Post/Author/DateTime	Post
ktgodstgarden 03-05-07, 03:40 AM	Paladin, seated in a bar next to another PC "Are you a rogue?" Druid enters bar. "Dude, you guys wanna get high?" Sorceror walks in. "Hey, anyone here know about tress, stealing, and/or divine judgement?" Ranger overhears. "Your your four wanna go kill orcs? I favor killing them!"
SeptimusMagistos 03-05-07, 08:32 PM	Lock them up in an arena hoping they'll pull together for common escape. Instead, watch them slaughter each other.
Izodor_Shadowcaster 03-06-07, 01:09 AM	All are in an inn and do not know each other: Wizard: Hello, people who I have never seen before, let us unite and fight for a common cause, what ever that might be. Fighter: sure Ranger: k Paladin: Indeed we shall! Bard: What ever....
Archangel_James 03-06-07, 01:17 AM	So here you all are, in the pit of this red dragon's stomach. What do you say to each other?
Otherguy 03-06-07, 02:57 AM	You arrive at the entrance of the dungeon...
Richmud 03-06-07, 07:53 AM	So you wake up naked in bed with three other people all you remember of last night is getting really really drunk
Captain Casualty 03-06-07, 09:33 AM	hey you in the armour - want to help us bury our last fighter?
Seeker95 03-06-07, 09:49 AM	Nevermind. You said bad ways.
CraggleRock 03-06-07, 01:16 PM	Two barbarians meet in an inn. "Wow, what do you know: my name's Conan too!" Two swashbucklers meet in an inn. "There can be only one!" Two clerics meet in an inn. "I'm leaving due to religous differences..." Two wizards meet in an inn. "I don't want to get two familiar..." Two halflings meet in an inn. "Is this the whole party?" Two paladins meet in an inn. "You drink ale, therefore you must be Evil, therefore I must kill you!" Two Good drow meet in an inn. "Do you think four weapons might be overdoing it a bit?" Two half-ogres meet in an inn. "This tavern ain't big enough for the both of us!"
OmNefarious 03-06-07, 02:34 PM	In one campaign we found one of the characters face down and butt up on a giants bed...yeah...I will let you figure that one out
Slightly_Unscrewed 03-06-07, 02:40 PM	The characters meet in a tavern. At high velocity.
Pay2Flay 03-06-07, 03:06 PM	So you wake up naked in bed with three other people I swear to Obad-Hai that I will start a campaign off this way...
Solik 03-06-07, 03:06 PM	The characters meet in a tavern. At high velocity. I was finding this thread a bit dismal on the humor side, and then this. I lol'd. :heehee
RetiredThief 03-06-07, 10:50 PM	In a brothel. Some spending money, some earning it.
ktgodstgarden 03-06-07, 10:56 PM	In a brothel. Some spending money, some earning it. Hahaha! Wow... I suggested something similar to one of my groups, but they talked me out of it, in exchange for a more "traditional" method.
Baloth King 03-07-07, 10:35 AM	In a brothel. Some spending money, some earning it. Damn, you beat me to it.
Otherguy 03-07-07, 02:09 PM	Your ship is sinking. Now what?
ktgodstgarden 03-07-07, 05:30 PM	Once upon a time...
SSj3goblin 03-07-07, 05:51 PM	Your ship is sinking. Now what? That's a good one. Another one is: The local militia is hiring people to fight back the goblin invasion.
Solik 03-07-07, 06:03 PM	"Roll initiative."
Olav 03-07-07, 06:16 PM	You all wake up locked in sepearte cells facing each other and sripped of your gear. Not only a bad way to meet party members, but a great way to start a campain!
Ariath Ska'Vhor 03-07-07, 08:56 PM	"Alright, you wake up when the reflection of the sun from the window gets you in the eye from your armor scattered all around the floor, your legs and waist hurt and you turn around to see Gorn the Mighty asleep with one arm around you, you wanna talk to him?"
Singer_of_the_Song 03-07-07, 09:52 PM	"Hey! That was my father's sword! How did you get it?"
DaemonSaDiavlo 03-08-07, 06:32 PM	This is a method that two differant DM's have used in hopes of getting the party together. I played a Paladin both times. "John, You friend a local Malitia officer just finished telling you about a mass murder that has killed 10 guards in the past few days. He has been described as 6'6, red beard and carrying a large axe." Me:" Ok I go to the local tavern looking for information." Player 2: "wait...6'6? red beard?" DM:"John you enter the tavern, what do you do?" Player 2: "wait, where am I again" Me" I look around, trying to locate the bartender." DM "You notice a large man, about 6'6 with a red beard and a large axe strapped to his back looking you up and down." DM to player 2:"Ok, James you are in a bar, drinking of course, and you see a smug guard walk in. He looks like the pretty boy noble type." Player 2: "Wait.....What? I don't drink and hate bars.....O god no.....((James always played evil barbarians who had a habit of kill first ask quesions later))...Hmm Paladin's can detect evil, and John thinks I am the killer... Me"NO I Don't. Wait James, cmon. I really don't." Player 2: <shrugs><draws his axe> Dm" what do you both do?" Me"I go to unsli-" Player 2"CHAAAARGE. I also enter a rage." Me" O god james, at least let me get my shiled out." DM" roll your attack" Player 2 <20> WOOT <a 17, beating my Ac><rolsl damage> Dm" how manh hp's do you have john?" Me" 12...." Dm"not any more." Me"<stunnned silence> Palyer 2"<bursts into laughter> Dm" you see the axe raise and fall, but your feet are glued to the floor as the ast thing you see is the axe falling towards your face and the smile of the large man with the red beard." Me"......." Player 2" Ah, that was fun. Better roll up another guy John, I'll play some Halo" Dm" Yeah, me to." Me" I hate you guys." That Happened 2 TIMES!!!! James has killed me, a grand total of 17 times through out our 5 years of D&D together. :surrender
Micah 03-08-07, 09:56 PM	The PCs start in jail. Oh, and they're all dead. Plus, the jail cells are locked.
Ikyotojin 03-08-07, 10:05 PM	<DM>So you are the son of the local sheriff. He hopped on his horse a few days ago and rode out like a bat outta hell. You've got the town looking to you for protection. <PC1>From what? <DM>THe local Druid wants to take you across the river to scout out the goblins and make sure they don't get any ideas. <PC1>Can't I just stay here and build a big fence? Maybe put up some watch towers? <DM>The Druid thinks your a wuss. <PC2>Why the heck am I here? <DM>Those pesky goblins set fire to your village a few days ago. <PC2>SO where the hell was the sheriff and his troops?? <DM>*looks at PC1 and grins* <PC2>Hey! Goblin bait! I've got a bone to pick with you!
ktgodstgarden 03-09-07, 12:51 AM	This is a method that two differant DM's have used in hopes of getting the party together. I played a Paladin both times. "John, You friend a local Malitia officer just finished telling you about a mass murder that has killed 10 guards in the past few days. He has been described as 6'6, red beard and carrying a large axe." Me:" Ok I go to the local tavern looking for information." Player 2: "wait...6'6? red beard?" DM:"John you enter the tavern, what do you do?" Player 2: "wait, where am I again" Me" I look around, trying to locate the bartender." DM "You notice a large man, about 6'6 with a red beard and a large axe strapped to his back looking you up and down." DM to player 2:"Ok, James you are in a bar, drinking of course, and you see a smug guard walk in. He looks like the pretty boy noble type." Player 2: "Wait.....What? I don't drink and hate bars.....O god no.....((James always played evil barbarians who had a habit of kill first ask quesions later))...Hmm Paladin's can detect evil, and John thinks I am the killer... Me"NO I Don't. Wait James, cmon. I really don't." Player 2: <shrugs><draws his axe> Dm" what do you both do?" Me"I go to unsli-" Player 2"CHAAAARGE. I also enter a rage." Me" O god james, at least let me get my shiled out." DM" roll your attack" Player 2 <20> WOOT <a 17, beating my Ac><rolsl damage> Dm" how manh hp's do you have john?" Me" 12...." Dm"not any more." Me"<stunnned silence> Palyer 2"<bursts into laughter> Dm" you see the axe raise and fall, but your feet are glued to the floor as the ast thing you see is the axe falling towards your face and the smile of the large man with the red beard." Me"......." Player 2" Ah, that was fun. Better roll up another guy John, I'll play some Halo" Dm" Yeah, me to." Me" I hate you guys." That Happened 2 TIMES!!!! James has killed me, a grand total of 17 times through out our 5 years of D&D together. :surrender OH. MY. GOD. That wins the thread. Hands down. Winner. Here, take 'em, you deserve 'em. :cookie::cookie::cookie: (The Three Cookies, One Good, One Evil, and One Macadamia Nut)
Airos 03-09-07, 03:59 AM	Two words: Speed Dating (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_dating)
fiendlurking 03-09-07, 08:49 AM	"Roll initiative." LOL
elondir 03-09-07, 09:03 AM	Here's the way my very first experience with D&D started: The characters started as slaves, and one of the PCs was the slaver, who happened to be a 26th level DMPC half-orc thief (it was a first edition game) and we all played brand-new 0 xp 1st level characters. We newbie PCs didn't know he was 26th level (just an ugly half-orc) and tried to escape. I played the wizard. I got my one magic missile out and died in the second round. Apparently he had some huge plot laid out for us and he didn't take into account that we might try to escape. The second game went better becuase the DM apologized, didn't use that character again, and gave me plate mail, a greatsword, and full hp for my new character (a fighter I took to 9th level).
MHolland 03-09-07, 09:18 AM	Character A walks in, "Someone just killed me wife and I am searching for the killer..." Character B walks in, "Hey, I just killed someone's wife and I need to get out of town. Where are we heading?"
Elemental 03-09-07, 11:18 AM	"You're all at your weekly anger management class, when...."
green_yawgmoth 03-09-07, 11:27 AM	Rocks fall, everyone dies. Even better if you're on a featureless plain. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/yawgmoth/kittyjig.gif
Ebonyte 03-09-07, 03:59 PM	There was a real Ravenloft adventure that started out with the characters killed on the road by a headless horseman, and then their heads wake up in a lich's laboratory. The only way he'll agree to reunite them with their bodies is if they undertake a geas to quest for him. Another had them dying first thing, then being reassembled as flesh golems of themselves by a mad scientist to hunt down another rogue flesh golem. Recently we started a game where we were all graduates at an adventurer's college, and a black ops organization of good guys wanted to recruit us. Being that it was college midterms, and we are all chaotic players, andthe DM is a Tom Clancy fan and Lawful Neutral in real life, this resulted in a lot of derailed plot devices and a total reboot of the game.
_SIN_ 03-10-07, 04:48 AM	Bad ways for players to meet?..... "Err, Hi.... I, err... My names John, and I'm an alcholic"..... *ring-ring......ring-ring....* "- Hello, samaritans, do you need someone to talk to?......" "- I'M GONNA JUMP!!"
Evil DM Mk3 03-10-07, 04:54 AM	Give each of them bounty hunter assignemtns on one party member and bodyguard assignemtns on another. No really, this happened.
_SIN_ 03-10-07, 06:18 AM	Insert northern bint accent for realism..... "So, redgar... You turned down lovely number 1 from cormyr, AND numer 3 from halruua" "So Redgar, are you ready to meet your Blind date?? Meet, Grol'gu'ragga'osh, a half-orc bouncer from Icewind dale who you'll be spending a whole week in one of 3 fantastic locations... Question is who'll choose?....." "Excellent!!, You're off to on a fully expenses paid trip to...... THE UNDERDARK!! Let's have a round of applause....... And don't forget to come back and let us know how it was!! Or we'll at least 'speak with dead'.....
Sudnji_cas 03-12-07, 07:20 PM	You open your eyes. Only thing you see above yourself are clouds, and bellow yourself also clouds. You are not on the featureless plane. There is gravity here :devil:
Thecheesestandsalone13 03-21-07, 07:35 PM	Scream "Everybody kill -----(insert target player name here)!!!" or put them all in jail cells and give the previously killed player the key.
Goreg Skullcrusher 03-21-07, 08:49 PM	"You're in the middle of a huge inferno, with nothing but pillars of flame all around you. A wizard appears in front of your party of 4. He tells you he has exactly one Teleport spell memorized, and that he can transport only 3 others. He refuses to stay around for more than 1 minute. What do you do?" "The wizard invites all of you in and thanks you for agreeing to volunteer for his magical experiment. He casually pushes a skeleton off his table and asks you to sit down and get comfortable" (For an all-male party) "You're all pushed into a jail cell following the crime you were caught commiting. You're told that the sentence is several years long. However, you're told by the sheriff that the cells are getting full, and that the commitee in charge of the beauty pageant has had some difficulty in acquiring models this year...."
Ikyotojin 03-21-07, 09:02 PM	To the three PC's: "On top of the hill there is a small flat area, no larger than the distance a halfling can toss an empty mug of ale. The wind stirs the coals fo your fire as the three kinsmen journey from their village towards the old sea side city in hopes of finding their grandfather's grave and retrieve his sword so the eldest can be free of the ghost of that same grandfather.. Suddenly there is a scream and a running figure from one side of the hill! Whoever it is dashes across the fire without breaking stride and scurries for the far side of the hill! Behind him in hot pursuit are a dozen orcs, all slathering and aching to stir their pot with your leg bones!" To the new PC: "There you are, running across the swamp, and up a hill. The orcs that sacked your village chasing after you. Suddenly you run over a damned hot fire and start sliding down the other side of the hill..." PC1: "what was that?" PC2: "looked like a halfing." PC3: "great... orcs. I was hoping to get some sleep." PC4: "HIDE ME HIDE ME HIDE ME!!!"
Danahan 03-21-07, 09:20 PM	Two characters who look an awful lot alike: "No way! Your real mother's name was Susan too? Do you think we might have been seperated at birth!?"
Ikyotojin 03-21-07, 09:29 PM	I didn't do it... Scene: Player one is standing over the passed out cold drunk player 2 who just got tossed out of a tavern. Player 3 (the half orc barbarian). PC3: "You gonna eat that?"