrible character in a tabletop RP I've run. Some background on the setting first: It was a pretty standard fantasy setting full of intentional stereotypes (which were part of the joke). So Dungeons & ( Read more... )

serial fail, doing it wrong, dungeons & dragons, dumbass, characterization fail, tabletop gaming

Comments 11

amarillion June 25 2010, 05:51:34 UTC

Should have dropped a cursed object into his hands. Something big and shiny and glittery in all the wrong ways... Solid gold and encrusted with gems. That could never leave his hands or he dies, and as long as he holds it he can never gain any wealth....And each time the player does something stultifyingly stupid, add another curse onto it. :D
See how many he can collect before he gives up?

efftem June 25 2010, 07:28:15 UTC

Oh dear. I laughed very hard. Partly because Seamus' utter stupidity reminded me of one of the PCs in another game I was in. Told vital information to enemy, stole from the party ("It was shiny!"), the works. Key difference was, it was INTENTIONAL. They had fun-times muzzling him and herding the idiot character away from sensitive situations. It was fun because.... y'know, the player wasn't a douche and had us OOCly rolling with laughter.

I am sorry your guy was not so awesome.

skunktaur June 25 2010, 09:39:37 UTC

Oh yeah... It's great when those kind of characters are around. This epic DnD campaign I was in we had a Kensai Paladin running around who could NOT abandon his blade anywhere. Even if he had to digsuise himself as a drunk hobo.

Eventually shit happens, guards start to search everyone, even the wine-reeking hobos. Hilarious combat started with "Sorry guys..."

seekingnevada June 25 2010, 19:20:20 UTC

I think some of the best DnD situations I've ever been in began with the words "Sorry, guys..." ICly, OoCly, or both...

sidhe_uaine42 June 25 2010, 07:39:54 UTC

Congratulations, BRPer. My face and palms have become Siamese triplets.

skunktaur June 25 2010, 09:33:26 UTC

If this wasn't all unintentional, it could've been a GREAT player character...

I mean, if the player at one time would've at least said "Yes, I know it's stupid, but Seamus is that stupid and greedy." to OOCly justify the IC actions he's taking... But I understand from your explanation that this was the player, and not the character, shining through all the way.

zogblog June 25 2010, 10:09:18 UTC

As one of the players in said RPing group...

Yes, that was the player himself showing through in Seamus. Later on, the player even went so far as to say, "I thought that Seamus was a pretty cool character..." There is not a facepalm strong enough for that.

sidhe_uaine42 June 26 2010, 01:53:09 UTC

There is.

Oh, I forgot. It involves a face, but it doesn't involve a palm and it's not self-inflicted. Oops, my bad.

cygnia June 25 2010, 13:58:34 UTC

Why did you allow this douchedrrinking cockbib to continue? Why, as a GM, did you not say "NO! Door. Ass. Way out that way."?

comradesnarf June 25 2010, 19:12:06 UTC

I'm not really sure. I think part of it was a morbid fascination with Seamus' actions, and subconsciously wanting to see just how far he'd go. The other was that it was the only way to keep him out of another game that I was a player in, and didn't want him ruining; not just because of his lack of actually role-playing, but also because as the only person in our group who drives and has a car, I'd have to drive him home, which is out of the way for me.

Also, another gem of a comment from Seamus' player: when confronted about working for the Evil Empire, he defended himself by saying, "I didn't have a choice! They paid me!"