101 Things DMs Like... [Archive] - Wizards Community

101 Things DMs Like... [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Antigone
10-15-04, 08:12 PM There's a lot of threads devoted to things DMs hate, but I haven't noticed any devoted to things we like. So how about it? It can be anything, a prestige class, a spell, a monster, a template ... whatever. Here goes:

1) Spellsword (PrC from Complete Warrior)

2) Smite Infidel (class ability for Divine Champions from PGtF -- unless I'm reading this wrong, you can smite anyone who doesn't worship your god.)

3) Extra Smiting in conjunction with Smite Infidel (feat from Complete Warrior -- what can I say? I love smiting my players. :devil: )

4) Blacklight (3d level sor/wiz spell from FRCS -- I can see you but you can't see me!)

5) Revivify (5th level clr spell from Miniatures Handbook -- as long as the cleric's got this memorized, I don't have to even think about pulling a punch)

6) Divine Metamagic [Quicken Spell] (Complete Divine -- now I know what to do with all those turning attempts!)
Arctaurus_Vega
10-15-04, 08:22 PM PC's who bride you with food to avoid tragic deaths .... J/K

Ingenious Roleplaying

Original Backgrounds to PC's

PC's working together to solve problems

Improved Disarm Feat

Mask Alignment
Gryllmyre
10-15-04, 08:27 PM * Players who help and encourage each other instead of try to outdo or antagonize each other

* Players who know the rules and discuss them honestly instead of making them up

* Players who can be funny without being nasty

* A campaign with a backstory that both the DM and the players can enjoy and contribute to

* The ability to add up d6's quickly
Garith Dragonborn
10-15-04, 08:27 PM 13: People who use original characters. I just love it when my characters will come up with uniqe backrounds and lineage. that is just awesome!

14: People who are familiar with the Dead Alewives. I just hate it when you try making a joke ( I attack the darkness!) and nobody knows what you are talking about!
DougC
10-15-04, 08:33 PM Lots and lots of Mountain Dew! :D

15. The Stronghold Builder's Guidebook (I just love castles. :))

16. Players who voluntarily keep an in-character journal and are good at it. (I've only had one so far.)
Magnus029
10-15-04, 08:38 PM PC's who bride you with food to avoid tragic deaths .... J/K

My players even think about Briding me, they and there charcters will die!! :D

5) Revivify (5th level clr spell from Miniatures Handbook -- as long as the cleric's got this memorized, I don't have to even think about pulling a punch)

Nothing stops me from pulling a punch anyways.

17: Playes who are interested in the story and not just killing and rolling dice
18: Players who actually have a PH of there own
ImmortalBlueMage
10-15-04, 08:42 PM 19. Devising a fiendish trap and then watching your players narrowly escape.

20. Devising a fiendish trap and then watching your players perish in it's grasp.

Really, if your traps are fiendish enough, they're win-win. For you anyway.
Board_Rider
10-15-04, 08:58 PM 21) Players that follow your campaign, listen and work together to finish it. When they have an extremely hard battle they act as if they were there and bond...high fives for everyone.
Magnus029
10-15-04, 09:28 PM 22. Players who form a well rounded party.
23. Creativity and originality
VirgilCaine
10-15-04, 10:02 PM 22. Players who form a well rounded party.
23. Creativity and originality

24. Players who overcome their "mismatched" party structure with creativity and originality to win the adventures.

25. Players who aren't afraid to make a mismatched party.

26. Players who don't mind starting above level one with real equipment.
pookha
10-15-04, 10:18 PM 27. At least one player who has been a DM and knows what is reasonable and what is not.
obrysii
10-15-04, 10:27 PM 28. Players who understand the idea when you say "alignments are not static! Evil dragons might just be good!"
Cantankerous
10-16-04, 05:43 AM 29) Personal self restraint from the players

30) Realizing that you don't have to play an archetype to protray a class correctly.

Isshia
Arrowhen
10-16-04, 06:44 AM 31) Players who jump at obvious adventure hooks.
The Shaman
10-16-04, 10:31 AM 32. A player who says in-character, "Maybe we should talk to [name-of-NPC] - she might know what to do," an NPC from three sessions ago in a town a hundred miles from where the adventurers are standing.

33. Unearthed Arcana.

34. Players who have their spells prepared.

35. Frostburn.

36. Preparing what a corpse would know about its circumstances, and the writing on the wall of the temple, and the players actually casting speak with dead and deciphering the script.

37. The Judges Guild.

38. Rule 0!
CaineTheInsaine
10-16-04, 12:33 PM 39: Watching my players find new and unsual means of solving a problem or situation; (Using a variant Summon Monster rules (non-fixed list, spell summoning based off CRs, a player of mine, traped, alone, injured... summoned a Celestrial unicorn to heal himself.)

40: Creative use of magic (castign grease on a slope to speed up decent to get to a fight faster)

41: Goblins... who have explosives.

42: Templates!
jagggar
10-16-04, 01:24 PM 18: Players who actually have a PH of there own43: Players who own their own dice. (I was actually a player, but sometimes the DM didn't even bring his own dice :mad: . Guess what their Christmas presents were.)

44: Players who don't make dice towers, particuarly with your dice.

45: Players who don't take an unplanned 10 minute break when a good joke comes up and reminds them of another good joke.

46: Players that can bring the DM back if the DM starts to do this for some reason.
Garith Dragonborn
10-16-04, 01:29 PM 43: Players who own their own dice. (I was actually a player, but sometimes the DM didn't even bring his own dice :mad: . Guess what their Christmas presents were.)
44: Players who don't make dice towers, particuarly with your dice.

seriously this is so annoying my plyers like to spin the dice i actually need to attack!
Winternova
10-16-04, 01:48 PM 47. DR

48. Characters who fight as though their lives are on the line (cover, group tactics, etc) cos their lives always are.

49. Players who try to roleplay their ways out of wayward 'calls' - always with hysterical consequences.
jagggar
10-16-04, 02:27 PM seriously this is so annoying my plyers like to spin the dice i actually need to attack!
Oh yes, agreed. The guy I swiched off DMing with had that habit. Got d10s to spin either way and those long oddshaped d8s.

50: Savage Progressions used to create weaker monsters for the party to defeat. "What do you mean a _______ is attacking us?! We're only 2nd level! We're all gunna be slaughtered!!!" :schemes:
{SG}Veldrin
10-16-04, 04:36 PM 51. When players are so attentive and absolved in their story that they actually get scared.

52. When the players actually act as tough their lives are on the line.

53. When the players manage to solve the plot entirely without your help.

54. Players who take feats and skills at lvl up that they actually used previous to lvling up.

55. When the half-orc barbarian with 25 in str uses his lvl 16 ability increase to raise his charisma from 6 to 7.

56. When a smug player says "HAH, well im immune to his sneak attack cause im a barbarian and hes a rouge flanking me", and you say: "Well he doesnt know that...". :D
Lordofthebean
10-16-04, 04:52 PM ...Players who don't read the MM.

...Groups where everybody has a PH.

...Casters who take the time to create stats for their familiars/companions/mounts

...Summoners who take the time to create stats for their summoned creatures.

...Death throes

...Players who have a goal for their character outside of just beating stuff up (I had a monk who wanted to start his own monastery).
Master Agnald
10-16-04, 06:53 PM Oh yes, agreed. The guy I swiched off DMing with had that habit. Got d10s to spin either way and those long oddshaped d8s.
Oh, man, one of my players does something like this: he gets two d10s on a sheet of paper... then he spins them and lifts the corner(s) of the sheet as to make the dice move, while screaming silly phrases like: "Go Beyblade!" and stuff like that... it's quite funny...
I on the other hand, when a player, like making dice towers... though they tend to be taken down by the other players...

Now, back on topic:

*When you can actually watch your PCs roleplay (and within alignment). In a heavily battle-oriented group like mine, watching my PCs RP almost fills my eyes with tears... ok, maybe not that much, but you got the idea.
*When the monsters you created by yourself (without even looking at the Monster Manual) pose a threat to the party, but doesn't kill them.
*When you get a module from the internet, run it, improvise 95% of it, and have the PCs think that you did not improvise (I've done it once, with the exception of some obvious references, the PCs actually thought it was all in the module... I'm really starting to like improvising).
jagggar
10-16-04, 07:31 PM Oh, man, one of my players does something like this: he gets two d10s on a sheet of paper... then he spins them and lifts the corner(s) of the sheet as to make the dice move, while screaming silly phrases like: "Go Beyblade!" and stuff like that... it's quite funny...
I on the other hand, when a player, like making dice towers... though they tend to be taken down by the other players...His Beyblade attacked either my Draconomicon or my UA, can't remember which.

65: When borrowing books, others treat them with great respect and guard them with their life, dice, and something else that sounds cool here.

66: Players who humor you when you're a new DM.
Devourer of Dreams
10-16-04, 09:58 PM 67) Players who make good plans.
NecromancerElf
10-16-04, 11:37 PM Yeah i hate it when PCs read the M.M. and suddenly know all the monsters weaknesses, after that i ad everything on my notes and i did not even bring the M.M. to gaming sessions.
68) P.C.s who actually do in game research and role play it with out doing i make a knowledge ....... check
LordArkan
10-16-04, 11:43 PM 69. The many versatile uses of Undead. :b:

70. Necromancers! :smirk:
Master Agnald
10-17-04, 01:17 AM Yeah i hate it when PCs read the M.M. and suddenly know all the monsters weaknesses, after that i ad everything on my notes and i did not even bring the M.M. to gaming sessions.

Actually, reading the M.M. can be pretty dangerous... especially when there is a DM nearby when you're reading it... once something like this happened:
Me(reading the M.M.): *sees the rustmonster* Hey, PC#1, see this monster here!
PC#1: What the hell? It can rust thing?
DM: *looks* Humm... a rustmonster...

Next session

DM: Well, I have something very special for you guys today...
We: ???
Me: Oh, no... it's a rustmonster, isn't it?
A few hours later:
DM: suddenly you see a giant flee-like monster jumpin on the paladin's armo--
Edward (my elven bard): AAAAAHHHH!!! Rustmonster! Rustmonster! We're all gonna die!!!
WCH
10-17-04, 03:50 AM 71. d20s. Okay, maybe it's 'cos I've been playing for less than a year, but polysided dice still strike me as really, really cool. I love them, just for what they are. :D

72. The Book of Vile Darkness.

73. Watching my players squirm when I start using stuff from aforementioned Book, like that shadowdemon hiding on the top floor of the BBEG's tower. :devil:
Morloth
10-17-04, 05:33 AM 74. When you can sit back and watch / listen the PC's roleplay for 1 hour straight without you having to intervine (well, perhaps if an encounter or something else is comming up).

75. When players talk for a long time after the session about the things their characters have done and what they are going to do the next session.

76. When you have other plans for the comming week and the players try to rearrange the next session on an other day at their home. (i.e. if you as a DM don't have to take care of everything, when / where to play, etc).

77. When you can hear a needle fall and all the players are focussing on that one dice roll which will save or kill them...
Black Kitten
10-17-04, 11:51 AM 78 - Players who let their characters have a GOAL IN LIFE! (rather than just: Hey, I'm an adventurer, I'll either become a god or die!)
jagggar
10-17-04, 02:32 PM 79: When you don't have players that whine because you won't let them use 3rd party splatbooks.

80: When players do wish to use other material, they make sure you have the book for a while so you can look over it, not just blurting out "I want to use this." in the middle of a session.
Arctaurus_Vega
10-17-04, 04:41 PM 81 - When PC's over analysis a characteristic in your dungeon (PARANOID).

Prime example in my last session a had a room that had two 15 foot pillars topped with Gargoyles (just statues) set between an Ironwood door. There was also an alcove with a 5 foot wide pit. The PC's spent 40 minutes figuring out what to do because they thought the Gargoyles will come to life. They also wanted to know what was at the bottom of the pit even though I informed them there was a smell of rot and decay emanating from it.

The PC's were so concerned about these benign aspects that when they finally opened the door, they were in for a surprise as it launched a mechanism that lowered a stone stab over the only exit and released a swith that opened two portals containing an Owlbears.
CuCulain42
10-17-04, 05:01 PM ...Groups where everybody has a PH

And it is actually the correct version for the game you're running.
Lordofthebean
10-17-04, 06:58 PM 82) Lists that can be finished (1001 lists are just annoying).

83) Players who you can trust to roll up a character without fudging the dice.

84) Players who get so into the game you can shout BOO and scare them.

85) Players who use PPSLs. For the unitiated, those are PrePrepared Spell Lists. (i.e. a 10th level wizard has spell lists for "utility" "travel" "study" "diplomacy" "one big battle" "many little battles" "unknown obstacles") Ahhhh, never hear a caster say "Let me pick my spells" again.

86) Making a party squirm.

87) Watching a party squirm.
Mordmorgan the Mad
10-18-04, 03:37 AM PC's who bride you with food to avoid tragic deaths .... J/K

Where are the Cheetos?

**Players who can use the Spellfire feat responsibly.
reciprocalzero
10-18-04, 09:57 AM 83) Players who you can trust to roll up a character without fudging the dice.

89) Players who re-roll the first set of stats they come up with...because they're too high.

EDIT: Numbers on a list?
Timethief
10-18-04, 11:26 AM 90 Rouges who aktivate nearly ANY trap
91 HAlforcs who wanna fall in love whith elves
92 NPCs who always tell rubbish for high price

Informations 500 gp
Ok, we'll buy it
the Weather is fine
VirgilCaine
10-18-04, 12:03 PM 93) www.enworld.org/cc The Creature Catalog
Never worry about your PCs reading the MM again. Get monsters for free that you could pay for.
Gargs454
10-18-04, 12:32 PM 94. Creating my own world.
95. Players who don't try to take 15 minutes to decide every action
96. Players who do not over-analyze their characters wanting to constantly change their choices when they see the next new ability that they could go for.
Khan2000
04-18-06, 02:13 PM 41: Goblins... who have explosives.

Gnome rogues...who have explosives.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Antigone 10-15-04, 08:12 PM	There's a lot of threads devoted to things DMs hate, but I haven't noticed any devoted to things we like. So how about it? It can be anything, a prestige class, a spell, a monster, a template ... whatever. Here goes: 1) Spellsword (PrC from Complete Warrior) 2) Smite Infidel (class ability for Divine Champions from PGtF -- unless I'm reading this wrong, you can smite anyone who doesn't worship your god.) 3) Extra Smiting in conjunction with Smite Infidel (feat from Complete Warrior -- what can I say? I love smiting my players. :devil: ) 4) Blacklight (3d level sor/wiz spell from FRCS -- I can see you but you can't see me!) 5) Revivify (5th level clr spell from Miniatures Handbook -- as long as the cleric's got this memorized, I don't have to even think about pulling a punch) 6) Divine Metamagic [Quicken Spell] (Complete Divine -- now I know what to do with all those turning attempts!)
Arctaurus_Vega 10-15-04, 08:22 PM	PC's who bride you with food to avoid tragic deaths .... J/K Ingenious Roleplaying Original Backgrounds to PC's PC's working together to solve problems Improved Disarm Feat Mask Alignment
Gryllmyre 10-15-04, 08:27 PM	* Players who help and encourage each other instead of try to outdo or antagonize each other * Players who know the rules and discuss them honestly instead of making them up * Players who can be funny without being nasty * A campaign with a backstory that both the DM and the players can enjoy and contribute to * The ability to add up d6's quickly
Garith Dragonborn 10-15-04, 08:27 PM	13: People who use original characters. I just love it when my characters will come up with uniqe backrounds and lineage. that is just awesome! 14: People who are familiar with the Dead Alewives. I just hate it when you try making a joke ( I attack the darkness!) and nobody knows what you are talking about!
DougC 10-15-04, 08:33 PM	Lots and lots of Mountain Dew! :D 15. The Stronghold Builder's Guidebook (I just love castles. :)) 16. Players who voluntarily keep an in-character journal and are good at it. (I've only had one so far.)
Magnus029 10-15-04, 08:38 PM	PC's who bride you with food to avoid tragic deaths .... J/K My players even think about Briding me, they and there charcters will die!! :D 5) Revivify (5th level clr spell from Miniatures Handbook -- as long as the cleric's got this memorized, I don't have to even think about pulling a punch) Nothing stops me from pulling a punch anyways. 17: Playes who are interested in the story and not just killing and rolling dice 18: Players who actually have a PH of there own
ImmortalBlueMage 10-15-04, 08:42 PM	19. Devising a fiendish trap and then watching your players narrowly escape. 20. Devising a fiendish trap and then watching your players perish in it's grasp. Really, if your traps are fiendish enough, they're win-win. For you anyway.
Board_Rider 10-15-04, 08:58 PM	21) Players that follow your campaign, listen and work together to finish it. When they have an extremely hard battle they act as if they were there and bond...high fives for everyone.
Magnus029 10-15-04, 09:28 PM	22. Players who form a well rounded party. 23. Creativity and originality
VirgilCaine 10-15-04, 10:02 PM	22. Players who form a well rounded party. 23. Creativity and originality 24. Players who overcome their "mismatched" party structure with creativity and originality to win the adventures. 25. Players who aren't afraid to make a mismatched party. 26. Players who don't mind starting above level one with real equipment.
pookha 10-15-04, 10:18 PM	27. At least one player who has been a DM and knows what is reasonable and what is not.
obrysii 10-15-04, 10:27 PM	28. Players who understand the idea when you say "alignments are not static! Evil dragons might just be good!"
Cantankerous 10-16-04, 05:43 AM	29) Personal self restraint from the players 30) Realizing that you don't have to play an archetype to protray a class correctly. Isshia
Arrowhen 10-16-04, 06:44 AM	31) Players who jump at obvious adventure hooks.
The Shaman 10-16-04, 10:31 AM	32. A player who says in-character, "Maybe we should talk to [name-of-NPC] - she might know what to do," an NPC from three sessions ago in a town a hundred miles from where the adventurers are standing. 33. Unearthed Arcana. 34. Players who have their spells prepared. 35. Frostburn. 36. Preparing what a corpse would know about its circumstances, and the writing on the wall of the temple, and the players actually casting speak with dead and deciphering the script. 37. The Judges Guild. 38. Rule 0!
CaineTheInsaine 10-16-04, 12:33 PM	39: Watching my players find new and unsual means of solving a problem or situation; (Using a variant Summon Monster rules (non-fixed list, spell summoning based off CRs, a player of mine, traped, alone, injured... summoned a Celestrial unicorn to heal himself.) 40: Creative use of magic (castign grease on a slope to speed up decent to get to a fight faster) 41: Goblins... who have explosives. 42: Templates!
jagggar 10-16-04, 01:24 PM	18: Players who actually have a PH of there own43: Players who own their own dice. (I was actually a player, but sometimes the DM didn't even bring his own dice :mad: . Guess what their Christmas presents were.) 44: Players who don't make dice towers, particuarly with your dice. 45: Players who don't take an unplanned 10 minute break when a good joke comes up and reminds them of another good joke. 46: Players that can bring the DM back if the DM starts to do this for some reason.
Garith Dragonborn 10-16-04, 01:29 PM	43: Players who own their own dice. (I was actually a player, but sometimes the DM didn't even bring his own dice :mad: . Guess what their Christmas presents were.) 44: Players who don't make dice towers, particuarly with your dice. seriously this is so annoying my plyers like to spin the dice i actually need to attack!
Winternova 10-16-04, 01:48 PM	47. DR 48. Characters who fight as though their lives are on the line (cover, group tactics, etc) cos their lives always are. 49. Players who try to roleplay their ways out of wayward 'calls' - always with hysterical consequences.
jagggar 10-16-04, 02:27 PM	seriously this is so annoying my plyers like to spin the dice i actually need to attack! Oh yes, agreed. The guy I swiched off DMing with had that habit. Got d10s to spin either way and those long oddshaped d8s. 50: Savage Progressions used to create weaker monsters for the party to defeat. "What do you mean a _______ is attacking us?! We're only 2nd level! We're all gunna be slaughtered!!!" :schemes:
{SG}Veldrin 10-16-04, 04:36 PM	51. When players are so attentive and absolved in their story that they actually get scared. 52. When the players actually act as tough their lives are on the line. 53. When the players manage to solve the plot entirely without your help. 54. Players who take feats and skills at lvl up that they actually used previous to lvling up. 55. When the half-orc barbarian with 25 in str uses his lvl 16 ability increase to raise his charisma from 6 to 7. 56. When a smug player says "HAH, well im immune to his sneak attack cause im a barbarian and hes a rouge flanking me", and you say: "Well he doesnt know that...". :D
Lordofthebean 10-16-04, 04:52 PM	...Players who don't read the MM. ...Groups where everybody has a PH. ...Casters who take the time to create stats for their familiars/companions/mounts ...Summoners who take the time to create stats for their summoned creatures. ...Death throes ...Players who have a goal for their character outside of just beating stuff up (I had a monk who wanted to start his own monastery).
Master Agnald 10-16-04, 06:53 PM	Oh yes, agreed. The guy I swiched off DMing with had that habit. Got d10s to spin either way and those long oddshaped d8s. Oh, man, one of my players does something like this: he gets two d10s on a sheet of paper... then he spins them and lifts the corner(s) of the sheet as to make the dice move, while screaming silly phrases like: "Go Beyblade!" and stuff like that... it's quite funny... I on the other hand, when a player, like making dice towers... though they tend to be taken down by the other players... Now, back on topic: When you can actually watch your PCs roleplay (and within alignment). In a heavily battle-oriented group like mine, watching my PCs RP almost fills my eyes with tears... ok, maybe not that much, but you got the idea. When the monsters you created by yourself (without even looking at the Monster Manual) pose a threat to the party, but doesn't kill them. *When you get a module from the internet, run it, improvise 95% of it, and have the PCs think that you did not improvise (I've done it once, with the exception of some obvious references, the PCs actually thought it was all in the module... I'm really starting to like improvising).
jagggar 10-16-04, 07:31 PM	Oh, man, one of my players does something like this: he gets two d10s on a sheet of paper... then he spins them and lifts the corner(s) of the sheet as to make the dice move, while screaming silly phrases like: "Go Beyblade!" and stuff like that... it's quite funny... I on the other hand, when a player, like making dice towers... though they tend to be taken down by the other players...His Beyblade attacked either my Draconomicon or my UA, can't remember which. 65: When borrowing books, others treat them with great respect and guard them with their life, dice, and something else that sounds cool here. 66: Players who humor you when you're a new DM.
Devourer of Dreams 10-16-04, 09:58 PM	67) Players who make good plans.
NecromancerElf 10-16-04, 11:37 PM	Yeah i hate it when PCs read the M.M. and suddenly know all the monsters weaknesses, after that i ad everything on my notes and i did not even bring the M.M. to gaming sessions. 68) P.C.s who actually do in game research and role play it with out doing i make a knowledge ....... check
LordArkan 10-16-04, 11:43 PM	69. The many versatile uses of Undead. :b: 70. Necromancers! :smirk:
Master Agnald 10-17-04, 01:17 AM	Yeah i hate it when PCs read the M.M. and suddenly know all the monsters weaknesses, after that i ad everything on my notes and i did not even bring the M.M. to gaming sessions. Actually, reading the M.M. can be pretty dangerous... especially when there is a DM nearby when you're reading it... once something like this happened: Me(reading the M.M.): sees the rustmonster Hey, PC#1, see this monster here! PC#1: What the hell? It can rust thing? DM: looks Humm... a rustmonster... Next session DM: Well, I have something very special for you guys today... We: ??? Me: Oh, no... it's a rustmonster, isn't it? A few hours later: DM: suddenly you see a giant flee-like monster jumpin on the paladin's armo-- Edward (my elven bard): AAAAAHHHH!!! Rustmonster! Rustmonster! We're all gonna die!!!
WCH 10-17-04, 03:50 AM	71. d20s. Okay, maybe it's 'cos I've been playing for less than a year, but polysided dice still strike me as really, really cool. I love them, just for what they are. :D 72. The Book of Vile Darkness. 73. Watching my players squirm when I start using stuff from aforementioned Book, like that shadowdemon hiding on the top floor of the BBEG's tower. :devil:
Morloth 10-17-04, 05:33 AM	74. When you can sit back and watch / listen the PC's roleplay for 1 hour straight without you having to intervine (well, perhaps if an encounter or something else is comming up). 75. When players talk for a long time after the session about the things their characters have done and what they are going to do the next session. 76. When you have other plans for the comming week and the players try to rearrange the next session on an other day at their home. (i.e. if you as a DM don't have to take care of everything, when / where to play, etc). 77. When you can hear a needle fall and all the players are focussing on that one dice roll which will save or kill them...
Black Kitten 10-17-04, 11:51 AM	78 - Players who let their characters have a GOAL IN LIFE! (rather than just: Hey, I'm an adventurer, I'll either become a god or die!)
jagggar 10-17-04, 02:32 PM	79: When you don't have players that whine because you won't let them use 3rd party splatbooks. 80: When players do wish to use other material, they make sure you have the book for a while so you can look over it, not just blurting out "I want to use this." in the middle of a session.
Arctaurus_Vega 10-17-04, 04:41 PM	81 - When PC's over analysis a characteristic in your dungeon (PARANOID). Prime example in my last session a had a room that had two 15 foot pillars topped with Gargoyles (just statues) set between an Ironwood door. There was also an alcove with a 5 foot wide pit. The PC's spent 40 minutes figuring out what to do because they thought the Gargoyles will come to life. They also wanted to know what was at the bottom of the pit even though I informed them there was a smell of rot and decay emanating from it. The PC's were so concerned about these benign aspects that when they finally opened the door, they were in for a surprise as it launched a mechanism that lowered a stone stab over the only exit and released a swith that opened two portals containing an Owlbears.
CuCulain42 10-17-04, 05:01 PM	...Groups where everybody has a PH And it is actually the correct version for the game you're running.
Lordofthebean 10-17-04, 06:58 PM	82) Lists that can be finished (1001 lists are just annoying). 83) Players who you can trust to roll up a character without fudging the dice. 84) Players who get so into the game you can shout BOO and scare them. 85) Players who use PPSLs. For the unitiated, those are PrePrepared Spell Lists. (i.e. a 10th level wizard has spell lists for "utility" "travel" "study" "diplomacy" "one big battle" "many little battles" "unknown obstacles") Ahhhh, never hear a caster say "Let me pick my spells" again. 86) Making a party squirm. 87) Watching a party squirm.
Mordmorgan the Mad 10-18-04, 03:37 AM	PC's who bride you with food to avoid tragic deaths .... J/K Where are the Cheetos? **Players who can use the Spellfire feat responsibly.
reciprocalzero 10-18-04, 09:57 AM	83) Players who you can trust to roll up a character without fudging the dice. 89) Players who re-roll the first set of stats they come up with...because they're too high. EDIT: Numbers on a list?
Timethief 10-18-04, 11:26 AM	90 Rouges who aktivate nearly ANY trap 91 HAlforcs who wanna fall in love whith elves 92 NPCs who always tell rubbish for high price Informations 500 gp Ok, we'll buy it the Weather is fine
VirgilCaine 10-18-04, 12:03 PM	93) www.enworld.org/cc The Creature Catalog Never worry about your PCs reading the MM again. Get monsters for free that you could pay for.
Gargs454 10-18-04, 12:32 PM	94. Creating my own world. 95. Players who don't try to take 15 minutes to decide every action 96. Players who do not over-analyze their characters wanting to constantly change their choices when they see the next new ability that they could go for.
Khan2000 04-18-06, 02:13 PM	41: Goblins... who have explosives. Gnome rogues...who have explosives.