Message-ID: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:10:13 +0930 From: Blake Storm X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-12 i686) X-Accept-Language: en, ru, sv, ga, de, gl, fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Funny Quotes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 39 Organization: Ihug Limited (Adelaide) NNTP-Posting-Host: p10-max1.adl.ihug.com.au X-Trace: 965043739 news.adl.ihug.com.au 28948 203.30.125.10 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.com.au Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!bignews.mediaways.net!skynet.be!ihug.co.nz!news.adl.ihug.com.au!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13643 Here are some quotes from some of the lighter moments from my gaming group... Greyhawk (using rolemaster system), the party were a bunch of hedonistic looneys who never stopped partying, the first day in Greyhawk City they started 3 riots. Party was heading down the wild coast on patrol (the elders of the city wanted them out of town for awhile, they meant well but cause to much damage). After slaying a tribe of marauding lizardmen, they found a dragons lair. They snuck in, presuming the dragon to be asleep (it wasn't). Player 1-What if the dragon wakes up? Player 2-We'll sing it back to sleep! Players-*chuckle* *players sing as characters sing linking arms* Bom bom bom bom bom Goodnight sweetheart well its time to go.... -- During a Rifts game, Ash, the cavalier like warrior charged some bandits who were dragging along a bunch of slaves in chains. My dragon (young, very curious and very stupid, i played him like a puppy) swooped down and incinerated the bandits from the waist up. Ash picks himself up off the ground, dusts himself off, and says to the beautiful female captive... 'Fair maiden, we have come to rescue you from these... charred corpses' -- Ravenloft game, party were invited up to Strahds castle for dinner, the players (and the characters) were very scared, Strahd offered them, a deal to hunt were wolves in his realm (the characters knew nothing about Strahd or his plots etc). Player 1-Aaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Player 2-Stay in character, we know nothing about Strahd. *4 seconds of silence* Player 1-Aaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Everyone was laughing then :P ###### Message-ID: <39856FC2.1BF0BBE6@bellsouth.net> From: Mitch Williams X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 42 Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 07:23:30 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.78.132.116 X-Trace: news1.atl 965046232 216.78.132.116 (Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:23:52 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:23:52 EDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.atl.bellsouth.net.MISMATCH!newsfeed.atl!news1.atl.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13647 I guess you had to be there..... :-p Blake Storm wrote: > Here are some quotes from some of the lighter moments from my gaming group... > > Greyhawk (using rolemaster system), the party were a bunch of hedonistic looneys who never > stopped partying, the first day in Greyhawk City they started 3 riots. Party was heading > down the wild coast on patrol (the elders of the city wanted them out of town for awhile, > they meant well but cause to much damage). After slaying a tribe of marauding lizardmen, > they found a dragons lair. > > They snuck in, presuming the dragon to be asleep (it wasn't). > Player 1-What if the dragon wakes up? > Player 2-We'll sing it back to sleep! > Players-*chuckle* *players sing as characters sing linking arms* Bom bom bom bom bom > Goodnight sweetheart well its time to go.... > > -- > > During a Rifts game, Ash, the cavalier like warrior charged some bandits who were dragging > along a bunch of slaves in chains. > My dragon (young, very curious and very stupid, i played him like a puppy) swooped down > and incinerated the bandits from the waist up. > Ash picks himself up off the ground, dusts himself off, and says to the beautiful female > captive... > > 'Fair maiden, we have come to rescue you from these... charred corpses' > > -- > > Ravenloft game, party were invited up to Strahds castle for dinner, the players (and the > characters) were very scared, Strahd offered them, a deal to hunt were wolves in his realm > (the characters knew nothing about Strahd or his plots etc). > > Player 1-Aaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! > Player 2-Stay in character, we know nothing about Strahd. > *4 seconds of silence* > Player 1-Aaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! > > Everyone was laughing then :P ###### From: Randy Patton Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 15:15:56 -0400 Organization: None Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: patton.english.vt.edu X-Trace: solaris.cc.vt.edu 965070829 27814 128.173.168.119 (31 Jul 2000 19:13:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@vt.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 31 Jul 2000 19:13:49 GMT User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.0 (PPC) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.vt.edu!randy.patton Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13755 In article <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au>, Blake Storm wrote: > Here are some quotes from some of the lighter moments from my gaming > group... An exchange I overheard between a monk and a fighter: FIGHTER: I'd love to learn to dodge arrows the way you do. MONK : Do not be where the arrows are. FIGHTER: But I don't know *how* to do that! MONK : You're doing it now. ###### Lines: 38 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: doccross@aol.comSPAMSUX (DocCross) Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Date: 01 Aug 2000 05:22:36 GMT References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Message-ID: <20000801012236.27750.00000014@ng-ff1.aol.com> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!europa.netcrusader.net!152.163.239.129!portc01.blue.aol.com!audrey04.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13716 >Here are some quotes from some of the >lighter moments from my gaming group... > Not bad. Here are some quotes from one of my past games. Top Ten Quotes from my Over the Edge Series 10. "I SWEAR it was a man when we got in the bathtub!" 9. "There's something damned strange about the Cut-Ups, but at least they aren't on drugs." 8. "I don't suppose Bob the Dog is a Communist, is he?" 7. "I'd give a million bucks for a glass of water and a flame thrower." 6. "No, officer, we aren't dead. Should we be?" 5. "Just remember, when Doc starts laughing, we're in deep shit." 4. "How much for a hot dog WITHOUT pork but WITH human meat?" 3. "Well, you've gotta admit, for an undead racist Satan worshipper, he's a pretty nice guy." 2. "I knew things were getting weird when she took off her head." And the number one quote is.... 1. "If one more piece of furniture talks to me, I'm gonna jump out the window!" Doc Doc Cross Proud contributor to Alarums & Excursions APA Celebrating our 25th year of publication! "The history of roleplaying...one month at a time" ###### From: Lizard Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 23:25:57 -0700 Organization: Ferengi School Of Business Ethics Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <20000801012236.27750.00000014@ng-ff1.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-871.newsdawg.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!psinet-eu-nl!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!skynet.be!newsfeedZ.netscum.dQ!netscum.int!pln-e!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews4 Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13757 Two from my Sailor Moon game: "She's at that awkward age. Too old for romantic misadventures, too young for mystic powers." "I hug my mother. How much damage do I take?" *----------------------------------------------------* Evolution doesn't take prisoners:Lizard "I've heard of this thing men call 'empathy', but I've never once been afflicted with it, thanks the Gods." Bruno The Bandit http://www.mrlizard.com ###### From: guppyshark@quakeclan.net (Brad Carletti) Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 09:45:22 GMT Message-ID: <39869c1e.1563101@news.adelaide.on.net> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp115.adelaide.on.net.au X-Trace: 1 Aug 2000 19:08:44 +0950, ppp115.adelaide.on.net.au Lines: 7 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mel.connect.com.au!news1.optus.net.au!optus!yorrell.saard.net!duster.adelaide.on.net!ppp115.adelaide.on.net.au Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13731 >Greyhawk (using rolemaster system), the party were a bunch of hedonistic looneys who never >stopped partying, the first day in Greyhawk City they started 3 riots. Party was heading Suddenly the generic term for a group of adventurers has a whole new level of meaning :) Brad Carletti ###### Message-ID: <39871878.8FAC2DCF@rtp.dg.com> From: John Karakash X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,ja MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Funny Quotes References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <20000801012236.27750.00000014@ng-ff1.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 25 NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 13:35:39 CDT Organization: Giganews.Com - Premium News Outsourcing X-Trace: sv2-4MN/OotAyGHUFlxh0yKQcnCxI8wbgGq4duzhOrNNrzF0SdU2am7I5bTrhkHj7EirPXY8hqaxyamHUDW!5EKcYZSaISiOYNS84cVFkuPoTTaL421B X-Complaints-To: abuse@GigaNews.Com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 14:35:36 -0400 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!portc03.blue.aol.com!nntp2.giganews.com!nntp3.giganews.com!news4.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13775 DocCross wrote: > > >Here are some quotes from some of the >lighter moments from my gaming group... In the undead theme: [from a PC who everyone thought was a zombie, but showed up one day with a bit of tissue paper on his face from a shaving cut.] PC: What happened to your face? "zombie": I cut myself shaving. PC: Zombies don't have to shave! "zombie": Hey, just because I'm one of the living dead, doesn't mean I can ignore my grooming. [Badly paraphrased, I'm afraid. Paul McDonald was the "zombie" in question...] -- +============================================= + John Karakash - geek, writer, cook + Code mangler for EMC CLARiiON + mib2300 +============================================= ###### From: D Miller Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 23:07:56 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Lines: 46 Message-ID: <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.76.0.65 X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Aug 01 23:07:56 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98) X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 x63.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 199.76.0.65 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDmiller70 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13800 In article <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au>, Blake Storm wrote: > Here are some quotes from some of the lighter moments from my gaming group... > Okay, I usually don't respond to this type of post, but I thought I would get into the spirit of things with a few light moments from my long-running AD&D campaign. This campaign ran from 1984-1990 (Yes, I am a card-carrying OFC'er). Some of our most frivolous moments: -During TSR's "Egg of the Phoenix" adventure, in the crater with the enraged demon, who has just had a purple worm land on his castle from a VERY high altitude...He questions the party as to the source of the worm. When the party doesn't satisfy his curiosity, the demon says, "You are wearing my patience." To which the uncooperative, not- so-smart halfling thief replies (after looking himself up-and- down), "No I'm not. I'm wearing the same things I wear all the time." -We had a character named "Intrepid." Just out of dumb, blind luck (or lack of it), he NEVER in the entire campaign successfully saved vs. anything that required a fear check. Doesn't sound so intrepid to me. -Once had the entire party spilled into a small body of water (about chest high to the humans), then attacked by some nasty underwater creatures (don't remember what kind). The lone magic user has *levitated* above the water, and gained higher ground. To save the party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into the water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did I mention his 18 Int.? -Once had a character that impulsively stole silverware. Thanks for the opportunity to reminisce and share this small sample! DM - -- ---Please insert mediocre one-liner or obscure reference here. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ###### From: Scipio99 Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 19:31:48 -0400 Lines: 14 Message-ID: <39875DE4.1720680@alpha.complex> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: nw0I2FPPas5LEEkW9hGAzM7X0aV4Vl5Nw8NHv7+WswQ= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Aug 2000 23:31:50 GMT X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win95; I) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13801 Here are two from a friend of mine: 1) While playing an evil character in AD&D, he shot an arrow into someone who had torqued him off. When confronted with this, he said, "I was cleaning my bow when it suddenly went off!" 2) In WFRP, where dwarves are notoriously bad shots, he was asked to prove that he was who he claimed to be. He whipped out a pistol, fired it at point blank range, and missed. His response, "No one but The Silverfish could miss at this range!" Blake Storm wrote: > > Here are some quotes from some of the lighter moments from my gaming group... ###### Message-ID: <39876255@cobweb.scarymonsters.net> From: Ryan Franklin Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-19990517 ("Psychonaut") (UNIX) (Linux/2.2.14 (i586)) X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.225.32.161 Lines: 57 Date: 1 Aug 2000 16:50:45 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.225.32.161 X-Trace: news.uswest.net 965173849 63.225.32.161 (Tue, 01 Aug 2000 18:50:49 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 18:50:49 CDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.uswest.net!news.uswest.net.POSTED!cobweb.scarymonsters.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13825 In rec.games.frp.misc D Miller wrote: > -Once had the entire party spilled into a small body of water (about > chest high to the humans), then attacked by some nasty underwater > creatures (don't remember what kind). The lone magic user has > *levitated* above the water, and gained higher ground. To save the > party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into the > water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did I mention his 18 > Int.? Well, since this story reminded me of it, I am now compelled to relate my own crazy mage story. This was a high school AD&D game where I was playing the wrong character (a thief in a party with combat monsters, including a paladin and a priest of the god of war--in other words, there was never anything useful I could do, and never anything interesting that I could get away with). A good friend of mine was playing our party's mage, a bad-tempered basically evil sort of spell-thrower with an attitude that matched up perfectly with my sarcastic, "let the fighters deal with the problems and just hand me my share of the loot" thief. This mage, Sirhc Bob (we weren't trying too hard with names back then) contributed some really memorable things to the game. For one thing, he really liked area-effect damage spells like the all-powerful fireball and lightning bolt. He liked them so much, he would cast them whenever he could. Since we had a paladin in the party who felt compelled to charge right up to whatever was attacking us, Sirhc Bob ended up dealing quite a bit of damage to the paladin. It got to the point where he refused to cast certain spells until he could hit the paladin with them, too. (ie, the lightning bolt at the giant frogs...with the paladin standing in the same lake. And the time he told the GM "I'll hold off on releasing the fireball until the paladin gets up there.") It was Sirhc Bob and my thief who first coined the phrase "Wall of Meat" in our party to describe all the buffed-out combat monsters who would stand in the front line to keep the nasty critters away from us. We'd refer to it as the most useful spell any mage could know. Sirhc Bob also invented "Camp Happy" in a real Knights-of-the-Dinner- Table moment. The wandering monster table spat up a bunch of friendly nonhostile ogre-types, and the mage was all for toasting them as soon as they hit spell range, friendly wave or no friendly wave, but the good and noble paladin/priest duo browbeat him into not doing anything. So Sirhc Bob got all sulky, and when the ogres got close and asked where we were headed, he spat at them "None of your business. We're going the other way. Why don't you just run along, now?" "Is there something bothering him?" asks one of the ogres. Before our war priest says one word, Sirhc Bob replies, "No, nothing's bothering us at all. We're all happy here. This is Camp Fucking Happy!" Later on when we reached our destination and set up a base camp, we all named it "Camp Happy." We even put up a sign with "Camp Happy" on it. ...And then Sirhc Bob cast Explosive Runes on it, so it would blow up in the face of the first person who read it. -- such a typically dorky high school game, but god, it was fun ryan@cobweb.scarymonsters.net ###### From: Scipio99 Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 21:23:04 -0400 Lines: 15 Message-ID: <398777F8.DA6EBFF2@rcn.com> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: xinUldpqMUbEtLxoYD1D/iGqLO7fYSUfp6maone+mhc= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Aug 2000 01:23:06 GMT X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win95; I) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!uni-erlangen.de!newsfeed.germany.net!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!diablo.theplanet.net!europa.netcrusader.net!207.172.3.37!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13853 Player interaction involving a mage and lightning bolt. Mike: "Ben, did you just throw a lightning bolt at that blue dragon?!" Ben: "Well, yeah." Mike: "Just checking." D Miller wrote: > -Once had the entire party spilled into a small body of water (about > chest high to the humans), then attacked by some nasty underwater > creatures (don't remember what kind). The lone magic user has > *levitated* above the water, and gained higher ground. To save the > party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into the > water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did I mention his 18 > Int.? ###### From: The Sigil Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 22:14:22 -0700 Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3987AE2E.7F7E7DE0@hotmail.nospam.com> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lsana050-0329.splitrock.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!uni-erlangen.de!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!hammer.uoregon.edu!csulb.edu!news.service.uci.edu!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13822 Nit-picking... D Miller wrote: > -Once had the entire party spilled into a small body of water (about > chest high to the humans), then attacked by some nasty underwater > creatures (don't remember what kind). The lone magic user has > *levitated* above the water, and gained higher ground. To save the > party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into the > water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did I mention his 18 > Int.? Water ISN'T a good conductor of electricity. It's a horrible conductor of electricity. Water with impurities, especially dissolved substances which ionize (like salt), OTOH, is a GREAT conductor of electricity. The Sigil ###### From: "TRacy" Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 01:23:50 -0500 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 25 Message-ID: <8m8dor$het$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3987AE2E.7F7E7DE0@hotmail.nospam.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: d1.56.36.07 X-Server-Date: 2 Aug 2000 06:06:19 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!firehose.mindspring.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13839 > >> -Once had the entire party spilled into a small body of water (about >> chest high to the humans), then attacked by some nasty underwater >> creatures (don't remember what kind). The lone magic user has >> *levitated* above the water, and gained higher ground. To save the >> party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into the >> water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did I mention his 18 >> Int.? High int doesn't keep one from panicing and reacting without thinking. Had a number of high intellegence types screw up. Had one try to run from a white dragon. He ran down a very curvy ice tunnel instead of out the exit 10' to the side of the ice hole. You ever try to run on ice with normal boots. The player argued that the mage should know better then to pick the wrong tunnel. My view...panic attack. Everyone else though it great fun. Jokes about knowing right from left, etc. me ###### From: nospam@aol.com Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 09:27:17 +0200 Reply-To: nospam@aol.com Message-ID: References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 15 NNTP-Posting-Host: 196.13.31.125 X-Trace: helios.is.co.za 965201237 237 196.13.31.125 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!skynet.be!infeed.is.co.za!feeder.is.co.za!helios.is.co.za!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13787 D Miller wrote: > -Once had the entire party spilled into a small body of water (about > chest high to the humans), then attacked by some nasty underwater > creatures (don't remember what kind). The lone magic user has > *levitated* above the water, and gained higher ground. To save the > party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into the > water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did I mention his 18 > Int.? Actually, water generally is a pretty poor conductor of electricity, and distilled water isn't a conductor. Graeme ###### From: "JLaw" Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3987AE2E.7F7E7DE0@hotmail.nospam.com> <8m8dor$het$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Lines: 31 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 08:23:21 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.69.106.48 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.gvcl1.bc.home.com 965204601 24.69.106.48 (Wed, 02 Aug 2000 01:23:21 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 01:23:21 PDT Organization: Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newshub2.home.com!news.home.com!news1.gvcl1.bc.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13840 | >> -Once had the entire party spilled into a small body of water (about | >> chest high to the humans), then attacked by some nasty underwater | >> creatures (don't remember what kind). The lone magic user has | >> *levitated* above the water, and gained higher ground. To save the | >> party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into the | >> water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did I mention his 18 | >> Int.? | | High int doesn't keep one from panicing and reacting without thinking. | | Had a number of high intellegence types screw up. Had one try to run from a | white dragon. He ran down a very curvy ice tunnel instead of out the exit | 10' to the side of the ice hole. You ever try to run on ice with normal | boots. The player argued that the mage should know better then to pick the | wrong tunnel. My view...panic attack. | | Everyone else though it great fun. Jokes about knowing right from left, etc. I agree, just because you're smart, doesn't necessarily mean that you'll always do the smart thing. That's where Wisdom comes in. ---------------- -- JLaw If practice makes perfect and no one is perfect...Why practice? ###### From: Blackberry Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: 2 Aug 2000 09:36:34 -0700 Organization: NWLink Lines: 23 Message-ID: <8m9imi$2dn6@edrn.newsguy.com> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-121.newsdawg.com Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!edrn Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13809 The unfortunate translation of nospam@aol.com's Vogon Poetry reading from Wed, 02 Aug 2000 09:27:17 +0200 reached theears of the unsuspecting... > >D Miller wrote: > >> -Once had the entire party spilled into a small body of water (about >> chest high to the humans), then attacked by some nasty underwater >> creatures (don't remember what kind). The lone magic user has >> *levitated* above the water, and gained higher ground. To save the >> party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into the >> water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did I mention his 18 >> Int.? > >Actually, water generally is a pretty poor conductor of electricity, and >distilled water isn't a conductor. It's the stuff that's normally *in* the water that conducts electricity so well. -------------------- "It's enough to make you wonder sometimes if you're on the right planet." -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood Brian -- lepus@NOnwlinkSPAM.com -- remove "NOSPAM" ###### Reply-To: "Michael T. Richter" From: "Michael T. Richter" Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Lines: 15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 17:38:21 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.101.128.170 X-Trace: news22.bellglobal.com 965237901 204.101.128.170 (Wed, 02 Aug 2000 13:38:21 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 13:38:21 EDT Organization: Bell Solutions Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!news3.bellglobal.com!nf2.bellglobal.com!news22.bellglobal.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13834 A.F. Simpson wrote in message news:3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk... >>> party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into >>> the water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did >>> I mention his 18 Int.? >> Actually, water generally is a pretty poor conductor of >> electricity, and distilled water isn't a conductor. > So why do they put warnings on electrical appliances not to use > them in the bathroom? Because most bathrooms don't use distilled water. They use water which is chock full of salts which, when dissolved in water, make *WONDERFUL* conductors. ###### From: "A.F. Simpson" Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 18:11:45 -0700 Organization: University of Leicester Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc42.cmht.le.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: rook.le.ac.uk 965236339 64835 143.210.176.54 (2 Aug 2000 17:12:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@le.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Aug 2000 17:12:19 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win16; I) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!psinet-eu-nl!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.germany.net!news.vas-net.net!server2.netnews.ja.net!leicester!usenet Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13845 nospam@aol.com wrote: > D Miller wrote: > > party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into the > > water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did I mention his 18 > > Int.? > > Actually, water generally is a pretty poor conductor of electricity, and > distilled water isn't a conductor. So why do they put warnings on electrical appliances not to use them in the bathroom? > Graeme love Anna ###### From: "Frank T. Sronce" Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 17:20:10 +0000 Organization: Oceanography Dept, Texas A&M Lines: 33 Message-ID: <3988584A.3A4DF7FD@myriad.net> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk> <3988601a@cobweb.scarymonsters.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deacon.tamu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Aug 2000 19:11:13 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i686) X-Accept-Language: en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newshub.northeast.verio.net!verio!news-feeds.jump.net!news.tamu.edu!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13871 Ryan Franklin wrote: > > In rec.games.frp.misc Michael T. Richter wrote: > > A.F. Simpson wrote in message news:3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk... > >>>> party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into > >>>> the water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did > >>>> I mention his 18 Int.? > >>> > >>> Actually, water generally is a pretty poor conductor of > >>> electricity, and distilled water isn't a conductor. > >> > >> So why do they put warnings on electrical appliances not to use > >> them in the bathroom? > > > > Because most bathrooms don't use distilled water. They use water which is > > chock full of salts which, when dissolved in water, make *WONDERFUL* > > conductors. > > ...but since in the original story (and, I'm sure, in every other case > where someone in a game has cast lightning bolt into a body of water) we > can be sure that the water wasn't distilled, the relevance of all this is, > um, dubious. Interesting, to be sure, but not relevant. > > -- > unless, of course, that pond _was_ distilled and filtered ;-) > ryan@cobweb.scarymonsters.net The monsters refused to live in the dungeon unless the landlord installed water filters, new carpets, and patched the holes in the roof. :-) Kiz ###### Message-ID: <3988601a@cobweb.scarymonsters.net> From: Ryan Franklin Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk> User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-19990517 ("Psychonaut") (UNIX) (Linux/2.2.14 (i586)) X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.225.32.161 Lines: 24 Date: 2 Aug 2000 10:53:30 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.225.32.161 X-Trace: news.uswest.net 965238813 63.225.32.161 (Wed, 02 Aug 2000 12:53:33 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 12:53:33 CDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!news-out.uswest.net!news.uswest.net.POSTED!cobweb.scarymonsters.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13945 In rec.games.frp.misc Michael T. Richter wrote: > A.F. Simpson wrote in message news:3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk... >>>> party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into >>>> the water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did >>>> I mention his 18 Int.? >>> >>> Actually, water generally is a pretty poor conductor of >>> electricity, and distilled water isn't a conductor. >> >> So why do they put warnings on electrical appliances not to use >> them in the bathroom? > > Because most bathrooms don't use distilled water. They use water which is > chock full of salts which, when dissolved in water, make *WONDERFUL* > conductors. ...but since in the original story (and, I'm sure, in every other case where someone in a game has cast lightning bolt into a body of water) we can be sure that the water wasn't distilled, the relevance of all this is, um, dubious. Interesting, to be sure, but not relevant. -- unless, of course, that pond _was_ distilled and filtered ;-) ryan@cobweb.scarymonsters.net ###### From: D Miller Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 02:14:11 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Lines: 42 Message-ID: <8makhg$rf1$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.76.0.45 X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Aug 03 02:14:11 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows 98) X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 x65.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 199.76.0.45 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDmiller70 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!bignews.mediaways.net!newsfeed.germany.net!news.vas-net.net!newsfeed.icl.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13906 In article , nospam@aol.com wrote: > I wrote: > > Several people with no lives wrote nit-picking statements like: > Actually, water generally is a pretty poor conductor of electricity, and > distilled water isn't a conductor. > Several points: 1. I HEARTILY apologize for offending all of you scientific types and freshmen science majors (and even the Discovery Channel viewers) who quickly noted my error in the field of conductivity! 2. It was CERTAINLY not distilled water (how ludicrous can you be here)! 3. It WAS salt water (Again, an apology...this time for this serious omission from my post)! 4. IT IS A ::F A N T A S Y:: GAME!!! Even if it were distilled, real world laws of conductivity need not apply (We are not even accepting applications at this time)! 5. Oh, yeah, I remember the reason why I usually just lurk. DM ---A man who does not pass game effects to local college professors for a ruling. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ###### From: "Rob Bruce" Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk> <3988601a@cobweb.scarymonsters.net> <3988584A.3A4DF7FD@myriad.net> Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Lines: 51 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 2cust214.tnt4.syd2.da.uu.net X-Trace: ozemail.com.au 965300560 63.12.24.214 (Thu, 03 Aug 2000 21:02:40 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 21:02:40 EST Organization: OzEmail Ltd, Australia Distribution: world Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 20:38:36 +1000 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!newsfeed.ozemail.com.au!ozemail.com.au!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13933 Frank T. Sronce wrote in message news:3988584A.3A4DF7FD@myriad.net... > Ryan Franklin wrote: > > > > In rec.games.frp.misc Michael T. Richter wrote: > > > A.F. Simpson wrote in message news:3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk... > > >>>> party from the monsters, he casts...*lightning bolt*...into > > >>>> the water...water is a good conductor of electricity...Did > > >>>> I mention his 18 Int.? > > >>> > > >>> Actually, water generally is a pretty poor conductor of > > >>> electricity, and distilled water isn't a conductor. > > >> > > >> So why do they put warnings on electrical appliances not to use > > >> them in the bathroom? > > > > > > Because most bathrooms don't use distilled water. They use water which is > > > chock full of salts which, when dissolved in water, make *WONDERFUL* > > > conductors. > > > > ...but since in the original story (and, I'm sure, in every other case > > where someone in a game has cast lightning bolt into a body of water) we > > can be sure that the water wasn't distilled, the relevance of all this is, > > um, dubious. Interesting, to be sure, but not relevant. > > > > -- > > unless, of course, that pond _was_ distilled and filtered ;-) > > ryan@cobweb.scarymonsters.net > > > The monsters refused to live in the dungeon unless the landlord > installed water filters, new carpets, and patched the holes in the > roof. :-) > Whoops, wonder how those involved in the pedantic DM wish interpretation thread view this? If a player turned around and claimed "But you said it was "water", not "water with dissolved salts which allow the propogation of electrical current in a manner which blah blah blah" and therefore I am NOT electrocuted" would the anal DM accept it? I suggest not............. Rob ###### From: "Rob Bruce" Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8makhg$rf1$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Lines: 70 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 2cust214.tnt4.syd2.da.uu.net X-Trace: ozemail.com.au 965300709 63.12.24.214 (Thu, 03 Aug 2000 21:05:09 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 21:05:09 EST Organization: OzEmail Ltd, Australia Distribution: world Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 20:44:01 +1000 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!newsfeed.ozemail.com.au!ozemail.com.au!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13932 D Miller wrote in message news:8makhg$rf1$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > In article , > nospam@aol.com wrote: > > I wrote: > > > > > > Several people with no lives wrote nit-picking statements like: Agreed whole heartedly. Such is the nature of DnD players :P > > Actually, water generally is a pretty poor conductor of electricity, > and > > distilled water isn't a conductor. > > > > Several points: > > 1. I HEARTILY apologize for offending all of you scientific types and > freshmen science majors (and even the Discovery Channel viewers) who > quickly noted my error in the field of conductivity! > Whoops! Alll the wish pedants are now dissecting this statement to see if you have indeed clearly understood your error, grovelled enough to make up for assuming that LOGIC and RATIONALITY would prevail and that your apology is full and complete. > 2. It was CERTAINLY not distilled water (how ludicrous can you be > here)! Read the wish thread........ > > 3. It WAS salt water (Again, an apology...this time for this serious > omission from my post)! > > 4. IT IS A ::F A N T A S Y:: GAME!!! Even if it were distilled, real > world laws of conductivity need not apply (We are not even accepting > applications at this time)! From memory the 1st ed DMG actually specifies that a lightning bolt cast underwater acts in a manner similar to a fireball in terms of area of effect so perhaps the pedants should stop playing altogether based on the inaccuracy perpetrated by TSR on the wider community........... > > 5. Oh, yeah, I remember the reason why I usually just lurk. > > > > DM > > ---A man who does not pass game effects to local college professors for > a ruling. > heh heh heh Rob ###### From: Frank J. Perricone Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Organization: http://www.sover.net/~hawthorn/ Message-ID: <9gkioso0p8i8kqgq4i4laop4am139rtra8@4ax.com> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8makhg$rf1$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 19 X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Complaints-To: support@usenetserver.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 07:09:36 EDT Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 07:09:10 -0400 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!cyclone1.usenetserver.com!news-west.usenetserver.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13983 On Thu, 03 Aug 2000 02:14:11 GMT, D Miller wrote: > 5. Oh, yeah, I remember the reason why I usually just lurk. Don't take it so personally! People just like to jump in with a fact when they have one -- it's half about "dispelling common myths" and half about showing off, but not about you at all. And even if you insist on taking it as an attack on you, note that you had as many "defenders" as "detractors", so even if you must color it that way you still can't come across as the besieged victim. In short, illegitimum non carborundum[1] (hope I spelled that right -- and if I didn't, someone's bound to point that out). [1] Don't let the bastards grind you down. -- * Frank J. Perricone * hawthorn@sover.net * http://www.sover.net/~hawthorn Prism: http://www.sover.net/~hawthorn/Prism/ Just because we aren't all the same doesn't mean we have nothing in common Just because we have something in common doesn't mean we're all the same ###### From: Arne Jamtgaard Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 08:43:44 -0600 Organization: Cisco Systems Lines: 30 Message-ID: <3989851F.29544DA@cisco.com> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> Reply-To: ajamtgaa@cisco.com X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cache-Post-Path: sj-nntpcache-3!unknown@bldr1-dhcp-229.cisco.com X-Cache: nntpcache 2.4.0b2 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!xfer13.netnews.com!xfe11.netnews.com!netnews.com!logbridge.uoregon.edu!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!sn-inject-01!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13992 Randy Patton wrote: > In article <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au>, Blake Storm > wrote: > > > Here are some quotes from some of the lighter moments from my gaming > > group... > > An exchange I overheard between a monk and a fighter: > > FIGHTER: I'd love to learn to dodge arrows the way you do. > MONK : Do not be where the arrows are. > FIGHTER: But I don't know *how* to do that! > MONK : You're doing it now. Recent funny in my GURPS Fantasy game: Setup: The PCs have been stuck trying to rescue some captured friends in a war zone from some incredibly competent soldiers. Portia was killed in one of their efforts, and her consciousness returned to her Soul Jar, two weeks away. A conversation after her friends returned went something like this: Portia: It got WORSE?!? Cyndi: Yea. You were lucky you died when you did... Alterra campaign: http://lamar.colostate.edu/~dankay/Alterra/alterra.html ###### From: Walt Smith Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 14:57:58 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <8mc19i$rml$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk> <3988601a@cobweb.scarymonsters.net> <3988584A.3A4DF7FD@myriad.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.205.85.124 X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Aug 03 14:57:58 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT) X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 x59.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 147.205.85.124 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDfirelock Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!xfer13.netnews.com!xfe11.netnews.com!netnews.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13903 In article , "Rob Bruce" wrote: > Whoops, wonder how those involved in the pedantic DM wish > interpretation thread view this? If a player turned around and > claimed "But you said it was "water", not "water with dissolved > salts which allow the propogation of electrical current in a manner > which blah blah blah" and therefore I am NOT electrocuted" would > the anal DM accept it? I suggest not............. IMO the proper response to such a grumbler would involve liberally coating a 16-ton weight with contact poison, setting it on fire, and dropping it on his head. Walt Smith -- Firelock on DALNet Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ###### Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <3988584A.3A4DF7FD@myriad.net> <8mc19i$rml$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Organization: Plethora . Net - More Net, Less Spam! X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) From: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) Date: 03 Aug 2000 15:55:05 GMT Lines: 13 Message-ID: <398995d9$0$8307$3c090ad1@news.plethora.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ed16c770.news.plethora.net X-Trace: 965318105 gemini.plethora.net 8307 seebs@205.166.146.8 X-Complaints-To: abuse@plethora.net Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!HSNX.atgi.net!news.minn.net!hermes.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!gemini-int.visi.com.MISMATCH!gemini.plethora.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13958 In article <8mc19i$rml$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Walt Smith wrote: >IMO the proper response to such a grumbler would involve liberally >coating a 16-ton weight with contact poison, setting it on fire, >and dropping it on his head. Repeatedly. -s -- Copyright 2000, All rights reserved. Peter Seebach / seebs@plethora.net C/Unix wizard, Pro-commerce radical, Spam fighter. Boycott Spamazon! Consulting & Computers: http://www.plethora.net/ ###### From: Autolycus Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 00:09:46 +0800 Organization: Subscriber of Pacific Internet Lines: 47 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk> <3988601a@cobweb.scarymonsters.net> <3988584A.3A4DF7FD@myriad.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp170.dyn113.pacific.net.sg User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.0 (PPC) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!psinet-eu-nl!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!skynet.be!newsserver.pacific.net.sg!autolycus Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13863 Sorry in advance. Can't figure out who said what - too many layers, and some glitches in 'arrowing'. >Because most bathrooms don't use distilled water. They use water >which is chock full of salts which, when dissolved in water, >make *WONDERFUL* conductors. *snip* >Whoops, wonder how those involved in the pedantic DM wish interpretation >thread view this? If a player turned around and claimed "But you said it >was "water", not "water with dissolved salts which allow the propogation of >electrical current in a manner which blah blah blah" and therefore I am >NOT electrocuted" would the anal DM accept it? I suggest not............. Well, actually, answer is q obvious... (assuming I have the implicit qn right... *grin*) Liquid water is a poor conductor, but one nevertheless. It can allow charge transfer, and it would do so much better than air, for example. That's why you wouldn't stand in a pool of -distilled- water in a thunderstorm either. Staying in a dry spot (although of course harder to find) at low-ish elevation would be safer. If the distilled water were surrounded by the usual soil and stuff, then -that- would probably be a better conductor, and you'd be safe, though. Bathroom water is more conductive than distilled, but nowhere near the ionic strength of seawater, for example. However, if you were to tip bath salts into the water, and then turn your hairdryer on... ...you'd have an interesting shock of hair! *grin* Autolycus -- . . ********************************************************** /b /| * Autolycus: Lone Wolf * email autolycus@pacific.net.sg * / 3b-'-':| ========================================================== .d~ .:::; * * C "ò\,::@::: * "God is my Master," the Patriarch said. "It makes * C |:::::; * for simplicity. I commend it. For that is your * `( \ _`::; * trouble, isn't it?" - Dunnett, 'Caprice & Rondo' * ~`\`\::; * * `~~' ********************************************************** ###### From: Walt Smith Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 17:23:40 GMT Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <8mc9ql$31b$1@nnrp1.deja.com> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <3988584A.3A4DF7FD@myriad.net> <8mc19i$rml$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <398995d9$0$8307$3c090ad1@news.plethora.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.205.85.124 X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Aug 03 17:23:40 2000 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT) X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 x55.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 147.205.85.124 X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDfirelock Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp2.deja.com!nnrp1.deja.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13893 In article <398995d9$0$8307$3c090ad1@news.plethora.net>, seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) wrote: > In article <8mc19i$rml$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, > Walt Smith wrote: > >IMO the proper response to such a grumbler would involve liberally > >coating a 16-ton weight with contact poison, setting it on fire, > >and dropping it on his head. > > Repeatedly. Well, we don't want to overdo it. ;-) Walt Smith -- Firelock on DALNet Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ###### From: Blackberry Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: 3 Aug 2000 13:48:38 -0700 Organization: NWLink Lines: 25 Message-ID: <8mclr6$2a34@edrn.newsguy.com> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk> <3988601a@cobweb.scarymonsters.net> <3988584A.3A4DF7FD@myriad.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-931.newsdawg.com Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!edrn Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13911 The unfortunate translation of Autolycus's Vogon Poetry reading from Fri, 04 Aug 2000 00:09:46 +0800 reached theears of the unsuspecting... > >[...] >>Whoops, wonder how those involved in the pedantic DM wish interpretation >>thread view this? If a player turned around and claimed "But you said it >>was "water", not "water with dissolved salts which allow the propogation of >>electrical current in a manner which blah blah blah" and therefore I am >>NOT electrocuted" would the anal DM accept it? I suggest not............. > >Well, actually, answer is q obvious... (assuming I have the implicit qn >right... *grin*) Actually, the player in the above example might have a point if the water was *created*, say by a force of an elemental nature or by some other magical or supernatural source. In that case, I would have to say that it was 100% pure water, at least until it hit the floor with a big splash and picked up all the dust and yucky stuff, but the created water wouldn't have the salts and minerals that modern tap water, spring/river water, or sea water have. -------------------- "It's enough to make you wonder sometimes if you're on the right planet." -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood Brian -- lepus@NOnwlinkSPAM.com -- remove "NOSPAM" ###### From: bokman7757@aol.com (Bokman7757) Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Lines: 5 NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder06.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 03 Aug 2000 22:43:27 GMT References: <9gkioso0p8i8kqgq4i4laop4am139rtra8@4ax.com> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Message-ID: <20000803184327.13192.00000018@ng-fu1.aol.com> Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!portc01.blue.aol.com!audrey05.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13931 << People just like to jump in with a fact when they have one -- it's half about "dispelling common myths" and half about showing off, but not about you at all. >> Ah, the Cliff Clavin Syndrome. ###### From: "Richard D. Bergstresser Jr." Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 18:46:18 -0400 Organization: Prometheus Corp. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <3989F63A.1B57@erols.com> References: <9gkioso0p8i8kqgq4i4laop4am139rtra8@4ax.com> <20000803184327.13192.00000018@ng-fu1.aol.com> Reply-To: richberg@erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: UAlRmGkD7Qj34w/LLKq5w3znztTLKagsQANov7WlbZs= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Aug 2000 22:48:50 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-DH397 (Win95; I) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!psinet-eu-nl!news1.ebone.net!news.ebone.net!diablo.theplanet.net!europa.netcrusader.net!207.172.3.37!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13982 Bokman7757 wrote: > > << People just like to jump in with a fact when > they have one -- it's half about "dispelling common myths" and half about > showing off, but not about you at all. >> > > Ah, the Cliff Clavin Syndrome. Showing off what you know, huh Bok? (I love obscure references, even when they aren't obscure...) ###### From: "Christopher \"Kit\" Adams" Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8makhg$rf1$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <9gkioso0p8i8kqgq4i4laop4am139rtra8@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Lines: 21 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 01:38:31 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.164.74.194 X-Complaints-To: abuse@optushome.com.au X-Trace: news1.belrs1.nsw.optushome.com.au 965353111 203.164.74.194 (Fri, 04 Aug 2000 11:38:31 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 11:38:31 EST Organization: @Home Network Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!HSNX.atgi.net!news-out.nibble.net!news-in.nibble.net!intgwpad.nntp.telstra.net!news1.optus.net.au!optus!newshub1.rdc1.nsw.optushome.com.au!news1.belrs1.nsw.optushome.com.au.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13909 > In short, illegitimum non carborundum[1] (hope I spelled > that right -- and if I didn't, someone's bound to point that out). I've usually seen it written as "nil illegitimo carborundum," but it's not Latin anyway, so who knows? -- Chris A man of no fortune, and with a name to come. Minister in the Universal Life Church Vice-President, SUTEKH 2000 ------------- Trebek: Let's move on . . . Calista Flockhart! Flockhart: What, what? Trebek: Settle down, just relax. You wrote . . . nothing. And your wager . . . nothing. Flockhart: The pen was too heavy. - Saturday Night Live, "Celebrity Jeopardy" ###### From: Patrick Berry Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 13:18:48 -0400 Organization: Alcatel USA, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <398AFAF8.65385395@usa.alcatel.com> References: <9gkioso0p8i8kqgq4i4laop4am139rtra8@4ax.com> <20000803184327.13192.00000018@ng-fu1.aol.com> <3989F63A.1B57@erols.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ra001718.aur.alcatel.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: aurwww.aur.alcatel.com 965409531 21750 143.209.21.195 (4 Aug 2000 17:18:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@aur.alcatel.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 4 Aug 2000 17:18:51 GMT X-Sender: "Patrick Berry" (Unverified) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en]C-CCK-MCD office (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.smu.edu!news.alcatel.com!aurwww!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:13910 "Richard D. Bergstresser Jr." wrote: > > Bokman7757 wrote: > > > > << People just like to jump in with a fact when > > they have one -- it's half about "dispelling common myths" and half about > > showing off, but not about you at all. >> > > > > Ah, the Cliff Clavin Syndrome. > > Showing off what you know, huh Bok? > > > (I love obscure references, even when they aren't obscure...) OK, then tell me who Major Derlin was, and how he is relevant to this thread. :) ###### From: "Richard D. Bergstresser Jr." Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 00:06:04 -0400 Organization: Prometheus Corp. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <398B92AB.59A8@erols.com> References: <9gkioso0p8i8kqgq4i4laop4am139rtra8@4ax.com> <20000803184327.13192.00000018@ng-fu1.aol.com> <3989F63A.1B57@erols.com> <398AFAF8.65385395@usa.alcatel.com> Reply-To: richberg@erols.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: 0YYo7ka4l5fjwHlHNzDdthqVxg0Qsr7wGRayvdkY+wM= X-Complaints-To: abuse@rcn.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 Aug 2000 04:08:29 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-DH397 (Win95; I) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!outgoing.news.rcn.net.MISMATCH!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:14027 Patrick Berry wrote: > > "Richard D. Bergstresser Jr." wrote: > > > > Bokman7757 wrote: > > > > > > << People just like to jump in with a fact when > > > they have one -- it's half about "dispelling common myths" and half about > > > showing off, but not about you at all. >> > > > > > > Ah, the Cliff Clavin Syndrome. > > > > Showing off what you know, huh Bok? > > > > > > (I love obscure references, even when they aren't obscure...) > > OK, then tell me who Major Derlin was, and how he is relevant to this > thread. :) Too easy. Did West End ever give stats for him? (Or Decipher put him on a card?) Will Wizards? ###### From: "Antilles" Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc References: <9gkioso0p8i8kqgq4i4laop4am139rtra8@4ax.com> <20000803184327.13192.00000018@ng-fu1.aol.com> <3989F63A.1B57@erols.com> <398AFAF8.65385395@usa.alcatel.com> <398B92AB.59A8@erols.com> Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Lines: 33 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 15:11:34 +0200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.67.178.50 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@online.no X-Trace: news1.online.no 965481231 130.67.178.50 (Sat, 05 Aug 2000 15:13:51 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 15:13:51 MET DST Organization: Telenor Online Public Access Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!newsfeed1.online.no!newsfeed.online.no!news1.online.no!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:14016 Richard D. Bergstresser Jr. skrev i meldingsnyheter:398B92AB.59A8@erols.com... > Patrick Berry wrote: > > > > "Richard D. Bergstresser Jr." wrote: > > > > > > Bokman7757 wrote: > > > > > > > > << People just like to jump in with a fact when > > > > they have one -- it's half about "dispelling common myths" and half about > > > > showing off, but not about you at all. >> > > > > > > > > Ah, the Cliff Clavin Syndrome. > > > > > > Showing off what you know, huh Bok? > > > > > > > > > (I love obscure references, even when they aren't obscure...) > > > > OK, then tell me who Major Derlin was, and how he is relevant to this > > thread. :) > > Too easy. > Did West End ever give stats for him? > (Or Decipher put him on a card?) > Will Wizards? Decipher has made a Major Bren Derlin card, and they've even added "At the Mos Eisley Cantina, everyone knows his name." in the lore as an easter egg. ###### X-Originating-Host: 216.69.202.90 Organization: http://www.remarq.com: The World's Usenet/Discussions Start Here Subject: Re: Funny Quotes Lines: 33 From: macprint Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Message-ID: <0a80af6e.e21b4595@usw-ex0101-008.remarq.com> References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> Bytes: 861 X-Wren-Trace: eJy5kZCJzoTP2caDnNiUkq6EiYCal9GamJ6amobGhtOe2o7MxJLfy97PyMvchd8= Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 17:37:36 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 10.0.2.8 X-Complaints-To: wrenabuse@remarq.com X-Trace: WReNphoon3 965609561 10.0.2.8 (Sun, 06 Aug 2000 17:52:41 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 17:52:41 PDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!logbridge.uoregon.edu!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!sn-inject-01!WReNclone!WReNphoon3.POSTED!WReN!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:14151 Some humorous quotes from a recent 1st ed D&D game: Female 1/2 Elven Fighter Mage: "I hope, that while I'm unconcious, that someone is doing something about protecting my honor" Gnome: "Dont worry, I'v got your honor locked up in a box in my backpack." ---Later.... Shop Owner: "That'll be 200gp." Gnome: "How about we barter. I've got this honor I'm looking to sell...." ---Still Later..... Female 1/2 Elven Fighter Mage: "Here I am, unconcious, in a group of all men." Monk: "Dont worry. We cant do anything. The gnome's got your honor locked up in a box...." ---And now, for the Non-Sequitor "No! Urinal Cakes have flavor!" -Ed http://www.edtheartist.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Got questions? Get answers over the phone at Keen.com. Up to 100 minutes free! http://www.keen.com ###### Message-ID: <398F076A.3459A2@silcom.com> From: Eric Tolle X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> <8m7l89$knd$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3988C6D1.42A7@le.ac.uk> <3988601a@cobweb.scarymonsters.net> <3988584A.3A4DF7FD@myriad.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 22 Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 12:00:58 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.71.222.91 X-Complaints-To: abuse@avtel.com X-Trace: newsfeed.avtel.net 965674638 207.71.222.91 (Mon, 07 Aug 2000 11:57:18 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 11:57:18 PDT Organization: None X-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 11:57:18 PDT (newsfeed.avtel.net) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!news.tesion.net!news.belwue.de!news-stu1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!news-was.dfn.de!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed.avtel.net!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:14177 Rob Bruce wrote: > > Whoops, wonder how those involved in the pedantic DM wish interpretation > thread view this? If a player turned around and claimed "But you said it > was "water", not "water with dissolved salts which allow the propogation of > electrical current in a manner which blah blah blah" and therefore I am NOT > electrocuted" would the anal DM accept it? I suggest not............. My response would be "Those critters live entirely in the water. Do you know what they _do_ in that water?" And then after they finish gagging, I'd continue with the game. ;') -- Eric Tolle schaduw@silcom.com People tend to underestimate the impact of scientific progress. Why just fifty years ago, only a few people had even heard of DNA, and now everybody who is somebody uses it! ###### Message-ID: <39A16AD5.FFA81CED@myna.com> From: Llorac X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.frp.dnd Subject: Re: Funny Quotes References: <3985659D.FFF0B4B8@excite.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 9 X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Complaints-To: support@usenetserver.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:43:08 EDT Organization: WebUseNet Corp http://www.usenetserver.com - Home of the fastest NNTP servers on the Net. Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:45:58 -0400 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!diablo.theplanet.net!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!cyclone1.usenetserver.com!news-east.usenetserver.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:15535 Playing an evil priest running errands for a witch picking up some herbs from the alchemist in a nearby swamp we are greeted by an old hag, invited into 'her' keep, and offered tea: Hag: "Would you like some tea? It's a family recipe!" Santu: "Good use for your family." - Don ###### From: grixit@NOUCE.gci-net.com (Dr Pepper) Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc Subject: Funny Quotes Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 00:00:08 GMT Organization: GG TECH: Fandom and conversation (42:4802/1001) Lines: 31 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com X-Message-ID: <42:4802/1001@Candynet 76921719> X-Gate: grixit@gci-net.com X-Poster: Net-Tamer Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.nextra.ch!news1.sunrise.ch!news.imp.ch!psinet-eu-nl!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!sn-inject-01!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.games.frp.misc:16051 X-From: grixit@NOUCE.gci-net.com (Dr Pepper) One day one of the regulars in my group, Bob, couldn't make it. So i ran his character, Prisilu the vordin thief/trouble magnet. The party was in a region of low mountains. It was winter and the area was covered with snow. As they trudged along the path they began to see wooden structures on the slopes to either side. They soon figured out that these were the homes and claims of independent miners who were gone until spring. Well i knew how Bob would have played it. So i had Prisilu approach the party leader, Waun. Prisilu: I think we should climb up and check out those places. May something was left behind. Waun: No, Prisilu, we don't need any trouble, we're just going to keep going until we're clear of the mountains. Prisilu (pouting): You wouldn't get away with this if my player were here! Waun: But he isn't, is he Prisilu? Now get back in line! | 10 2 | grixit | DR PEPPER | @ | 4 | gci-net.com