So twenty minutes later, I have before me Thokka, the Half-Orc Cleric of Cuthbert, level ze one. I am very very excited to begin, and he notes that three others will be playing as well, and we discuss at length my place in the lore and the setting: My mother was a missionary of Cuthbert, sent to the Orc tribes to teach them of the power of Law and convert them to the ways of cuthbert. Along the way, she fell in love with the cheiftan and it was babies ever after. I have two brothers, appaerently, one who was raised among the orcs, and another who did not inherit the divine spark and instead wanders the world as a fighter. Very well, says I, and I meet the other three players:
William 'Fasthands' Rance, a human rogue.
Gerath Tulmek, the Wizard, elven in persuasion but raised by men.
And lastly, but definitely not least, Stoneface Rockbeard the fighter. Three guesses as to his race, first two don't count!

So begins are beloved adventure, and all is well, until I encounter William picking a lock late one evening. I open my mouth to chastise him, when the DM speaks up, rolling a die.
"Critical." I raise an eyebrow. He rolls more dice. "30 damage. Upon seeing a crime in progress, Thokka raises his warhammer and brings it mightily down on Willaim's arm, severing it roughly near the shoulder.

It got worse.

Oh, and it did. It so very much did.
"But wait," says I, "Thokka would not have done such a thing!"
"Yes, you would," replieth he, "For your alignment is Lawful Nuetral. Cuthbert himself guided your hammer. You should be pleased."
"Nay, I am not!" said I, angered at this treachery. "He was a friend! If some outside force controlled Thokka, he will attempt to bandage and stabalize William. Even criminals deserve that much.
The DM nods, as if this is a sage thing and not a travesty. Thankfully, I have ranks in Heal, and manage to stabilize him before healing him: He was at the brink of death. Having done this thing, I carry him to the apotha-NOPE!
"You deposit William into the nearest gaurd station's cell, where he may await proper investigation."
"But I said I wanted to take him to the apothacary!"
"Your character would have imprisoned him. That's what Lawful characters do."
"Very well." sayeth I. "I send for the apothecary instead, to heal William's wounds. William is not angry at me, in fact, no one is. They are all angry at the DM, as well they should be.

I pay for the apothecary, then move to my party, and tell them of what happened. That I was beset by fell energies, and nearly took the life of a friend. Said I: "I shall seek out my father. Perhaps this bloodlust has roots in my heritage." And off I went.


There was no awnser to be found there. My mother called it a blessing. My father merely shook his head. He knew not what plagued me.

Time passed, there were few incidents. Levels were gained. I was pleased to see that no further treachery was played. But then...

"It seems to me that the rouge would be best suited for this mission." Say I, referring to the noble's house where we believe a powerful evil artifact to be held.

"You have lost your connection with Cuthbert." he replies.

The table is silent. I stand.

I leave.

Later I learned that the Wizard was sent to Ravenloft, the fighter ended up executed (drawn and quartered, and the rogue was the sole survivor as a limbless torso.

>>314017
>"It seems to me that the rouge would be best suited for this mission." Say I, referring to the noble's house where we believe a powerful evil artifact to be held.
You are bad at stealth. Red stands out.

FFFFFF-

I cannot match that bullshit. What the hell.

Anonymous 2010/07/17(Sat)13:16 No. 4030 ID: 383547
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>"Your character would have imprisoned him. That's what Lawful characters do."

FFFFF-

This is why I dislike D&D alignments. Whilst they can be at first a good base to start pulling the rest of a character's personality together for a player, it seems like they end up being abused for bullshit like this all the fucking time.

>>314030
that's why all my guys are true neutral. he doesn't care ether way about strangers, will go out of his way to save his friends and cast his enemies into eternal damnation.

>>314030
protip: That's not how alignments are supposed to work.

>>314017
>sole survivor, limbless torso

Uh. What did he do, hop away from whatever took his legs and arm?

Anonymous 2010/07/19(Mon)08:59 No. 4041 ID: e02b2c
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>>314040
"It's but a flesh wound."

>>314040
It was a punishment of law, enacted by my character after I left.

>>314042
Cutting off the hands for thievery I can understand.
What did he cut the legs off for? Running away?

Ech. Lawful doesn't neccisarily mean the laws of the land. A pirate with a moral code could be lawful. A lawyer could be chaotic (though I doubt they'd get many clients).
It's all about order on that axis.

Adept!!MvMGOwL2H3 2010/07/21(Wed)21:00 No. 4057 ID: f4963f
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>>314050
>A lawyer could be chaotic (though I doubt they'd get many clients.)

Nicolas would like you to know that he gets plenty of clients, thank you very much.

>>314043
Actually, it was because he tried to seduce royalty when she had an arranged marriage. Took the arm for 'stealing her heart', and the legs for 'breaking a contract and skipping town'.

>>314058
Sounds like what a Lawful Evil cleric would do.

Sounds like what a lawful evil GM would do.

Anyway, my story begins with an insane were-rat druid. Yes I make difficult characters. The whole focus of her character was that if her fellow druids discovered she was an abomination and an affront to nature at any time, they would tear her to ribbons. So I joined a group with this character, and I'm playing it up, dangling my dark secret around like it were a handkerchief with just the barest hint of blood on it. One of the other characters (a sorcerer) bluntly demands to know what my secret is. I forget exactly how he worded it but it wasn't the sort of thing my character would tell anyone ever at pain of death or worse. Also he was being totally meta, and I suspect he snuck a peek at my character sheet before that.

So I refuse of course. And the GM is all "Oh, well, I think you need to roll to see if he intimidates you or not." Intimidate being a Charisma battul. The players had been cool before, but now with this sudden rules flinging I was beginning to wonder. So I ask what his Charisma is.

It's a natural 20.

The GM let him start his Charisma at a natural 20. That's God tier Charisma. That's Anubis balancing your heart to take you to the afterlife or leave you to be eaten by Ammit the gobbler. Okay so it's not 25 but OH HELL HE HAS A CLOAK OF CHARISMA +5

He had a natural Charisma of 20 and the GM gave him a cloak of +5. Basically I was looking into the eyes of Set himself. Oh and guess what ability score is behind a Sorcerer's powers? Charisma. So the GM said that to stay in character I had to tell my secret. I'm not sure if the other players looked on sympathetically or curiously as I shut my little binder and went home.