1001 Things Your Players Now Hate [Archive] - Wizards Community

1001 Things Your Players Now Hate [Archive] - Wizards Community

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WCH
08-19-05, 03:59 AM 1. Kobolds. First time player (Gnomish bard) had never heard of kobolds before, and we were going to fight some, so I mentioned the racial hatred and the basics of what they are. By the end of the adventure, he really, truly, hated them... and they didn't even do all that much to him, just swore in Draconic a few times, used Grease to trip him up, hit him with a couple sling bullets while he was down and laughed at him, then ran away.

You have anything like this, where the players really develop a rivalry to something in game?
Furious D 18
08-19-05, 04:06 AM 2. A player joined our group and then quit after one session without a reason why. His character inexplicabley left the group and was never seen again. Many stories were told of what fate would befall that bard should he ever be met again.

I almost had the party run into him later in the campaign just so they could kill him, but it never panned out.
Yanagita Kunio
08-19-05, 04:22 AM My first campaign as DM [which is still going, three months strong] I swore to the players that they wouldn't be fighting undead to get those first few levels [what with the dearth of low-CR critters] so instead I put them up against...sprites. Twisted, insane sprites doctored to be CR .5 and CR 1. It turned out well: the fights weren't lethal, but pushed everyone to their limit and made for dramatic close calls.

The single tensest moment in any given fight was the Will save versus the grig's fiddle ability, which simulates a minor form of Otto's irresistable dance. The tank-ranger and monk consistently failed their save and had to be bailed out by the cleric and the bard...over and over...it was just sad. It's been two months since a grig has popped up, and still they're swearing terrible oaths and devising horrific tortures for the wee buggers.

I consider the endeavor a ringing success. :D
TheChilliGod
08-19-05, 04:52 AM I do remember that a DM of one of my friends was forced to swear not to use a certain prestige class from Vile Darkness ever again. Disciple of Dispater, I believe it was. Something about an insane armor bonus and massive damage upgrades. Y'know, 1 round TPK material. No clue what the bonuses were, tho, I haven't got the book.
Tiruvel
08-19-05, 06:52 AM In a different Rulesystem, the swedish Drakar och Demoner, you have hp for each bodypart instead of just a hp total. My character Cannavarion, a woodelf ranger, was shot and severly damaged in the head in the VERY first fight he took part in. The opponents were half-orcs.
Cannavarion barely survived, but the DM ruled that he had lost most of his nose... Ouch.. After that I/Cannavarion grew an enormous hatred for half-orcs and would always aim at their heads...
Lao, Ninja of the Dragon
08-19-05, 09:09 AM After I got the Draconimicon, Dragons. Bwahahahahaha*cue lightning*
Ravenseye
08-19-05, 09:36 AM One of my players keeps an 'enemys list' so that when he's epic level he can go back and kill them all.

The most recent is a Vrock. They encountered him and, stupidly, invited him to come along even after he said things like "Oh no, don't waste casting detect evil on me. I'm evil. I'm a freaking demon. yeah baby. I'm totally evil."

half the party thought he could help out. enemy of my enemy type thing. Of course he backstabbed them, nearly killed the player who argued most vehemently about not bringing him along and then said...

"VROCK OUT!" made the satan horns rock hand sign with his claws and teleport triggered away before they could kill him.

The player really wants to find that Vrock now.
Berzerker_prime
08-19-05, 02:07 PM That :censored: :censored: :censored: Blink spell!!!

I swear, it's my GM's favorite thing to do. None of the PCs can ever hit anything. Our only magic user of any real power is a metamagic user, so he doesn't know a whole lot of attack spells. It's really... really... REALLY... annoying.

And yet... so cool...

Oh no! I've been tainted by understanding!!!

Berz.
DraconsNighthawk
08-19-05, 02:53 PM After they just utterly destroy something from MM like it was nothing, I pull out my black binder. The book with my pre-made own monsters that are usually a minumal CR 20.

Then I am secretly glad to see how they work together and destroy this new threat.

That, and my ranger/rogue PCer hates anything immune to crits, since he has a insane ability to roll ton of threats. I hate that die with a bloody passion.
WCH
08-19-05, 03:08 PM Note that I'm referring to things that your players hate in a favoured enemy sense, not things they wish weren't in the game. Like, for instance, my player wants to hunt down and exterminate kobolds now... he's learned to be a true gnome. :D
dragonseth
08-19-05, 03:20 PM The way it was going was more fun. :D
Gnome_Dragon_Disciple
08-19-05, 05:02 PM My players hate any and all forms of aberrations... I tend to play them to the hilt, so when something in my campaign is wierd it gives my players night terrors. I'm tempted to come up with a whole new type of monster specifically for things that are neither undead or aberration, but combines all the wierdest aspects of both... Maybe even aberrant golems... Still, it's AMAZING how much a party can learn to hate an Aboleth with an Illithid Elder Brain Cyst (it had bonded with an Elder Brain... and then promptly began to take over) and its unnatural desire to remodel the world into its image of what nature should be (let's just say an Aboleth can be VERY nasty when it's a Druid/Master of Many Forms with a Beholder cohort and a pseudonatural animal companion).

To this day my players threaten to pack up their books and leave if I ever mention the words "aboleth", "illithid", and "spatula" in the same session...
Acefowl
08-19-05, 07:19 PM I have a reoccuring NPC in my campaigns that my players all seem to hate after a short amount of time. He's the city Magic Item Identifyer. Main reason they hate him so fast is because I play him, voice, attitude and all, as Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons. It's great to see the look on the players expressions when they bring new magic items to him. And since all my campaigns start off low-level, they can't kill or attack him for a long time because of his usefulness. :devil:
Vaalingrade Ashland
08-19-05, 07:35 PM Alexander Lightwings, Blackguard of the Hailene Empire, servant of Kayda the Threefold Moon.

In the first three sessions of the game, good ol' Al had:

- Framed the PCs for murder
- Bought all the adventuring supplies in 'safe' towns and burned them outside the gates.
- Trapped the deliberate trail he had left.
- Made fun of the half dragon's heritage.

Later he:
- Used material from the party leader and the druid to create a cohort from himself.
- Flung the PCs backward through time.
- Sicced a total of six advanced demons on them.
- Tipped the Threefold Moon off as to their location

Needless to say they really and truly hated Al and killed him in impressive ways twice before he was gone for good.
Thrincold
08-19-05, 08:00 PM :devil: My players really and truely hate... these boards. Honestly I get such great ideas from the WOTC boards I can't wait to use them. I'm evil as a DM as it is but the boards have expanded it so much. If you're not an Eberron fan check out the 1001 Mournland horrors thread it'll let you see what I mean about how evil we can all be if we work together
Lao, Ninja of the Dragon
08-19-05, 09:34 PM My players characters do not hate any group of sentient creatures unless those creatures are born evil. I have told the players that I consider Racism to be evil(Not trying to drag alignment into the conversation) so no racist characters unless they want to be at least neutral. And get arrested for killing a creature simply because they are ussually evil(I use chaotic/accepting from Savage Species. That means people have a very open mind when it comes to monsters and stuff).
ramzafft1
08-19-05, 09:42 PM My players hate undead, considering they're all like Lawfull Good and Lawfull Neutral. That, and the monk doesn't like getting zombie guts on his fists. What's he expecting, candy? :evillaugh
twentythree
08-20-05, 01:14 AM Rust monsters!

No seriously, they were so scared to hit anything after I used them. I'm kind of scared of the consequences if I use them again... not sure if I can get to a room with a lock on the door quick enough.

--23
Kurtulmak
08-20-05, 05:02 AM Gnomes.
In the campaign my DM has been running, gnomes are, quite simply, CRAZY. So far they've been responsible for cutting off and devouring our rogue's hair, stealing the paladin's underwear, and turning my Kobold a permanent shade of pink.
Add to that the fact that we managed to pretty much steal a boat from one, of which possesses a startling array of buttons and knobs, all of which invariably produce some unbelievably chaotic effect ranging from a 200 MPH speed boost to being assaulted by acidic demon chicken eggs.
I'm currently playing a Kobold with bright pink scales.
Admittingly, some of the reactions are priceless, but we've all become a little wary of gnomes, now.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
WCH 08-19-05, 03:59 AM	1. Kobolds. First time player (Gnomish bard) had never heard of kobolds before, and we were going to fight some, so I mentioned the racial hatred and the basics of what they are. By the end of the adventure, he really, truly, hated them... and they didn't even do all that much to him, just swore in Draconic a few times, used Grease to trip him up, hit him with a couple sling bullets while he was down and laughed at him, then ran away. You have anything like this, where the players really develop a rivalry to something in game?
Furious D 18 08-19-05, 04:06 AM	2. A player joined our group and then quit after one session without a reason why. His character inexplicabley left the group and was never seen again. Many stories were told of what fate would befall that bard should he ever be met again. I almost had the party run into him later in the campaign just so they could kill him, but it never panned out.
Yanagita Kunio 08-19-05, 04:22 AM	My first campaign as DM [which is still going, three months strong] I swore to the players that they wouldn't be fighting undead to get those first few levels [what with the dearth of low-CR critters] so instead I put them up against...sprites. Twisted, insane sprites doctored to be CR .5 and CR 1. It turned out well: the fights weren't lethal, but pushed everyone to their limit and made for dramatic close calls. The single tensest moment in any given fight was the Will save versus the grig's fiddle ability, which simulates a minor form of Otto's irresistable dance. The tank-ranger and monk consistently failed their save and had to be bailed out by the cleric and the bard...over and over...it was just sad. It's been two months since a grig has popped up, and still they're swearing terrible oaths and devising horrific tortures for the wee buggers. I consider the endeavor a ringing success. :D
TheChilliGod 08-19-05, 04:52 AM	I do remember that a DM of one of my friends was forced to swear not to use a certain prestige class from Vile Darkness ever again. Disciple of Dispater, I believe it was. Something about an insane armor bonus and massive damage upgrades. Y'know, 1 round TPK material. No clue what the bonuses were, tho, I haven't got the book.
Tiruvel 08-19-05, 06:52 AM	In a different Rulesystem, the swedish Drakar och Demoner, you have hp for each bodypart instead of just a hp total. My character Cannavarion, a woodelf ranger, was shot and severly damaged in the head in the VERY first fight he took part in. The opponents were half-orcs. Cannavarion barely survived, but the DM ruled that he had lost most of his nose... Ouch.. After that I/Cannavarion grew an enormous hatred for half-orcs and would always aim at their heads...
Lao, Ninja of the Dragon 08-19-05, 09:09 AM	After I got the Draconimicon, Dragons. Bwahahahahahacue lightning
Ravenseye 08-19-05, 09:36 AM	One of my players keeps an 'enemys list' so that when he's epic level he can go back and kill them all. The most recent is a Vrock. They encountered him and, stupidly, invited him to come along even after he said things like "Oh no, don't waste casting detect evil on me. I'm evil. I'm a freaking demon. yeah baby. I'm totally evil." half the party thought he could help out. enemy of my enemy type thing. Of course he backstabbed them, nearly killed the player who argued most vehemently about not bringing him along and then said... "VROCK OUT!" made the satan horns rock hand sign with his claws and teleport triggered away before they could kill him. The player really wants to find that Vrock now.
Berzerker_prime 08-19-05, 02:07 PM	That :censored: :censored: :censored: Blink spell!!! I swear, it's my GM's favorite thing to do. None of the PCs can ever hit anything. Our only magic user of any real power is a metamagic user, so he doesn't know a whole lot of attack spells. It's really... really... REALLY... annoying. And yet... so cool... Oh no! I've been tainted by understanding!!! Berz.
DraconsNighthawk 08-19-05, 02:53 PM	After they just utterly destroy something from MM like it was nothing, I pull out my black binder. The book with my pre-made own monsters that are usually a minumal CR 20. Then I am secretly glad to see how they work together and destroy this new threat. That, and my ranger/rogue PCer hates anything immune to crits, since he has a insane ability to roll ton of threats. I hate that die with a bloody passion.
WCH 08-19-05, 03:08 PM	Note that I'm referring to things that your players hate in a favoured enemy sense, not things they wish weren't in the game. Like, for instance, my player wants to hunt down and exterminate kobolds now... he's learned to be a true gnome. :D
dragonseth 08-19-05, 03:20 PM	The way it was going was more fun. :D
Gnome_Dragon_Disciple 08-19-05, 05:02 PM	My players hate any and all forms of aberrations... I tend to play them to the hilt, so when something in my campaign is wierd it gives my players night terrors. I'm tempted to come up with a whole new type of monster specifically for things that are neither undead or aberration, but combines all the wierdest aspects of both... Maybe even aberrant golems... Still, it's AMAZING how much a party can learn to hate an Aboleth with an Illithid Elder Brain Cyst (it had bonded with an Elder Brain... and then promptly began to take over) and its unnatural desire to remodel the world into its image of what nature should be (let's just say an Aboleth can be VERY nasty when it's a Druid/Master of Many Forms with a Beholder cohort and a pseudonatural animal companion). To this day my players threaten to pack up their books and leave if I ever mention the words "aboleth", "illithid", and "spatula" in the same session...
Acefowl 08-19-05, 07:19 PM	I have a reoccuring NPC in my campaigns that my players all seem to hate after a short amount of time. He's the city Magic Item Identifyer. Main reason they hate him so fast is because I play him, voice, attitude and all, as Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons. It's great to see the look on the players expressions when they bring new magic items to him. And since all my campaigns start off low-level, they can't kill or attack him for a long time because of his usefulness. :devil:
Vaalingrade Ashland 08-19-05, 07:35 PM	Alexander Lightwings, Blackguard of the Hailene Empire, servant of Kayda the Threefold Moon. In the first three sessions of the game, good ol' Al had: - Framed the PCs for murder - Bought all the adventuring supplies in 'safe' towns and burned them outside the gates. - Trapped the deliberate trail he had left. - Made fun of the half dragon's heritage. Later he: - Used material from the party leader and the druid to create a cohort from himself. - Flung the PCs backward through time. - Sicced a total of six advanced demons on them. - Tipped the Threefold Moon off as to their location Needless to say they really and truly hated Al and killed him in impressive ways twice before he was gone for good.
Thrincold 08-19-05, 08:00 PM	:devil: My players really and truely hate... these boards. Honestly I get such great ideas from the WOTC boards I can't wait to use them. I'm evil as a DM as it is but the boards have expanded it so much. If you're not an Eberron fan check out the 1001 Mournland horrors thread it'll let you see what I mean about how evil we can all be if we work together
Lao, Ninja of the Dragon 08-19-05, 09:34 PM	My players characters do not hate any group of sentient creatures unless those creatures are born evil. I have told the players that I consider Racism to be evil(Not trying to drag alignment into the conversation) so no racist characters unless they want to be at least neutral. And get arrested for killing a creature simply because they are ussually evil(I use chaotic/accepting from Savage Species. That means people have a very open mind when it comes to monsters and stuff).
ramzafft1 08-19-05, 09:42 PM	My players hate undead, considering they're all like Lawfull Good and Lawfull Neutral. That, and the monk doesn't like getting zombie guts on his fists. What's he expecting, candy? :evillaugh
twentythree 08-20-05, 01:14 AM	Rust monsters! No seriously, they were so scared to hit anything after I used them. I'm kind of scared of the consequences if I use them again... not sure if I can get to a room with a lock on the door quick enough. --23
Kurtulmak 08-20-05, 05:02 AM	Gnomes. In the campaign my DM has been running, gnomes are, quite simply, CRAZY. So far they've been responsible for cutting off and devouring our rogue's hair, stealing the paladin's underwear, and turning my Kobold a permanent shade of pink. Add to that the fact that we managed to pretty much steal a boat from one, of which possesses a startling array of buttons and knobs, all of which invariably produce some unbelievably chaotic effect ranging from a 200 MPH speed boost to being assaulted by acidic demon chicken eggs. I'm currently playing a Kobold with bright pink scales. Admittingly, some of the reactions are priceless, but we've all become a little wary of gnomes, now.