ITT: special snowflake characters that you hate

>>48701566
It's female btw

>>48701566
currently in a game with my friend being a "Samurai-like Rabbit-folk, b-but not furry! Just rabbit ears! And has a mysterious box he carries around and protects it with his life"

I thought my bro was better than this...

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>>48703224
Yojimbo.

>>48701566
but elementals are asexual they're fucking concepts not waifus

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>>48703339
Tell that to Dryads.

>>48703443
And nymphs.
And naiads.
And so on.

>>48703584
>>48703443
Those are not elementals tho. They are fairies/spirits.

>>48703625
>they're not element based spirits, they're just element based spirits!
'Kay

>>48703584
>>48703642
Funny thing is, these two aren't me.

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>>48703654
And who the fuck are you?

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>>48703661
Hold on, let me put my trip on. I'm just an anon who is well off in life.

>>48703694
>let me put my trip on
aaaand the thread's ruined

>>48703751
And why's that, anon?

>>48703694
>>48703780
>The attention whore is asking what he did wrong
Lurk for 2 years before you post again.

>>48703809
> lurk for two years
> doesn't know who King-chan is
I've been here since '06.

>>48703224
>>48703333
So THAT is the reason there is that weird quest in Dust an elysian tale

>>48703832
i think he knows...

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>>48703886
He better.

>>48703953
Points to whomever can tell me what car I'm driving in this pic.

>>48703832
>King-chan
>Attention whore
All the same.

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>>48703832

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>>48704004
Chris Pratt gives a fuck.

>>48701566
How is that "special snowflake"? Sounds like just another chaotic stupid that guy. Also, the whole seduction angle should be easy to shut down by the gm considering the character is a rock creature from another dimension.

>>48704115
This, I had a PC in a Rogue Trader campaign seriously try and seduce her way past a couple Kroot mercenaries. Told her to roll, didn't even look at the die, told her it wasn't good enough.

The "they aren't buying it" card is a valuable one for serial Charmers.

>>48703642
>I don't know anything about folklore or anything about the lore of the games I play!

>>48701566
As an OWoD forever-storyteller, I'd have to say Kiasyd. Femmy, mysterious, questionably malicious pseudo-elves that are explicitly stated to be so rare that PCs shouldn't be allowed to use them? It's like catnip to the snowflakers.

At this point I just kinda drop whatever game I intend to play if we have any chaotic neutral characters. They're always either fucking edgelords or "lolz randumb" and refuse to actually roleplay ever despite having a tragic backstory that would give them plenty of opportunities to do so.

This is ignoring the fact that people who pick CNs as their characters almost always refuse to actually make any plans in-game, only decide to RP when it fucks up the entire flow of the game, intentionally undo multiple sessions of progress for no reason other than "Lol bro I'm chaotic," and haven't ever actually read any of the fucking rulebooks.

Nobody seems to realize that "Chaotic" doesn't mean "Edgy" or "Random," but rather "Won't let structure get in the way of achieving their goals or upholding personal principles."

CE is almost always significantly worse, but at least most DMs instantly veto CE characters or they get stabbed to death by the party within half a session because they tried to fuck us as soon as physically possible.

>look at some pbp another guy invited me to
>ow the edgy blizzard of dark snowflakes
>ow the freeform
>ow my eyes

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>>48701566

>Allowing PVP
>Ever

>>48704242

>Not allowing PvP after enough appropriate RP occurs and the table has no objections to how logical the fight is

Although this fucker seems to just be an asshole. A player attempting to consistently fuck over the party or PvP with little to no justification should just be booted from the table.

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>>48704278

That's why I don't allow PVP. Every time that I have, I end up with "That guy."

I know it limits some of the potential RP, but if you want to steal, do it to my NPCs please. They have plenty of credits, gold, and other goodies...

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>>48704278
Some men just want to watch the world burn.

>>48701566
>expecting anything more from a filthy thief

>>48704278
We had a shadowrun game once where, when faced with an AI taking over an arcology, there was a disagreement about whether or not to use a tactical nuke.

The PVP wasn't actually lethal, because the player who won used Stick'n'Shok.

>>48701566
The bard that plays him badly and has bad reasons to draw attention to himself. Like taunting guard captain and than trying to be his friend 30 seconds later expecting him to be buddy buddy with him, than confused and pissed he gets thrown in the stocks for harassment of a public servant.

>Player refuses to play anything other than their OC DONUTSTEEL character, regardless of campaign, setting, or how many times their OC has died

>Players fancies themself a comic relief character despite not being funny in the slightest and just forcing the table to sit through their stale jokes that they've made eight times this session

>Half the party is made up of races that are supposed to be rare to mere rumors simply because the DM doesn't want to fight these players on their shit

>Player works against the goals of the entire party for no reason other than "CN bro ;)"

>Player flirts with other players both in and out of game, making literally everyone uncomfortable

>DM pulls punches because he has a crush on Player

>Despite always playing the exact same character, Player needs to check what their abilities do every time they use them

All of this by one person. I genuinely hope that they're dead because I haven't spoken to them in over a year.

>>48704115
>>48704146
>But m-m-muh high charisma!
I have no problem with characters charming their way through adventures but this triggers me so much. If you want to play like that you should actually learn how to persuade properly and know when it just won't do. I have this one player who always insist to play "talk-guys" and yet can't talk for shit.

>>48704504
Oh great it's now one of these threads again, and I fucking agree with you.

>>48704468
>Half the party is made up of races that are supposed to be rare to mere rumors simply because the DM doesn't want to fight these players on their shit

This is why I refuse to use these sorts of races when world building. If I call a game human only, I'll be bombarded with requests to not play humans. Especially if I mention that humans might not be the only sapient especially if I only included other intelligent races for more crafty baddies. But if I kitchen sink a setting mo fucking everyone will be humans.

I'll add my own
>I used to play with someone who couldn't make an interesting character to save their life so he substituted that for other races and physically crippling them. Because a character can only be interesting if they have one leg/one arm/one arm and no tongue/ no eyes/a limp/or is in a wheelchair.
Naturally the characters themselves were always bland, passive, or a jackass.

>>48704571

Let's not forget the ever-important

>My character isn't Guts / Gandalf / Natsu / Naruto / [Famous_Anime_Or_Fantasy_Character], they're completely original and called Ruts / Randalf / Gatsu / Garuto

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>>48704609
How dare you question my character's authenticity.

>>48703832
>referring to himself in the third person
Jesus christ, seriously consider suicide.

>>48704880
> being this fucking new to 4chan
This isn't green text stories. Go be 12 elsewhere.

>>48704962
Damn it King-Chan, we know it's still you.

>>48704991
It's King-chan. And why is every anon who doesn't agree with you or you have a problem with automatically the same person?

>>48705006
I'm not the guy who you were replying to initially

Check the number of posters

>>48705072
Yeah, 26 posters. And? Are all 25 others, sorry 24 others excluding yourself, all supposed to be me?

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>>48703642
Sounds like someone hasn't been reading his creature types!

>>48705115
I don't think he was being serious. Perhaps you shouldn't spend so much time feeding the troll.

>>48704504
>I have this one player who always insist to play "talk-guys" and yet can't talk for shit.

God forbid that he wants to learn through practice

>>48705195
I really shouldn't, 'tis a bad habit of mine, but all is well.

>>48705255
Well, to continue the topic at hand, I have a friend who once made a monkey rogue character and named it Spank the Monkey.

>>48701566
Then you have a shitty DM and should tell him to his face or just find another group.

I hate weaboo players. That's one of the reasons I haven't created any Japanese, Chinese or Korean like culture in my homebrew setting; I'm covering my back for the future. My first Pathfinder campaign included an obnoxious rogue munchkin and her girlfriend,who played a nya kawai ninja (both of them fat ass otakus,notice).

So yeah,I'd say any eastern inspired character class played by a weaboo accounts.

>>48705233
I'm playing with him for years anon, and it's not like he even tried to improve or learn on his mistakes.

>>48705310
> Don't Like What I Don't Like: the GM
H'okay buddy. Easy on the rage. You'll burst a hemroid.

>>48705233
You're the fuck who told me it was my fault that I'm not a professional speaking coach so I've got to bite the pillow while playing with him last thread aren't you?

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>>48705417

>>48705417

No, however I am now intrigued

>>48705362

Meh, at least he wants to talk things through
I'm so sick and up to here with groups who think generic dungeon crawling and dice rolling combat is the epitome of the hobby

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>>48705411
Go eat a bag full of donkey dicks,faggot.

>>48705482
I completely agree with you, I stated in my first post that I have nothing against players who prefer a diplomatic ways of solving problems, but not when they clearly have no idea how to do so properly (which has been proven many times) and yet insist on continuing that.

>>48701566
I hate attention whorring tripfa-
>>48703694

Huh. Look at that

>>48705509
At least your pic properly represents your post. Hey, I'll retract my statement and say you're a great GM if you can tell me what is the primary reason/belief in Orc culture that makes them all want to kill, raid, and enslave?

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>>48705944
Because they think they are the best race and the strongest and as such they have the right to take everything from the weaker races.

>>48706060
Are you even that anon?

>>48706071
No

>>48706108
Well, don't answer for him. Let's see if he knows. Also, you're wrong.

>>48705543

How about you start adding compound consequences for over talking?

Like, an improvised reputation system, in which other people's social networks go "hey, aren't you that push over ass hole who kept harassing my cousin vinny down ? He owed me money!"

Roll Initative

>>48705543
It's not your friend's fault for not knowing how to speak charismatically or diplomatically. It's your fault for thinking that he should know how to. If his character is made to be charismatic and diplomatic, all he has to say is "my character is going to persuade so-and-so into doing or believing such-and-such. Rolling for that." Your players don't need to know exactly what to say to PERSUADE YOU. His character has to persuade an npc in a make believe game. Don't be an asshat. If you acted that way in my group, I would ask you "exactly the procedure for climbing a wall or a cliff, exactly the method of throwing a grappling hook works, exactly how you hold a sword, dodge and perry in a sword fight, otherwise your character doesn't know how to do these things regardless of what your sheet says."

That's how you sound. Stop being a colossal faggot and let your players play the type of characters they want to play. You have to understand that this is supposed to be an enjoyable break from mediocre lifestyles and that's the kind of character they want to fantasize about being at that time. So, stop fucking up your friends' fun.

>>48706403
i don't think it's that off for a dm to expect his role players to play a role

A DM has to prepare an adventure. Players have to prepare a character. That's the deal

>>48706550
And if a player isn't very charismatic, they shouldn't expect that player to convince him that the character is charismatic. I'd charisma is high, boom. That's it. Don't treat your players like shit because they can't do what their characters can. He's being a jackass because his friend wants to play a character that he isn't like irl.

>>48706127
You're a gigantic faggot. Go shitpost somewhere else.

>>48706637
I knew you didn't know the answer. Go know nothing someplace else.

>>48706607
I think you missed a major part of the post. He wanted his player to know when persuasion won't work.

"I'm the BBEG and I've spent years plotting my revenge. Now we have come face to face. I'll kill you and your party for interfering like all the others and then after I kill the king for stealing the crown from my family; I will rule this kingdom with an iron fist."

"I'm the charismatic PC. Surrender. You can't beat us"

Oh look I rolled a 19 on persuasion. Does the BBEG surrender?

>>48706607

So if a player wants to play someone really wise and throws themselves off a cliff, the DM can't roll for bludgeoning damage because by default it was a wise decision?

Interesting take you got there

>>48706666
Quads checked.

Yeah, persuasion never works on a BBEG. Hell, even mid-bosses tend to be immune to that shit.

In that case, I would tell the player that persuasion doesn't work on character X levels higher than you. That way you don't run into that situation.

>>48706696
It was wise to take the easy way out. Say their character died and it was wise for him to do so to save him the pain and torment the other characters would have to face.

A good GM can always explain everything. Bullshitting on the fly is a handy skill for a GM.

>>48706747

so is the ability to role play.

>>48706764
So is the ability to play a Game.

>>48705362

Do the Mercer route for inspiration

Ask the player what he's going to say to "persuade / intimidade / inspire" that person and either give advantages or disadvantages depending on their role play, or even go as far as "demoting" their dice (instead of a d20, he gets to roll a d12, or a d12 and a d4)

>>48706403

I never expect a player to be charismatic, but I expect them to have an idea of what their character would use as leverage in the conversation. If they walk up to a group of guards and try to just roll diplomacy to get past, it'll pretty much amount to "Please let me through. Please." But if they say they're going to bribe the guards, or claim to be guards themselves, or generally act proactive with their attempt, I'll often give them bonuses. I can't stand it when people just ask to roll diplomacy without any sort of context.

>>48706895
Or it could amount to them convincing the guards that they are a higher ranking official and they forgot something inside and need to retrieve it.

>>48706895
Also, you have to understand that not everyone is as clever or intelligent as the GM (should be). You can't take the game too seriously. It is a game after all.

>>48704468
>>Half the party is made up of races that are supposed to be rare to mere rumors simply because the DM doesn't want to fight these players on their shit
Nothing wrong with this, adventurers are not normal people so it's okay if the party doesn't represent local demographics.

>>48706666
"You're very convincing. That might have worked if I didn't have... this!" BBEG reveals macguffin and summons an army of lightning zombies or w/e.

You can also use it as an opportunity to reveal some info to the players even if the "persuasion roll" fails.
>Horde of goblins attacking party
>"I try to persuade them to stop fighting because they have no chance of winning. Nat 20."
>The biggest goblin says "We have no choice! You may be powerful, but the Goblin King does not tolerate surrender. He would strike us down with his burning mace and torture out families if he found out. No, we must fight!"

As long as you have a good reason, I don't think there's any issue with disallowing social manipulation rolls from the players. But if you don't have a good reason, why not let them succeed?

Also, make sure that there's consequences for failure (which are worse than not attempting the roll). If you try to negotiate the price of a potion and fail, the potion seller may become offended by your poor manners, and throw you out of the store.

>>48706986
This guy gets it. You seem to be a great GM, anon.

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>>48706663
>I knew you didn't know the answer
>Implying there was a answer to give

Check mate,namefag. Come back when you're high enough to kneel when giving a bj.

>>48703953
>Guys im so cool
>See, I own a car!!!

Fuck off and die

>>48707021
Seriously? Damn, why are there actually anons on tg that don't know Orc culture?

Orcs believe that everything in existence was once made by their ancestors and stolen by other races. And they see it as all those things are rightful their own to be reclaimed. That is why they all raid and kill.

>>48707041
Why car is it, anon?

>>48707071
^why
*what

I'm soon to play in my first Adventurers's League (5e). My character is a True Neutral merc veteran who really just goes with the flow and is pretty greedy. I'm kind of basing him off of Bronn from GoT. Will this be appropriate/not cringy for my first league game?

>>48707094
Bronn is fine. He's slightly generic in personality. Now, if you based him on Jon, Jamie, or so forth, then you might have a problem. I say go for it. Just don't make his name something similar.

>>48707094
Souns cool to me,anon. Perfectly appropiate,using your own words. And as long as you don't get all backstabby or use your alignment to fuck up the party's plans (without any good reason apart from that,you see) I'd love to be bros with your not¡Bronn.

>>48707127
Thanks. I was thinking making him amoral but really just go with the party whatever they do, but try and further his personal needs whenever the option is there. (not trying to fuck over party members).

>>48707053
Seriously? Damn, why are there actually anons on tg that don't know tripfag culture?

Tripfags believe that every thread
was once made by their ancestors and stolen by Anonymous. And they see it as all those things are rightful their own to be reclaimed. That is why they all shit up threads with their special snowflake faggotry.

>>48707182
Kind of amusing. Touché.

>>48706986

>You can also use it as an opportunity to reveal some info to the players even if the "persuasion roll" fails.

THIS. Excellent GMing advice!

>>48703224
Usagi Yojimbo is legit cool though. It's basically a period comic about samurai but with animals.

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>>48703339
If it has the right curves I don't care, I'm finding a way to stick my dick in it, come what might.

>what snowflakes bother you thread
>tripfag arrives and annoys everyone

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>>48703333
I liked that comic so much when I was a kid, and then I found out what furries are...
>>48701566
Changelings piss me off to no end for some reason. Maybe it's because everyone has the same character concept (The secret is... I'm a changeling!). They just always seem to be spot light stealers, light on back story beyond "Changeling!" And not very interesting past the reveal that they are, in fact, Changelings.

>>48704373
Heh, Sitck'n'Shok are those electrically charged non-lethal bullets right? I played a gunslinger street samurai with the pacifist flaw. Up until I discovered those I was shooting weapons out of people's hands and throwing stun grenades, but once I had those I was actually actively *better* at eliminating threats that someone with live rounds.

>>48704504
>48704146
Hey, Fuck you buddy. I have basic survival skills, and watching idiots like you try and play rangers is cringe inducing. Yet no one is suggesting we ban players from playing rangers. No is suggesting combat character have actual military experience, or scientist characters have actual credentials.

This literally only ever gets brought in for charisma characters and its starting to grate on me.

>>48708400
It's because it's so common and we all can notice it, whereas only you and a few others would notice we're doing rangers wrong.

And really, it fucks up the game immensely when you've got some loud person who can't roleplay who decides to be the diplomacy guy and will talk over you during all interactions with NPCs and do a terrible job. I'd be willing to put up with and even help a player who's not very charismatic IRL but tries hard and doesn't disrupt the game, though. I've only encountered the former at the moment.

>>48708400

Why play the game at all then, if we can replace you with a RNG and still attain the same achievement?

>"We're about to be attacked by the dragon queen"
>"LITERALLY HERP A DERP"
>"Roll Persuasion"
>natural twenty
>"The dragon queen dies of orgasm. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK"

>>48708400

>This literally only ever gets brought in for charisma characters and its starting to grate on me.

Because most times, people who play charisma characters, while having no charisma of their own, tend to treat it as lowkey mind control rather than the ability to convince someone to do something plausible.

If you're someone with basic survival skills and feel cringe from watching people play rangers, consider how it must feel to be someone with basic communication skills and watching someone with the charisma of a dead marmot trying to convince someone to do a favor while depending on his overinflated charisma check to carry him through a basic conversation.

As someone who had to deal with this shit for three sessions, it physically hurts and just makes you feel bad afterwards.

>>48705233

God forbid people want to roleplay and roll dice without turning it into a group therapy session.

>>48709548

Yup, which is why exactly Performance is actually a Constitution check, amirite?

>>48709590

Honestly, it wouldn't necessarily be incorrect.

I mean, singing and dancing for a long period of time would require physical endurance in the long run.

>>48708400

Yeah, but scientist characters shouldn't be allowed to just say "I science the object, what do I know now?" and soldier characters are actively discouraged from simply saying "I swing at x."
They're expected to at least make an effort in explaining their actions. The scientist should at least mock some experimentation by tampering with the object and the soldier character should at least provide the explanation of "I swing low, attempting to force him back"

Additionally, charisma-based characters / "Party Faces" are supposed to be the most RP-heavy characters. What the fuck's the point if you aren't going to RP them?

In my typical D&D group, charisma-based checks typically have a high DC but get bonuses / advantage based on the quality of what the player says

>>48709548
The solution is clear, we should remove all skill checks from the game and have everyone freeform self-inserts who only have the skills of their player. Otherwise it's just cringeworthy. Imagine someone without a degree in geology trying to describe looking at a precious rock and using his overinflated Appraise check to find out its value. Instead of, you know, just roleplaying it and calling that 7.6 Mohs hardness, 71% tone Zambian emerald for what it is. Fuckin' autists.

>>48707587
Just because a comic features antropomorphic animals doesn't mean it's furshit. Usagi Jojimbo is fine even if you hate furries, just like Blacksad, Maus, Ninja Turtles, Daffy Duck or Mickey Mouse.

>>48709657

If nothing else, academic types are often under more scrutiny

>I investigate this object
>What are you investigating it for
>Traps
>No traps
>Missed the fact that the interior was made of solid gold


>>48709712

>implying this fucking aspie doesn't carry with him his field kit and schmidt hammer when going underground to estimate the likelyhood of cave ins

Your loss m8

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>>48709712

>>48709712

The real solution is removing social combat in general.

It's just a crutch for bad roleplayers anyways.

>>48709712

t. roll-player who hates roleplayers

>>48706935
But it isn't a case of being clever or intelligent. You simply need to play your character. A case of "I tell the guard I am an off duty officer. Roll persuasion." vs "I use persuasion to get the guard to let me in." Put something resembling effort into your roleplaying so the DM has something to work off of.

>>48707587
>hate changelings

I actually love changelings, but I think it's because I like their default form. Mine was usually in base look without surprises because I played it as requiring effort to stay changed for so long. That, and he figured people would take his word more if he wasn't always changing, and he was more of a sage-like character with experience being in other people's shoes.

Actually, that was a service he'd offer. If people wanted a break or needed to be in two places at once, he'd make it possible. He was a well known secret amongst the courts for nobles who needed to make inane appearances they hated.

>>48712570
I would agree with this. But, you choose to allow autists into your sessions, you gotta deal with their autism.

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>>48713595

This is a great way to handle it and gives the DM a lot of opportunities for intrigue. I honestly wish that I had thought of that.

>>48713789

I know I'm only contributing to the problem here, but why do you feel the need to use a trip? Do you just crave attention that much? Do you feel rewarded when people recognize you? Are you eternally stuck as a 12-year-old and can't move past baiting in every post?

>>48709657
I have never seen a soldier penalized for saying "I swing/shoot/grab at them." Does your GM actually require descriptions of specific actions in combat, with accompanying bonuses or penalties based on their plausibility?

>>48713968

Of course you're going to dislike something that is inherently broken, especially if it is broken in a way that also attracts edgelords because they can be "so sneaky and mysterious xD"

All it takes is a little common sense, and you have an interesting race.