Kjata
2011-07-02, 07:05 AM
So I used to be in a Mutants and masterminds campaign taking place at my local gaming store. It eventually melted down into a giant bitchfest which ended in the dm never returning. It was a shame, because i wasn't there when it happened and I liked the guy. It was my first campaign, and I thought role playing games were dumb. When everyone is min maxing and being competitive instead of roleplaying, I want to just play magic. It's actually a competitive game and moves at a much quicker pace.
Anyway, my favorite player in the group was someone who actually roleplayed. He came up with interesting, fleshed out characters. He was playing a woman from another universe, with an interesting backstory and an accent. He actually spoke in character with an accent.
Anyway, today he was going to start a game where you are an 11 year old at summer camp in the late 80s. No stats, no skills, just roleplaying with a very simplistic way of handling checks. You roll 2D6, and tell him the higher number. Based on how high it is, he tells you how well you do. I tell him I'm not interested based on my previous experience, he tells me i should give it a try. i do so.
My character was originally a very nerdy kid in a spiderman costume. He signed up as Spiderman. About 10 minutes in, I decide I don't like my character, so another character tells me Spiderman is somewhat of a jewish name, pronouced Spederman. So i became Alan Spiderman, a somewhat sadistic Jewish boy. He tped another cabin on his first night at camp, and attempted to steal a canoe to go to the girls camp across the lake to tp cabins there, but I failed to do so due.
We also have Kevin, who is the jocky ass who bullies the weak kids. The guy playing him is a camp counciler IRL, and has dealt with people exactly like this and plays him well. He stole all the batteries out of other cabins that were powered gameboys and walkmen, knowing you can't complain because they were contraband anyway.
Then we have Hank. The guy playing him plays roleplayong games more as tactical mini games, and thus was mostly reading gaming books and such. His character is the quiet type, who has a DnD manual with him at camp. Ultimately, he did very little.
Then there's Aaron. Once again, the player is more into gameplay than roleplaying, so he also wasn't super fleshed out. He did have a character, being the clown who pranks people all the time.
There was also brandon, who is the mommas boy goody two shoes. he is picked on by Kevin, and tries to get him in trouble. He wears earmuffs to bed, and is constantly doing dumb things to fit in. Ultimately, most of the camp hates him.
Another camper was Harry. His player is Hank's player's son, and is fairly young. So ultimately harry had no personality and did things at random. He pranked Brandon, who tried to get him back. Kevin convinced brandon it would be funny to put on Harry's pants and piss them. he does so, only to be mocked by everyone else, and have a polaroid taken with him wearing pissed pants.
Finally, we have Corey AKA Mister T. He is the only black kid at the camp, and as such, feels like an outcast. He is constantly calling people honky and cracker, and has a mohawk. He acts tough so people won't mess with him, but is really afraid. He showed up late, and as such has all the crappy activities no one else wanted. he hates Brandon the most, due to Brandon saying "I don't care that your black, I know your good on the inside." This was taken as incredibly racist.
There was also Leo, the DM's character. He has no personality whatsoever, complainging on tuesday night he wasn't feeling well. Wednesday morning, he stays in bed. When we returned to the cabin that night, he wasn't there and was assumed to be in the infirmary.
Anyway, the camp was to last 3 weeks, and the DM had us sign up for week 1's activities. It was a ton of fun, with characters coming out. Harry, Aaron, and Spiderman formed a small group, with Corey sometimes hanging out with them. Hank spent a lot of time alone, Brandon tried to fit in with everyone yet had nobody, and Kevin being friends with everyone. Ultimately by the beginning of Friday we were getting a little burned out. We kinda went through the motions for the morning activities, and in the evening Kevin, Hank and Harry went mountain biking, Spiderman, Aaron and Corey went to indian studies, and Brandon stole Spierman's idea to go TP the girls cabins across the lake and stole a canoe.
When mountain biking, a bear appeared on the trail when Kevin was cutting ahead. He slammed on his breaks, and the councilor crashed into him, lost control and went over the side of the ledge. Kevin scared off the bear with a part popper while the campers threw the councilor a rope where he was hanging onto a small ledge. He grabs the rope, and the group of kids is trying to pull him up when the bear comes back and is charging. The kids scream and run, letting go of the rope to drop the councilor to his death. The commotion frightens the bear away again, and now the campers are in shock to realize that the councilor just died in front of them. Kevin leads most of the campers back, while Hank stays behind, too in shock too leave.
Meanwhile, brandon gets lost out on the lake. He eventually reaches shore, only to realize he has no idea where the hell he is.
Kevin returns and tells the other councilors what happened. A few ask him to show them where it happened, while the rest gather the kids and take them back to their cabins. At this point, those of us not out and about realize Brandon is missing, and Leo was never at the infirmary.
The session ended with Kevin at the main office on the phone with his mom, Brandon lost, and the rest of us sleeping at the cabin. The adults are mostly out searching for the lost campers. Harry wakes up with a loud gasp, which awakens Spiderman. Harry is soaked with sweat, and has a horrible feeling of dread. On the window is a handprint on the outside. Spiderman gets up and looks out the window, to see Leo walking around outside. He is going to the door, when the doorknob rattles. he calls out "Leo?" to no response. He says it again, more forcefully and with a growing feeling of panic. Still no response, but the door opens and Leo is standing there, looking horribly ill. Spiderman begins to walk toward him, and reaches out to him. Leo falls into his arms, then attacks him.
The DM then says that we will pick this up next week.
During the game, he said the dice rolling was so simplistic because we were kids, and had no skills. He then said that he made us skills based on our chosen activities.
Anyway, my favorite player in the group was someone who actually roleplayed. He came up with interesting, fleshed out characters. He was playing a woman from another universe, with an interesting backstory and an accent. He actually spoke in character with an accent.
Anyway, today he was going to start a game where you are an 11 year old at summer camp in the late 80s. No stats, no skills, just roleplaying with a very simplistic way of handling checks. You roll 2D6, and tell him the higher number. Based on how high it is, he tells you how well you do. I tell him I'm not interested based on my previous experience, he tells me i should give it a try. i do so.
My character was originally a very nerdy kid in a spiderman costume. He signed up as Spiderman. About 10 minutes in, I decide I don't like my character, so another character tells me Spiderman is somewhat of a jewish name, pronouced Spederman. So i became Alan Spiderman, a somewhat sadistic Jewish boy. He tped another cabin on his first night at camp, and attempted to steal a canoe to go to the girls camp across the lake to tp cabins there, but I failed to do so due.
We also have Kevin, who is the jocky ass who bullies the weak kids. The guy playing him is a camp counciler IRL, and has dealt with people exactly like this and plays him well. He stole all the batteries out of other cabins that were powered gameboys and walkmen, knowing you can't complain because they were contraband anyway.
Then we have Hank. The guy playing him plays roleplayong games more as tactical mini games, and thus was mostly reading gaming books and such. His character is the quiet type, who has a DnD manual with him at camp. Ultimately, he did very little.
Then there's Aaron. Once again, the player is more into gameplay than roleplaying, so he also wasn't super fleshed out. He did have a character, being the clown who pranks people all the time.
There was also brandon, who is the mommas boy goody two shoes. he is picked on by Kevin, and tries to get him in trouble. He wears earmuffs to bed, and is constantly doing dumb things to fit in. Ultimately, most of the camp hates him.
Another camper was Harry. His player is Hank's player's son, and is fairly young. So ultimately harry had no personality and did things at random. He pranked Brandon, who tried to get him back. Kevin convinced brandon it would be funny to put on Harry's pants and piss them. he does so, only to be mocked by everyone else, and have a polaroid taken with him wearing pissed pants.
Finally, we have Corey AKA Mister T. He is the only black kid at the camp, and as such, feels like an outcast. He is constantly calling people honky and cracker, and has a mohawk. He acts tough so people won't mess with him, but is really afraid. He showed up late, and as such has all the crappy activities no one else wanted. he hates Brandon the most, due to Brandon saying "I don't care that your black, I know your good on the inside." This was taken as incredibly racist.
There was also Leo, the DM's character. He has no personality whatsoever, complainging on tuesday night he wasn't feeling well. Wednesday morning, he stays in bed. When we returned to the cabin that night, he wasn't there and was assumed to be in the infirmary.
Anyway, the camp was to last 3 weeks, and the DM had us sign up for week 1's activities. It was a ton of fun, with characters coming out. Harry, Aaron, and Spiderman formed a small group, with Corey sometimes hanging out with them. Hank spent a lot of time alone, Brandon tried to fit in with everyone yet had nobody, and Kevin being friends with everyone. Ultimately by the beginning of Friday we were getting a little burned out. We kinda went through the motions for the morning activities, and in the evening Kevin, Hank and Harry went mountain biking, Spiderman, Aaron and Corey went to indian studies, and Brandon stole Spierman's idea to go TP the girls cabins across the lake and stole a canoe.
When mountain biking, a bear appeared on the trail when Kevin was cutting ahead. He slammed on his breaks, and the councilor crashed into him, lost control and went over the side of the ledge. Kevin scared off the bear with a part popper while the campers threw the councilor a rope where he was hanging onto a small ledge. He grabs the rope, and the group of kids is trying to pull him up when the bear comes back and is charging. The kids scream and run, letting go of the rope to drop the councilor to his death. The commotion frightens the bear away again, and now the campers are in shock to realize that the councilor just died in front of them. Kevin leads most of the campers back, while Hank stays behind, too in shock too leave.
Meanwhile, brandon gets lost out on the lake. He eventually reaches shore, only to realize he has no idea where the hell he is.
Kevin returns and tells the other councilors what happened. A few ask him to show them where it happened, while the rest gather the kids and take them back to their cabins. At this point, those of us not out and about realize Brandon is missing, and Leo was never at the infirmary.
The session ended with Kevin at the main office on the phone with his mom, Brandon lost, and the rest of us sleeping at the cabin. The adults are mostly out searching for the lost campers. Harry wakes up with a loud gasp, which awakens Spiderman. Harry is soaked with sweat, and has a horrible feeling of dread. On the window is a handprint on the outside. Spiderman gets up and looks out the window, to see Leo walking around outside. He is going to the door, when the doorknob rattles. he calls out "Leo?" to no response. He says it again, more forcefully and with a growing feeling of panic. Still no response, but the door opens and Leo is standing there, looking horribly ill. Spiderman begins to walk toward him, and reaches out to him. Leo falls into his arms, then attacks him.
The DM then says that we will pick this up next week.
During the game, he said the dice rolling was so simplistic because we were kids, and had no skills. He then said that he made us skills based on our chosen activities.