Gamer Humor D&D Demotivators Episode VIII: [Demotivating Intensifies] [Archive] - Page 3

Yora

2014-04-01, 10:24 AM

http://31.media.tumblr.com/c87af42e6e836bda58589fcde6e11b6b/tumblr_n3cynkPfTb1rv231do1_1280.jpg

This pretty much counts as an alignment-demotivator.

Also, I uploaded all the material from march on tumblr yesterday:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/b82a4bd9ce489a87aa55d6bdf4334eac/tumblr_n3cobyPjFm1rv231do1_1280.png
It was a good day... :smallamused:

(Most of it is because of Monty Python. As always. (http://ddemotivators.tumblr.com/tagged/monty-python) :smallbiggrin:)

Ksheep

2014-04-01, 11:44 AM

Also, I uploaded all the material from march on tumblr yesterday:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/b82a4bd9ce489a87aa55d6bdf4334eac/tumblr_n3cobyPjFm1rv231do1_1280.png
It was a good day... :smallamused:

(Most of it is because of Monty Python. As always. (http://ddemotivators.tumblr.com/tagged/monty-python) :smallbiggrin:)

Hey, I recognize the #1 fan there. He was my roommate a few years ago…

Drascin

2014-04-01, 03:51 PM

...No! I already have a campaign! I can't make a new one this soon!

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/doorhandleishandle/motivator4994c972a19f7d005013ea2e28c095dd4666fd6a_ zps094966be.jpg

That's an Akantor Greatsword, which means this is Monster Hunter, which means that "maid" is probably the PC and has almost certainly killed more and meaner dragons than four Skyrim main characters put together :smalltongue:.

And now a little one for those who watched Wakfu:

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u262/drascin/Barb_zps748caa68.jpg

Hiro Protagonest

2014-04-01, 03:55 PM

[/spoiler]

That's an Akantor Greatsword, which means this is Monster Hunter, which means that "maid" is probably the PC and has almost certainly killed more and meaner dragons than four Skyrim main characters put together :smalltongue:.

Yeah, that looked like a Monster Hunter weapon to me, but I wasn't certain because A) I don't use the Greatsword (I used it a bit, but I just unlocked high-ranking missions on my first character, who I've leveled up the Long Sword for, and that's taken ninety hours) and B) I don't think that's a real armor set in the game.

Waker

2014-04-01, 04:59 PM

And then without warning, Waker appeared.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/Omnikar/ImpracticalClothing_zps5c4d9139.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/Omnikar/media/ImpracticalClothing_zps5c4d9139.jpg.html)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/Omnikar/Gestalt_zps5fc6d53f.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/Omnikar/media/Gestalt_zps5fc6d53f.jpg.html)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/Omnikar/Level1_zps27b0f86b.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/Omnikar/media/Level1_zps27b0f86b.jpg.html)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/Omnikar/AstralConstruct_zps9a84d625.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/Omnikar/media/AstralConstruct_zps9a84d625.jpg.html)

Doorhandle

2014-04-02, 02:15 AM

That's an Akantor Greatsword, which means this is Monster Hunter, which means that "maid" is probably the PC and has almost certainly killed more and meaner dragons than four Skyrim main characters put together
Meaner I'll give you. More... is no, unless were talking about a starting out dragonborn.
Seriously, you fight a lot of dragons in skyrim.

Sith_Happens

2014-04-02, 04:15 PM

Meaner I'll give you. More... is no, unless were talking about a starting out dragonborn.
Seriously, you fight a lot of dragons in skyrim.

How many is "a lot?" Because if I remember right from my brief time playing Monster Hunter Tri, the less demanding armor sets take about a dozen kills to finish. Each.

Mrc.

2014-04-02, 04:51 PM

How many is "a lot?" Because if I remember right from my brief time playing Monster Hunter Tri, the less demanding armor sets take about a dozen kills to finish. Each.

It depends. Plot wise you only have to kill about three but tbh if you're playing Skyrim for plot you picked the wrong game. As random encounters go they add a touch of danger the first few times, but you will end up killing lots to get access to the different words of shouts. If you make full use of fast travel, it is entirely possible to encounter none at all but on my main playthrough I think I'm on something like eighty dragons killed, judging by the amount of dragon bones I have in a chest in Whiterun. This is playing casually with no dragon hunting, because if you want to do that, you will easily treble that number. Of course, given that I play an unpatched version it does give the nice feature of dragon corpses randomly dropping from the sky but I didn't think it fit to count them.

LongVin

2014-04-02, 08:09 PM

[QUOTE=Doorhandle;17214289]
http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/doorhandleishandle/motivator25de3921ed8c02b1a41b9cf27866bb54fb94a694_ zpsee8e5a07.jpg

Where is this from?

Time Blossom

2014-04-02, 09:27 PM

...No! I already have a campaign! I can't make a new one this soon!Steelport is pretty much a ready-made Chancel. And 3rd ed calls Domain-0 Nobles Saints. I'm just sayin'. :smallbiggrin:

Also, this one's been waiting to be made ever since those liches pictures earlier.
I regret nothing. :smalltongue:
http://i62.tinypic.com/10y18us.jpg
(Kinda want to play a Pathfinder witch at some point, really. They seem pretty cool.)

Manly Man

2014-04-03, 12:12 PM

Gawd, Tim Curry's singing voice.

http://i.imgur.com/Yfm9stb.jpg

Ksheep

2014-04-04, 12:39 AM

Here's one I found on Reddit. I'll try to make some original ones soon, once I find some decent pics and can think of witty things to add to them.

http://i.imgur.com/I6NOLdl.jpg

Something tells me that last part usually only comes in to play when the DM decides to track rations.

Swaoeaeieu

2014-04-04, 02:25 AM

So i have been lurking this thread for a long long time now, and finally saw a poster i wanted to share with you all. It's not mine, just found it on imgur.

removed because i find potty-mouth funny but the boards don't like it

Edit: Had to remove the picture, forgot it contained no-no words. Sorry for the disturbance folks, carry on with the awsome posters.

BWR

2014-04-04, 02:34 AM

Generally this forum likes neither excrement nor female dogs.

Doorhandle

2014-04-04, 04:10 AM

How many is "a lot?" Because if I remember right from my brief time playing Monster Hunter Tri, the less demanding armor sets take about a dozen kills to finish. Each.

Fair I guess. Although with skyrim, theres the 15 named dragons, most of which you have to kill to progress, 10 at specific points around the game world, plus a theoretically-infinite number of them due to random dragon attacks.

...Although now I want to know which dragons would win in a fight. Skyrim dragons have glass jaws, sure, but they also have freaky magic bullcrap and possibly a high flight ceiling on their side...

Edit: Had to remove the picture, forgot it contained no-no words. Sorry for the disturbance folks, carry on with the awsome posters.

Just go into an image program and put black bars over the innapropriate areas.

Where is this from?

Right here. (http://davesrightmind.deviantart.com/art/Kraken-Final-437533758)

EDIT: TAX CRACKDOWN!

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/doorhandleishandle/motivator8d24e8d88be0fa7aa7311cf4fc8f23a9d0b33367_ zps951b5ba7.jpg

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/doorhandleishandle/motivator9e9d32dad251ed7b32b1c8999ae7537cdd1dfd45_ zps6d3363eb.jpg

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/doorhandleishandle/motivator9f30facfc2f93bcd2a9504a5c9c7104bb650e906_ zps337faa20.jpg

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/doorhandleishandle/motivatord3206102b86c078ed01bc719eec8f05192fd0328_ zpsb2187575.jpg

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/doorhandleishandle/motivator0816563cb39882f5efaf485863aa93a0c8b623ce_ zpsd4989086.jpg

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/doorhandleishandle/motivatord3781c6a9aa79b6f5fc747b4ba5d40f9e0a947c3_ zps44ef9e32.jpg

Time Blossom

2014-04-04, 05:05 AM

I would tend to side with the Skyrim dragons, by virtue of being sapient. Monster Hunter dragons (or wyverns in general) always seemed kinda like wild animals to me. Mind you, I've only played MHFU, so there's that.

In any case, Skyrim wishes it had Monster Hunter's armor system. Or I do, anyway. Heck, I wish every game had Monster Hunter's armor system.

And speaking of a poster:
http://i58.tinypic.com/wugp45.jpg

Doorhandle

2014-04-04, 05:09 AM

In any case, Skyrim wishes it had Monster Hunter's armor system. Or I do, anyway. Heck, I wish every game had Monster Hunter's armor system.

Agreed. It's why I like Toriko: 90% of the point of fighting monsters in that world is so you can eat them. I need to start watching that anime again...

byaku rai

2014-04-04, 04:09 PM

How many is "a lot?" Because if I remember right from my brief time playing Monster Hunter Tri, the less demanding armor sets take about a dozen kills to finish. Each.

It's possible to get through all but the main and DLC quests of Skyrim without fighting even a single dragon. You just have to not follow the main quest beyond Whiterun, and there aren't even any random encounter dragons to worry about from then on. On the opposite end of things, following the main quest unlocks random dragon encounters, which happen about once per half hour and have about a 75% chance of going after you (the other 25%, they just fly away or aggro a random goat/mudcrab/wolf with hilarious results). With fast travel and a bit of know-how, it's possible to farm dragons nonstop by going to Word Walls in a cycle, killing the resident dragon, and repeating; thanks to fast travel taking in-game time, by the time you've cleared them all the first one has respawned. That said, a normal Dragonborn who goes from level 1 to about level 40 or so without deliberately taking one extreme or the other in dragon hunting probably won't end up fighting more than about 50 dragons over the course of his career, and likely quite a few less.

As for meaner, I haven't played Monster Hunter but the top-tier dragons are nuts. Dirt standard dragons sometimes lose fights with other random encounters, though, so take that with a grain of salt.

Mrc.

2014-04-04, 04:19 PM

The best moment in Skyrim is when you see a dragon get pulled down by swarms of mudcrabs. The number of times these supposedly ferocious predators fall prey to the most mundane threats is hilarious.

NikitaDarkstar

2014-04-05, 02:34 AM

The best moment in Skyrim is when you see a dragon get pulled down by swarms of mudcrabs. The number of times these supposedly ferocious predators fall prey to the most mundane threats is hilarious.

Actually I find it more hilarious to watch them fight mammoths myself. Mudcrabs are just terrifying creatures dammit! :p (I may have Morrowind flashbacks...)

Time Blossom

2014-04-05, 03:33 AM

Oof, don't get me started on Morrowind flashbacks. 'Cliff Racers' is a trigger phrase, amirite?

And speaking of triggers, a poster:
http://i60.tinypic.com/xmom7d.jpg

Marnath

2014-04-05, 07:15 AM

Oof, don't get me started on Morrowind flashbacks. 'Cliff Racers' is a trigger phrase, amirite?

Not since the coming of Saint Jiub. :smallamused: By the time of Oblivion he has hunted them to extinction. (Jiub is the bald dude with the gnarly scar from the beginning of the game.)

Mono Vertigo

2014-04-05, 03:21 PM

Usually, I'm posting demotivators, but ones unrelated to D&D.
This time, I'm posting a funny thing related to D&D... but it's not a demotivator! (It's a comic I found on another forum.)
http://24.media.tumblr.com/8c8c0c623f2edb63bdb9904cb3940895/tumblr_n0no6wRbXa1s0hkfeo1_400.png
http://24.media.tumblr.com/7d8561808d11cb70268b5284fde7fb65/tumblr_n0no6wRbXa1s0hkfeo2_400.png
http://24.media.tumblr.com/ea6f1c3418a945d8331092860746c2b1/tumblr_n0no6wRbXa1s0hkfeo3_400.png
http://25.media.tumblr.com/261bfa1cc9c857e75690aee0f86f4f4b/tumblr_n0no6wRbXa1s0hkfeo4_400.png
http://24.media.tumblr.com/393ae0f2ebdf651e07e79bf4422b4e70/tumblr_n0no6wRbXa1s0hkfeo5_400.png
http://31.media.tumblr.com/52b84bf50edd38b6b28b3266256a8ce1/tumblr_n0no6wRbXa1s0hkfeo6_400.png
It's so adorable, I want a pet Rust Monster now. :smallredface:

Amaril

2014-04-05, 03:24 PM

GPuzzle

2014-04-05, 03:54 PM

That's it, my next BBEG is a Druid with a pet Rust Monster.

NikitaDarkstar

2014-04-05, 10:20 PM

Oof, don't get me started on Morrowind flashbacks. 'Cliff Racers' is a trigger phrase, amirite?

And speaking of triggers, a poster:
http://i60.tinypic.com/xmom7d.jpg

... Yep. I'm out.

*wanders of to see if it's rules-legal to have a drud with a rust monster companion... cause yes!*

Amaril

2014-04-05, 10:52 PM

Actually, it turns out they're aberrations rather than animals like I thought, so that'd be a no-no. Although now I'm tempted to make them normal animals in one of my settings just to be able to do that :smalltongue:

Arkhosia

2014-04-05, 11:04 PM

http://i.imgur.com/gAVhHLG.jpg
I'm deeply worried if no one has made this joke before

Amaril

2014-04-05, 11:18 PM

http://i.imgur.com/gAVhHLG.jpg
I'm deeply worried if no one has made this joke before

...

*Dashes off to make a ranger PRC with maneuver gear*

ThirdEmperor

2014-04-06, 12:11 AM

I believe grappling hook launchers can be found in the Arms and Equipment guide, and powered spools for superdurable line in Savage Species. From there, tack on a Bottle of Endless Air for guidance, two Gauntlets of Infinite Blades, find a tolerant DM and have at it!

Time Blossom

2014-04-06, 02:00 AM

... Yep. I'm out.

*wanders of to see if it's rules-legal to have a drud with a rust monster companion... cause yes!*My work is done here. :smallbiggrin:
Also agreed! And I did find a homebrew feat called Druid of the Strange which allows aberration companions (including rust monsters). Not strictly rules-legal, but seems balanced enough?

http://i.imgur.com/gAVhHLG.jpg
I'm deeply worried if no one has made this joke before...Somebody run this game? Please?
(On which note: Academy City looks very cool; I still haven't seen the first series, but Railgun was a lot of fun. I'd have to give my available time some consideration before considering signing up, but yeah. :smallcool:)

And in keeping with my thus-far perfect record, a poster:
http://i59.tinypic.com/9sxjps.jpg
Sauce: http://www.zerochan.net/Advent+Cirno
Dunno where they got it originally!
But the source fiction is pretty groovy. :3

Arkhosia

2014-04-06, 02:11 AM

Is that... a Sgt. frog badge?
http://i.imgur.com/fC4hJU5.jpg

Time Blossom

2014-04-06, 02:33 AM

Yep! Also her main sword is a watermelon. :D

Also, not strictly roleplaying-related, but close enough I think:

http://i60.tinypic.com/124adsx.jpg

Seriously, Kroot but no Tau in Rogue Trader: Into the Storm?
You're killing me, Smalls.

Vizzerdrix

2014-04-06, 03:35 AM

... Yep. I'm out.

*wanders of to see if it's rules-legal to have a drud with a rust monster companion... cause yes!*

I've been trying to pull this off for years. Start a topic about it in the 3.5 forums and I'll be happy to post what I've found so far.

Forrestfire

2014-04-06, 09:07 AM

If you give it something like the Celestial or Fiendish template, it should qualify for Leadership, at least.

Lord_Gareth

2014-04-06, 10:47 PM

So, challenge time: turn this comic panel into an RPG poster.

http://wildwestscifi.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/GCG_123.png

Comic is Gencrawl Gaiden, by the by.

alanek2002

2014-04-06, 11:16 PM

Challenge met!
http://i.imgur.com/tsnEhqI.jpg

Time Blossom

2014-04-07, 02:47 AM

If you give it something like the Celestial or Fiendish template, it should qualify for Leadership, at least.If you want an intelligent rust monster cohort that doesn't require transplanar breeding programs... would using Baleful Polymorph on it, then Awakening it, then using Dispel Magic to turn it back into a rust monster work? A brief bit of googling results in a great wailing and gnashing of teeth and shrugging of shoulders as to whether a creature laboring under the first would qualify for the second. Though I think I would allow it, personally, if the original creature possessed animal-level intelligence (or if they failed their will save).

This gives me a crazy itch for an adventure hook, too: an awakened animal is being pursued by a group of adventurers. Said adventurers are the awakened animal's former allies; they Awakened him after a run-in with the baleful polymorph spell, as above, and now have access to Dispel Magic and want to return him to normal. But that would mean that the personality he has now would be completely erased when the old self is brought back, since dispelling the polymorph returns one's old ability scores and memories.

Also I wonder if you could BP a given creature, claim the resulting kitty-cat as an animal companion and then dispel it. But I think that, at the very least, is way too ripe for abuse, all things considered. :P

Anyway! An unrelated poster:
http://i60.tinypic.com/1z4dgkl.jpg
Seriously Larry, I know it's a class feature, but horses are completely impractical for spelunking.

Arkhosia

2014-04-07, 03:02 AM

http://i.imgur.com/3vRVTCk.jpg

Arbane

2014-04-07, 03:25 AM

...Somebody run this game? Please?

Titan World (http://gsa.thegamernation.org/2013/09/17/hacking-the-apocalypse-titan-world/).

Arkhosia

2014-04-07, 03:44 AM

Ohmygodiwannaplaythat!

Shadow Viper

2014-04-07, 06:51 AM

http://i.imgur.com/3vRVTCk.jpg

Source please

Arbane

2014-04-07, 06:58 AM

Source please

Attack on Titan.

It's very a grim anime/manga, quite good, and I recommend it if blood and gore don't bother you.

DO NOT LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET BEFORE WATCHING, unless you want some HUGE plot-twists completely spoiled.

Amaril

2014-04-07, 09:34 AM

Ohmygodiwannaplaythat!

I'm in a game of it right now on the Playground. Of the ten PCs we started with, seven have died so far. In the first episode. It's awesome :smallbiggrin:

Sith_Happens

2014-04-07, 03:23 PM

http://i.imgur.com/gAVhHLG.jpg
I'm deeply worried if no one has made this joke before

At the bottom. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showsinglepost.php?p=17068745&postcount=354)

I'm in a game of it right now on the Playground. Of the ten PCs we started with, seven have died so far. In the first episode. It's awesome :smallbiggrin:

Attack on Titan: The only setting besides Paranoia where going through a character per session is considered a good thing.

Necroticplague

2014-04-07, 03:55 PM

Attack on Titan: The only setting besides Paranoia where going through a character per session is considered a good thing.

Only A character? I'm pretty sure a game of paranoia should be a character per player.At least, after the inevitable last-second orgy of backstabbing. Which most certainly never happens because Friend Computer is more than capable of mediating all disputes that could lead up to such.

Sith_Happens

2014-04-07, 04:35 PM

Amaril

2014-04-07, 05:27 PM

Speaking of Paranoia...

http://i.imgur.com/Bk7NVmJ.jpg

Morph Bark

2014-04-07, 06:36 PM

Speaking of Paranoia...

http://i.imgur.com/Bk7NVmJ.jpg

Or, you know, something that might be equal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EddX9hnhDS4) or probably even better (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZMD_eCpEo).

Ionbound

2014-04-07, 06:39 PM

Or, you know, something that might be equal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EddX9hnhDS4) or probably even better (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZMD_eCpEo).

I dunno. GLaDOS has a smooth confidence the other two don't that truly exemplifies Friend Computer...At least in her public moments.

Drascin

2014-04-07, 06:40 PM

Only A character? I'm pretty sure a game of paranoia should be a character per player.At least, after the inevitable last-second orgy of backstabbing. Which most certainly never happens because Friend Computer is more than capable of mediating all disputes that could lead up to such.

...one character per player per session? What? This is Paranoia. Games don't LAST more than a session. And players get six lives at a minimum. :smalltongue:

Also, Friend Computer should have a friendly voice. Making him sound sinister misses the point. He should be terse and friendly even as he sentences people to death for treason.

GPuzzle

2014-04-07, 06:45 PM

Speaking of Paranoia...

http://i.imgur.com/Bk7NVmJ.jpg

Nope, Wheatley and Cave Johnson are also pretty good choices for the Friend Computer.

Time Blossom

2014-04-07, 07:32 PM

Attack on Titan
<snip>IMHO, it went a bit downhill after [REDACTED] happened. It kinda went from being "The Madoka of Shonen Anime" to being "A (Pretty Good But Still Mostly Just Another) Shonen Anime."

(I would like to point out I still put "pretty good" in that description.)

Anyway! Some Nobilis love:
http://i60.tinypic.com/szkjer.jpg

Arkhosia

2014-04-07, 07:46 PM

But TB, the Female Titan Debacle.

Waker

2014-04-07, 08:06 PM

Nope, Wheatley and Cave Johnson are also pretty good choices for the Friend Computer.

Oh, we're talking about Cave Johnson now?
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/Omnikar/Artificers_zps6f9b55f2.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/Omnikar/media/Artificers_zps6f9b55f2.jpg.html)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/Omnikar/Melting_zpsaf63e113.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/Omnikar/media/Melting_zpsaf63e113.jpg.html)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y47/Omnikar/PrayingMantisDNA_zps1362b527.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/Omnikar/media/PrayingMantisDNA_zps1362b527.jpg.html)

Dienekes

2014-04-07, 08:17 PM

Nope, Wheatley and Cave Johnson are also pretty good choices for the Friend Computer.

Honestly, the one time I ran Paranoia, my Friend Computer voice was based around the voice of the Turrets. My friends thought it was creepy, so I think it worked well.

No brains

2014-04-07, 09:03 PM

*Pssh* All this talk of "omnipotent" computers. Just get me an ax. If Brimley can take em', so can I.

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/097/7/d/automotivator_by_the_vile_cortex-d7dkd6n.jpg

Necroticplague

2014-04-07, 09:33 PM

...one character per player per session? What? This is Paranoia. Games don't LAST more than a session. And players get six lives at a minimum. :smalltongue:

Also, Friend Computer should have a friendly voice. Making him sound sinister misses the point. He should be terse and friendly even as he sentences people to death for treason.

They only last that long because re-inserting a character back in the middle of a mission is a pain. So any deaths are final until the next mission. Its not as much a 'how will we fulfill our mission' as to 'how hilariously/disastrously off-rail can we go before someone blows us all up'.

(Note: If a grenade says it's timer is 11 seconds, check to see what number system its written in. The difference between binary and decimal can be very big while 'priming' a grenade).

AngelSword

2014-04-07, 11:22 PM

*Pssh* All this talk of "omnipotent" computers. Just get me an ax. If Brimley can take em', so can I.

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8138862080/hC82D5CA6/ (http://cheezburger.com/8138862080)

Pink

2014-04-08, 12:20 AM

(Note: If a grenade says it's timer is 11 seconds, check to see what number system its written in. The difference between binary and decimal can be very big while 'priming' a grenade).

Off topic, but thank you for wonderful evilness that i shall remember when I get a chance to run paranoia.

Doorhandle

2014-04-08, 12:44 AM

Nope, Wheatley and Cave Johnson are also pretty good choices for the Friend Computer.

I always thought those sort of computer should have a more booming murderous monotone than most of those examples. AUTO from WALLE is a decent example.

Andezzar

2014-04-08, 12:49 AM

(Note: If a grenade says it's timer is 11 seconds, check to see what number system its written in. The difference between binary and decimal can be very big while 'priming' a grenade).You can also do it in hexadecimal: "DO [insert whatever needs doing for the plot] EXACTLY AFTER A SECOND(S)."

and not to forget there are 10 kinds of people, those that understand binary and those that don't.

Sith_Happens

2014-04-08, 09:38 PM

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag295/doorhandleishandle/motivator8d24e8d88be0fa7aa7311cf4fc8f23a9d0b33367_ zps951b5ba7.jpg

Inspired by the above:

http://i59.tinypic.com/15n11mu.jpg

Time Blossom

2014-04-09, 12:47 AM

Agreed. It's why I like Toriko: 90% of the point of fighting monsters in that world is so you can eat them. I need to start watching that anime again......Thaaaaaaanks, Doorhandle. I had stuff to do the last couple of days, ya know. :P

Seriously, that show is so silly and dumb and amazing. It's like Fist of the North Star if you gave it a sense of humor and replaced all the exploding bikers with Redwall-level food porn.
(Also, the producers for the English dub are named Hunter and Cook? Funimation, you are having a giraffe.)

But TB, the Female Titan Debacle.I know to what you refer, but not why you bring it up. :P
So I'll just say that the show is good at what it does, but doesn't do what I wanted it to, and trust that will serve as an adequate response!

And now, a poster addressing a subject that is near and dear to my heart:
http://i57.tinypic.com/fw52cy.jpg
Seriously. Camping is like half of your job, guys. If you're still using a blanket and bedroll your second week on the road because you're saving up for armor or whatever you really need to examine your priorities. :smallcool:

Edit: actually, how about we make a challenge out of that, since there doesn't seem to be one going? Roll out your best homages to decadent homelessness. :smallamused:

Arkhosia

2014-04-09, 12:54 AM

http://i.imgur.com/joIvZ4O.jpg

Forrestfire

2014-04-09, 01:38 AM

http://i.imgur.com/DIieGZY.jpg

Digging out this image saddened me, because I'd forgotten how many neat 3.0 books had, that the 3.5 books lacked. :smallfrown:

Erik Vale

2014-04-09, 03:23 AM

http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss283/ErikVale/motivator25fb28f87ae2846f4c1f4a5d4661796608ba51f9_ zps0d71b89c.jpg (http://s584.photobucket.com/user/ErikVale/media/motivator25fb28f87ae2846f4c1f4a5d4661796608ba51f9_ zps0d71b89c.jpg.html)

I actually tend to play characters that don't sleep, and who mock the others while standing guard.

Shadow Viper

2014-04-09, 03:26 AM

Attack on Titan.

It's very a grim anime/manga, quite good, and I recommend it if blood and gore don't bother you.

DO NOT LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET BEFORE WATCHING, unless you want some HUGE plot-twists completely spoiled.

Thank you.

As far as Anime goes my favorite is Hellsing Ultimate OVA, but I haven't really been keeping up to date with 'new' anime.

Time Blossom

2014-04-09, 05:28 AM

I can also recommend Kill la Kill, if you're looking for new anime loves. It's from most of the same team who did Gurren Lagann, and stylistically it's more or less that with the giant robots and revolutionary ideals replaced with school uniforms, hyperexaggerated fan-service and biting social satire. Similar levels of hot blood, if that's your thing.

Anyway, on topic: shelter's all well and good, but how about sustenance?
http://i62.tinypic.com/1zdrlzr.jpg

Or, ya know, when you've got the spell levels to spare...

http://i57.tinypic.com/k4hzex.jpgAlso, wasn't there some older-edition spell that let you make it rain any liquid by drinking a drop? As I recall, the text suggested using poison or acid or something, but I'm thinking a shower of fine aged brandy sounds like a delightfully decadent way to wash off the trail dust. :smallcool:

Arkhosia

2014-04-09, 07:51 AM

DracoDei

2014-04-09, 08:53 AM

It is my understanding that Heroes Feast is an excellent spell, just for the immunities it provides, and thus probably good enough to cast even when you only get one spell of that level.

Forrestfire

2014-04-09, 09:15 AM

I would totally watch that crossover :smallbiggrin:

Ionbound

2014-04-09, 10:35 AM

Thomas Hunter

2014-04-09, 12:43 PM

First poster I've actually made. Not great, but I mostly just wanted to use Fingolfin v. Morgoth art :smallbiggrin:

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff456/DarthBob14/automotivator_zpsacac6664.jpg

Inevitability

2014-04-09, 02:05 PM

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r167/panist/automotivator_zps700ca874.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r167/panist/automotivator1_zps8a9f0ac8.jpg

The first picture's from Tower of God (http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/tower-of-god-r1). The second... demands no explanation.

Yora

2014-04-09, 03:00 PM

I try to keep to the rule that with riches and wealth comes a grim downside.

I keep picturing being told this by an actual flumph! There's the sense of weird horror Jason mentioned!

OMG, OMG, OMG!

I just had the brilliant idea for a new RPG meme!

Philoso-flumph

Like Philosoraptor (http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/085/283/philosoraptor.jpg), but for fantasy RPG! :smallbiggrin:

Quick, someone get me a good flumph picture and a meme-maker.

Ionbound

2014-04-09, 03:16 PM

Well, the image should obviously be the original Flumph:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS2McNG0lrOGn2sTuTozIaXM0O8mubxX 8FvdXYdtxJDzZ3GpymbJQ

As for a meme maker, I cannot help you.

Yora

2014-04-09, 03:43 PM

I did hard gimp work.

Behold!

https://24.media.tumblr.com/bd897df09ba9f273bd0ee26467df83fe/tumblr_n3s6uw1x0W1rv231do2_r1_500.png

https://31.media.tumblr.com/e6d8515129b1952e6011884928d74f6e/tumblr_n3s6uw1x0W1rv231do1_r1_1280.png

DracoDei

2014-04-09, 04:01 PM

Yora

2014-04-09, 04:12 PM

That would be difficult, but doable. Good thing I kept the original gimp file once I create the png.

I looked at the orignal picture and it wouldn't work with the shadows if I cut out one arm and pasted it upside down. This is as good as it gets.
Unless someone wants to do do a completely new picture of a flumph that looks just as good. :smallbiggrin:

Sith_Happens

2014-04-09, 04:15 PM

I would totally watch that crossover :smallbiggrin:

If you're talking about the DBZ/One Piece one, that is a still from the one that actually exists.

No brains

2014-04-09, 04:24 PM

Excellent cropping Yora! Since green screens came around, people get paid to crop really well. You should get a job in movies. :smallbiggrin:

Yora

2014-04-09, 04:39 PM

http://25.media.tumblr.com/fa6e5f749d06a438ef8d48df3781a7e5/tumblr_n1emwl2B3X1ql55zvo1_500.jpg

No brains

2014-04-09, 04:54 PM

http://25.media.tumblr.com/fa6e5f749d06a438ef8d48df3781a7e5/tumblr_n1emwl2B3X1ql55zvo1_500.jpg

Pshaw. A boss monster is loud and boisterous, practically advertising its weakness. A pit trap is never just a pit trap.

Forrestfire

2014-04-09, 05:34 PM

If you're talking about the DBZ/One Piece one, that is a still from the one that actually exists.

:smallconfused::smalleek::smallbiggrin:

So it is. That's awesome :smallbiggrin:

Time Blossom

2014-04-11, 05:38 AM

I still haven't watched it, but the Toriko/One-Piece one was pretty kewl. It tickles me to imagine adding Goku to the party. :smallbiggrin:

And now, a glamtastic tribute to my favorite cantrip (possibly favorite spell in general):

http://i58.tinypic.com/2zxs7b4.jpg
This philosophy would also apply to Hats of Disguise, only they don't actually make you any less icky.

Note to self: spells are cool, but I should really look for more mundane-equipment-oriented affluence. Martial classes need love, too. ^.^

Mordokai

2014-04-11, 04:08 PM

Slipperychicken

2014-04-11, 06:52 PM

http://25.media.tumblr.com/fa6e5f749d06a438ef8d48df3781a7e5/tumblr_n1emwl2B3X1ql55zvo1_500.jpg

All this guy needs is a Scumbag Steve hat, and then we can go to town with captions like "Goes to Dungeon / Doesn't bring rope", "Plays a Rogue/ No ranks in Disable Device", or "Plays a Kender".

The original picture would be helpful. For !SCIENCE! posters.

Doorhandle

2014-04-11, 07:20 PM

All this guy needs is a Scumbag Steve hat, and then we can go to town with captions like "Goes to Dungeon / Doesn't bring rope", "Plays a Rogue/ No ranks in Disable Device", or "Plays a Kender".

The original picture would be helpful. For !SCIENCE! posters.

That second one has actually happened to me. To be fair, the player was new...

Dorian Gray

2014-04-11, 10:18 PM

That second one has actually happened to me. To be fair, the player was new...

No man, he was doing it right. You're confusing the rogue with the trap-monkey: the rogue is the guy who deals 238d6 sneak attack damage to the boss monster, whereas the trap-monkey is the dwarf barbarian with more health than Luxembourg has people.
http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p694/Max_Cassell/67416317_zps99816947.jpg

Sith_Happens

2014-04-12, 01:04 AM

No man, he was doing it right. You're confusing the rogue with the trap-monkey: the rogue is the guy who deals 238d6 sneak attack damage to the boss monster, whereas the trap-monkey is the dwarf barbarian with more health than Luxembourg has people.
http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p694/Max_Cassell/67416317_zps99816947.jpg

Image source? I have an alternative caption idea for it.

No brains

2014-04-12, 01:57 AM

Image source? I have an alternative caption idea for it.

It's from Tomb of Horrors. You can find the image here, but the rest of the article is p. good IMO.

ed: Of course I forgot the link. I thought I heard a swordsage creeping and I got jumpy. http://www.somethingawful.com/dungeons-and-dragons/wtf-tomb-horrors/5/

Sith_Happens

2014-04-12, 05:44 AM

It's from Tomb of Horrors. You can find the image here, but the rest of the article is p. good IMO.

ed: Of course I forgot the link. I thought I heard a swordsage creeping and I got jumpy. http://www.somethingawful.com/dungeons-and-dragons/wtf-tomb-horrors/5/

Aaaaaand done:

http://i62.tinypic.com/293ds1w.jpg

Time Blossom

2014-04-12, 07:00 AM

Wait, so the prize is... a lockbox? That's probably locked? The locked box you thought you outfoxed had a locked lockbox, after the frost shots almost knocked your block off? My socks... are not rocked.

Anywho:
http://i57.tinypic.com/2e3r5ol.jpg
But it is not this day.

Mono Vertigo

2014-04-12, 11:53 AM

I made a bunch of Demotivators, and I'm tempted to propose a challenge (which would be using a celebrity in a D&D demotivator), but at the same time, there's a few other challenges already going on.
Anyway...

http://i.imgur.com/UFWRsNR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/N4wBmdi.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KjLH8dw.jpg
Seriously, that smile is something out of Hell.
http://i.imgur.com/5IWuMhf.jpg
There, corrected the Clarkson one.

Arkhosia

2014-04-12, 11:55 AM

Bravo good sir. Bravo.
You forgot "Fixes stuff with a hammer" too.

Mono Vertigo

2014-04-12, 12:00 PM

Bravo good sir. Bravo.
You forgot "Fixes stuff with a hammer" too.

I like to think it's implied by the "Barbarian part", but you're right, I should have made that explicit. Thanks. :smallamused:

Ionbound

2014-04-12, 12:07 PM

Beautiful, good sir. Beautiful.

Mono Vertigo

2014-04-12, 01:38 PM

Bonus one related to the previous bunch:
http://i.imgur.com/uonR7sT.jpg

Ionbound

2014-04-12, 03:10 PM

Bonus one related to the previous bunch:
http://i.imgur.com/uonR7sT.jpg

Some say he worships Speed, and that he does not know how to spontaneously convert spells. All we know is, he's called the Stig.

Yora

2014-04-12, 03:25 PM

Some say he build a drivable golem out of old goblin helmets. He lost half his brain in an alchemical accident... and he has a lifelong ban on entering any dwarven workshop.
He's the Stigs adopted gnome cousin!

Mono Vertigo

2014-04-12, 03:49 PM

Ionbound

2014-04-12, 03:51 PM

"Some say he has explosive nipples."
"Gee, you could have come up with that back when we were surrounded by the hostile troglodytes. That'd have cleaned up the area."

Thank you, thank you, you're a great audience. :smallbiggrin:
Another one (sorry for the image quality, I couldn't find a better one):
http://i.imgur.com/wn4YoBX.jpg

That would be better with a scene from them driving across Alabama with stuff painted on their cars. Truly, it brought new meaning to the term crazy shenanigans.

Mono Vertigo

2014-04-12, 04:05 PM

Oooh, good idea.
http://i.imgur.com/yKuDnqX.jpg

toapat

2014-04-12, 06:22 PM

The Stig definitely has the Flaw: Mute

Also, i think hes Lawful Neutral, being a machine.

Ionbound

2014-04-12, 08:15 PM

You have inspired me:

http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a491/firedaemon33/motivator1f80c9ef28fdec80840d02b34fdd4d6dd0a287fa_ zps92067226.jpg

Ksheep

2014-04-12, 10:26 PM

After seeing an imgur album (http://imgur.com/gallery/l6kjE) discussing the various villains of the First Age of Middle Earth (Morgoth and his minions), decided to throw these together. Probably not the best captions for each of them, but it's something…

http://i.imgur.com/BOrfZnv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OCohh9v.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/4bYFBQW.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/oWk3Km5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/jSzRg5i.jpg

Dienekes

2014-04-12, 10:41 PM

To be fair, the BBEG's pet Mother of Spiders did betray him and would have killed him if it wasn't for the whole having the Lord of Balrogs come and save his useless ass. Again.

Ugh, Morgoth, you are such a disappointment to me.

Shadow Viper

2014-04-13, 02:01 AM

Time Blossom

2014-04-13, 02:03 AM

Celebrity motivators?

http://i60.tinypic.com/2rxfygl.png
Yet another class I want to try out at some point.

Source please :smallbiggrin:
Howl's Moving Castle! Possibly my favorite movie of all time. It's very feel-good, which I am a total sucker for. :smallbiggrin:

(I'm assuming you're asking about the picture. If you're asking about market value, I couldn't actually find costs for a mundane palanquin anywhere, so I just kinda guesstimated. :smalltongue:)

Eldan

2014-04-13, 05:02 AM

Never heard of that class, what's it from?

Time Blossom

2014-04-13, 05:20 AM

The Time Thief can be found Here. (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/3rd-party-classes/super-genius-games/time-thief) :3

http://i57.tinypic.com/dcy9f6.jpg

...But you could.
I mean, you know, if you really wanted to...

holywhippet

2014-04-14, 04:31 AM

Forrestfire

2014-04-14, 04:36 AM

That would be Yuno Gasai from Future Diary, if google is correct.

Spacewolf

2014-04-14, 07:15 AM

Sith_Happens

2014-04-14, 07:55 AM

Not sure who that is. But that tag line could be applied to Akito/Agito from Air Gear.

Or Sylar from Heroes. Dude switches sides more often than a cat tied to a piece of buttered toast.

Andezzar

2014-04-14, 07:58 AM

Or Sylar from Heroes. Dude switches sides more often than a cat tied to a piece of buttered toast.Sylar sides with anyone? I'd say he has his own side.

Joe the Rat

2014-04-14, 08:10 AM

The Stig definitely has the Flaw: Mute

Also, i think hes Lawful Neutral, being a machine.

I'm thinking Chaotic Neutral. He's a Zodar in a fire suit.

Sith_Happens

2014-04-14, 08:48 AM

Sylar sides with anyone? I'd say he has his own side.

The sides in this case being "good guy," "bad guy," and "not-doing-much-of-anything-that-really-affects-anyone-else guy."

Which, incidentally, is poster-material ripe for the exploiting:

http://i61.tinypic.com/fp59xi.jpg

Man on Fire

2014-04-14, 08:52 AM

http://i.imgur.com/4kgrw8a.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/F46I4MD.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SglnE1d.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/YgSaKlt.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/xLfDL8W.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/qTCLAGA.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/QYyewTW.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/hNLYT32.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/eMumF48.jpg

Sith_Happens

2014-04-14, 08:55 AM

I don't suppose there's a convenient web tool for putting those in a grid?

Andezzar

2014-04-14, 09:25 AM

The sides in this case being "good guy," "bad guy," and "not-doing-much-of-anything-that-really-affects-anyone-else guy."

Which, incidentally, is poster-material ripe for the exploiting:

http://i61.tinypic.com/fp59xi.jpgToo bad I can't find a picture with Angela Petrelly and Sylar.
Caption would be:
Action determines Alignment
"You have raised the evil incarnate bar to an entirely new level. Thank you, for giving me something to strive for."
[Edit]Found one and made one:
http://i.imgur.com/TSx4HcZ.jpg

Sith_Happens

2014-04-14, 01:51 PM

*light-bulb ding*

http://i61.tinypic.com/n4vztd.jpg
I was also going to do a "Squishy Wizard" poster with Hiro getting punched in the face, but I can only find any stills or videos of the first time that happens and that one doesn't have a usable camera angle.

Hiro Protagonest

2014-04-14, 03:40 PM

Dienekes

2014-04-14, 03:53 PM

...Was there a Snow Crash movie or something?

Pretty sure that's Peter Petrelli from heroes. He basically has the power of every other hero he interacts with. At first he thinks it's only when he's near them, but then he realizes that no, he's just bad at controlling his powers. Outside a few "potential future" style episodes he remains kind of a useless sap throughout the series.

Hiro Protagonest

2014-04-14, 04:24 PM

Pretty sure that's Peter Petrelli from heroes. He basically has the power of every other hero he interacts with. At first he thinks it's only when he's near them, but then he realizes that no, he's just bad at controlling his powers. Outside a few "potential future" style episodes he remains kind of a useless sap throughout the series.

Oh yeah I forgot that Heroes had a character named Hiro.

Time Blossom

2014-04-16, 06:14 AM

Actually managed to make one for once.

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s479/wolfe34/Demotivator/automotivator.jpg (http://s1053.photobucket.com/user/wolfe34/media/Demotivator/automotivator.jpg.html)Nice. :smallbiggrin:

Also gave me an idea:http://i57.tinypic.com/2v9uaaf.jpg

Remember: "It's Lawful stroke Neutral stroke Chaotic square bracket delete whichever is inappropriate square bracket Good stroke Neutral square bracket delete whichever is inappropriate square bracket comma not Lawful Nice full stop."

Sith_Happens

2014-04-16, 06:41 AM

Remember: "It's Lawful/Neutral/Chaotic [delete whichever is inappropriate] Good/Neutral [delete whichever is inappropriate], not Lawful Nice."

FTFY. All of the bolded bits are on your keyboard you know.:smalltongue:

Voidhawk

2014-04-16, 07:22 AM

FTFY. All of the bolded bits are on your keyboard you know.:smalltongue:
You sir, have obviously never taken The Oath :smallwink:

Eldan

2014-04-16, 08:26 AM

Yeah. I swear to stay an exemplar of the lawful slash neutral slash chaotic square bracket delete whichever is inappropriate square bracket good slash neutral slash evil square bracket delete whichever is inappropriate square bracket alignment so that I may find my eternal reward in heaven slash hell slash nirvana slash limbo delete which ever is inappropriate full stop.

Or in other words, it's a long-running traditional Pratchett joke that the watch makes people read their oath like that.

Thomas Hunter

2014-04-16, 08:55 AM

On a related note:

http://i.imgur.com/OlFNH0x.jpg

Frozen_Feet

2014-04-16, 08:59 AM

FTFY. All of the bolded bits are on your keyboard you know.:smalltongue:

You, sir, are missing da joke. :smalltongue:

Andezzar

2014-04-16, 09:02 AM

You, sir, are missing da joke. :smalltongue:The joke does not get better or even more legible by using the word slash instead of /.

Thomas Hunter

2014-04-16, 09:16 AM

Oh, for Pete's sake. They're referencing the second example. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MultipleChoiceFormLetter)
I am so, so sorry. Hope nobody had anything important to do today.

Sith_Happens

2014-04-16, 09:51 AM

MUAHAHA, FOR I HAVE NOW TRICKED NOT ONE, BUT TWO OF YOU INTO EXPLAINING A JOKE!:xykon:
A JOKE THAT, WHILE I COULD TELL WAS BEING MADE, I DID IN FACT NOT GET, THEREBY RENDERING THE BENEFITS OF MY DECEPTION TWOFOLD!

Yora

2014-04-16, 01:43 PM

http://bighugelabs.com/output/motivator1cb7dafa1e8f5e7838f50a946530257c49524c55. jpg

https://24.media.tumblr.com/0899fe17b8836f66b2cf766df3f070fd/tumblr_n4507wuD8s1rv231do1_1280.jpg

https://31.media.tumblr.com/9633034dcfbed3409ee85950f41ff615/tumblr_n3wyx6o5Sx1rv231do1_500.jpg

https://31.media.tumblr.com/fc7161ffb53db330c6df1f167f23bf4f/tumblr_n44y0ePa0v1rv231do1_500.png

http://24.media.tumblr.com/d2788129b0b09cd97d049fd4a7969425/tumblr_n3veh09tnv1r558pxo1_1280.jpg

Ksheep

2014-04-16, 02:06 PM

http://fantastic-bestiary.tumblr.com/post/82909262638

That last picture isn't showing properly. I believe you meant this:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/d2788129b0b09cd97d049fd4a7969425/tumblr_n3veh09tnv1r558pxo1_1280.jpg

MesiDoomstalker

2014-04-16, 03:45 PM

http://24.media.tumblr.com/d2788129b0b09cd97d049fd4a7969425/tumblr_n3veh09tnv1r558pxo1_1280.jpg

Unrelate this!
http://i.imgur.com/zMtBVUb.jpg

toapat

2014-04-16, 04:08 PM

Unrelate this!
http://i.imgur.com/zMtBVUb.jpg

clearly unoptimized, he doesnt have 1 hyperbadass minion or 3 decent ones around him.

Ksheep

2014-04-16, 04:15 PM

Here's a small downpayment on my back tax.

http://i.imgur.com/qTsB7ri.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qhaWC20.jpg

Time Blossom

2014-04-16, 05:06 PM

Epic Sax Dragon?
Somebody gif it!

Also: http://i61.tinypic.com/nytzye.jpg

Well played. :smallwink:

Erik Vale

2014-04-16, 06:34 PM

Epic Sax Dragon?
Somebody gif it!

Also: http://i61.tinypic.com/nytzye.jpg

Well played. :smallwink:

If you were trying to remove the name through the croping, you need to copy a section to cover up the edit bit.

A Tad Insane

2014-04-16, 10:05 PM

If you were trying to remove the name through the croping, you need to copy a section to cover up the edit bit.

Or maybe he's trying to get Sith labelled, but wants to show he 'tried' to protect the innocent. The plot thickens!

Also, I pay my taxes on time

http://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t640/Bannana_King/inspiregreatness_zpsa15debcc.jpg

Time Blossom

2014-04-16, 10:17 PM

clearly unoptimized, he doesnt have 1 hyperbadass minion or 3 decent ones around him.I count at least one skull, so I assume the hyperbadass minion got sassy.

If you were trying to remove the name through the croping, you need to copy a section to cover up the edit bit.I was actually just getting the quote to fit the Motivator site's preferred aspect ratio. :P
(I'll delete/replace it if ya like, Sith, I just figured since you were signing your evil laughter with a skull and all... :smalltongue:)

http://i59.tinypic.com/ml6mgm.jpg

holywhippet

2014-04-16, 10:17 PM

[SPOILER=Philosoflumph]
https://31.media.tumblr.com/fc7161ffb53db330c6df1f167f23bf4f/tumblr_n44y0ePa0v1rv231do1_500.png

Something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YCLWHYHXcU#t=8m17s

toapat

2014-04-16, 11:20 PM

I count at least one skull, so I assume the hyperbadass minion got sassy.

Humanoids arent legal targets for the special mount, nor for the Fiendish minion or the Undead minion. Hes clearly not powergaming his Paladin of Slaughter with a splash into blackguard

Time Blossom

2014-04-17, 12:34 AM

Well, if it were me, and my special mount or minion got sassy, I would break out one of the Polymorph scrolls I keep around for just such an occasion so they would be sentient enough to understand why I was... "downsizing" them.

This somehow reminds me, I remember reading a sci-fi book once where there was this race of engineered livestock that was sentient; the aliens who bred them poked them in the brain with a needle when they were young so they wouldn't feel bad about eating them later.

At one point, the main character, a human raised by them, talked about how he felt sorry for them, so one of his caretakers said something like "Yes, I know dear, but that's the way it has to be. We've tried breeding them to be nonintelligent, but it ruins the taste!"

Wish I could find that quote, there's a demotivator in there somewhere.
And now I feel terrible for saying both of those things, so pardon my while I produce something a little more in keeping with my bubbly and chipper alignment:
http://i58.tinypic.com/24ng17o.jpg

Sith_Happens

2014-04-17, 02:03 AM

http://bighugelabs.com/output/motivator1cb7dafa1e8f5e7838f50a946530257c49524c55. jpg

Did you really just?

http://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t640/Bannana_King/inspiregreatness_zpsa15debcc.jpg

The Truth levels in this poster are overwhelming.

(I'll delete/replace it if ya like, Sith, I just figured since you were signing your evil laughter with a skull and all... :smalltongue:)

Gee, good question, does the poster with a Sith Lord motif care that his nefarious deeds have been immortalized?:smalltongue:

Yora

2014-04-18, 06:56 AM

https://24.media.tumblr.com/184c41162da90d0f26447f3b9336a9ee/tumblr_n471akdC8W1rv231do1_1280.jpg

VoxRationis

2014-04-18, 01:04 PM

Something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YCLWHYHXcU#t=8m17s

That's exactly what I thought of. Poor Carrow...

Yora

2014-04-18, 02:11 PM

http://37.media.tumblr.com/468a6dd74d66b212db272aefb9860366/tumblr_n48acuQPNG1rv231do1_1280.jpg

http://37.media.tumblr.com/fbe7be0b6a2710b42fb137ce1ac39d6f/tumblr_n48agshmDE1rv231do1_1280.jpg

http://24.media.tumblr.com/1b39f8c06ea3f9b7aae62a7c3d78a31a/tumblr_n48afsUX5W1rv231do1_1280.jpg

https://24.media.tumblr.com/9c52c9b7aa0269015039abb63a63c4c6/tumblr_n48slo0cLW1rv231do1_1280.jpg

http://31.media.tumblr.com/d5c3130641523e1e203ae773ed8c2d5f/tumblr_n48ak2KxX41rv231do1_1280.jpg

alanek2002

2014-04-18, 02:32 PM

Ooh, Excellent Serei no moribito Posters!

Yora

2014-04-18, 02:38 PM

I got ideas for a couple more, but I have to remember which episodes the scenes were to make some screenshots.

https://24.media.tumblr.com/a25675e48e6acccfccf9933a4b0cd90d/tumblr_n48w5kDvTU1rv231do1_1280.jpg

https://24.media.tumblr.com/e562b0807a410a86039392ab83aa8ed2/tumblr_n48w2gD5gK1rv231do1_1280.jpg

Time Blossom

2014-04-19, 04:25 AM

This week, on A&E's Classes We Want to Love But Can't...

http://i61.tinypic.com/2aj0v86.jpg

It would be such an awesome class if the shaping times and durations were actually any good, too.

Sith_Happens

2014-04-19, 06:22 AM

This week, on A&E's Classes We Want to Love But Can't...

http://i61.tinypic.com/2aj0v86.jpg

It would be such an awesome class if the shaping times and durations were actually any good, too.

Whoa, when did Gaara become a girl?:smallconfused: Toph specifically isn't very good with sand because it screws with her tremorsight.

Fable Wright

2014-04-19, 12:19 PM

Whoa, when did Gaara become a girl?:smallconfused: Toph specifically isn't very good with sand because it screws with her tremorsight.

Sozin's Comet Part 1 specifically showed Toph becoming much, much better with sand.

toapat

2014-04-19, 12:43 PM

Whoa, when did Gaara become a girl?:smallconfused: Toph specifically isn't very good with sand because it screws with her tremorsight.

no, Toph is fine using sand, she just cant see while standing on sand. if she was bad with it then she couldnt have helped Katara with the drill during the attack on Ba Sing Sei

Time Blossom

2014-04-20, 02:38 AM

no, Toph is fine using sand, she just cant see while standing on sand. if she was bad with it then she couldnt have helped Katara with the drill during the attack on Ba Sing Sei

Yeah I'm gonna go with bracing a square mile or so of desert well enough to hold up like the entire lost library of Alexandria while it was trying to sink into the sand as a slightly better example.

Toph is a baws.

And my thread contribution:
http://i61.tinypic.com/11qh4sy.jpg

Sith_Happens

2014-04-20, 03:51 AM

I meant in comparison to her proficiency with less granulated material, but apparently there's some later episodes/scenes involving sand I'm not remembering very well.

nedreow

2014-04-20, 01:13 PM

Was just watching LOTR when:

http://i.imgur.com/cY71Yxw.jpg

toapat

2014-04-20, 03:04 PM

http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p636/toapat/Evil.jpg

Her questline seems to point at her not being a paladin.

Got it

Leviting

2014-04-20, 07:48 PM

I don't get it, should I recognize that character?

Lord Raziere

2014-04-20, 07:55 PM

http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p636/toapat/Evil.jpg

Her questline seems to point at her not being a paladin.

Got it

I dunno....why would it? I played through it, she seems to just want undead....re-deaded, like any other paladin in AQworlds.....

toapat

2014-04-20, 11:13 PM

I dunno....why would it? I played through it, she seems to just want undead....re-deaded, like any other paladin in AQworlds.....

the first weapon she gives you is her Holy avenger. Everything after that you can get from her is increasingly evil. Their art style tends towards dramatic changes in a character's appearance as opposed to gradual changes (the exception ive seen so far being Prime Alteon). Evil isnt one big happy family (good isnt either but then the leaders we see of good are all sisters or said sister's boyfriends).

Granted, i just want to give Gravelyn a hug.

Lord Raziere

2014-04-21, 12:02 AM

toapat

2014-04-21, 12:20 AM

well keep in mind, this is the same game where you can get necromancer items at the local paladin fortress fighting against the undead, including the tome needed for getting the necromancer class. or get items themed about the enemy your fighting this week from your quest-giver. I personally choose to see it as her just giving you the things that the undead drop as a reward for your efforts- y'know, like trophies. you kill a dragon, you get a dragon themed sword/armor, no matter nonsensical it is. its primarily a parody MMO game after all.

There is alot of backstory to the world of lore that we dont have to tell us the exact morality involving necromancy in setting, and the paladin order teaching necromancers may be a series of lectures and coursework involving Responsible necromancy (inversely its a direct refference to the Templar and Circle of Dragon Age.). Or the necromancer doesnt actually practice in universe necromancy but something that resembles the effects of necromancy without the "Ode de Evil"

However, alot of the evidence of what Yara is doing is not that. the first line she hands away the avenger. Ok, thats a very paladin thing to do. the second set shes handing out salvage from the enemies in the area. That doesnt explain why in 3+4 shes crafting Unholy and Frost themed weapons respectively. (with area 2 having blood themed weapons). that looks alot more like Warcraft 3 Deathknights.

Lord Raziere

2014-04-21, 01:18 AM

toapat, I have obtained spider armor from the quest-giver that is bidding me to kill spiders, chaos weaponry from good and evil rep or even alliance shops, and I can get the armor of the enemies of space-bounty hunter I'm working for, as well as zombie armor and weaponry from guys that are trying to kill zombies during a zombie apocalypse, and so on and so forth.

trust me, its nothing special or alarming, its just equipment that is thematic with the place she is in, it has nothing to do with the story, and everything to do with providing you reason to kill a lot of things to get another cool weapon. AQworlds pretty much lives on getting you to kill things to expand your fully customizable appearance. so they provide incentives at every opportunity they can, mostly in the form of shops and quests that drop loot with cool appearances.

all this talk is reminding me of the AQworlds demotivators I've made:

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk25/Trizap/BLODdemotivator.png~original
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk25/Trizap/artixdemotivator.png~original
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk25/Trizap/Gravelyndemotivator.png~original
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk25/Trizap/Dagedemotivator.png~original
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk25/Trizap/dagegeardemotivator.png~original
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk25/Trizap/J6demotivator.png~original

Ksheep

2014-04-22, 01:11 PM

Not an original, just something I found on Reddit…

http://i.imgur.com/1tW66on.jpg

Sith_Happens

2014-04-23, 01:39 PM

http://i59.tinypic.com/34dj11k.jpg

Andezzar

2014-04-23, 01:51 PM

The material components for the fireball are not much less disgusting. I am told that spiders (tarantulas) taste similar to crab, I don'Ät know about the smaller ones. So it needn't be that bad. Try not to harvest your material components in Australia though.

Forrestfire

2014-04-23, 02:12 PM

Maybe have your wizard spring for some chocolate-covered spiders. Can't be too bad.

Fable Wright

2014-04-23, 02:16 PM

Maybe have your wizard spring for some chocolate-covered spiders. Can't be too bad.

Live chocolate-covered spiders?
...I feel the sudden need to make a Prestidigitation poster...

Andezzar

2014-04-23, 02:23 PM

Maybe have your wizard spring for some chocolate-covered spiders. Can't be too bad.Now dowsing live spiders with liquid chocolate is plain mean.

Hiro Protagonest

2014-04-23, 02:59 PM

I thought it was just the live spider, and not the other thing... whatever it is...

Necroticplague

2014-04-23, 03:08 PM

I thought it was just the live spider, and not the other thing... whatever it is...

Bitumen is an oil product. It's what makes asphalt black (and technically, calling the asphalt itself bitumen is accurate). Honestly, of the two, it sounds like the least pleasant of the two (at least spiders are eaten by other macroscopic organisms)

No brains

2014-04-23, 03:11 PM

While not a D&D demotivatior, I got the idea to manipulate the below image so that the speaker is holding the movie poster like a playing card while saying "You've activated my Trump card!" with all appropriate corny Yu-Gi-Oh! flair. I'm submitting the base image so I can see what everyone here does with it while I work on my own crappy MS Paint version.

http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2011/10/22/you-ve-been-trumped-anthony-baxter-s-donald-trump-documentary/jcr:content/image.img.2000.jpg/1319440943537.cached.jpg.dimg.jpg/06714f7-2.cached.jpg

Time Blossom

2014-04-23, 03:52 PM

Considering live spiders don't have a listed cost...

http://i57.tinypic.com/263epdy.jpg

Eschew Materials still seem like a waste of a feat slot, Mister Wizard?

Andezzar

2014-04-23, 04:11 PM

For easy consumption in a standard action, I'd prefer a component pouch full of these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegenaria_domestica).
http://imgur.com/mpdxT4q.jpg

Forrestfire

2014-04-23, 04:19 PM

Live chocolate-covered spiders?
...I feel the sudden need to make a Prestidigitation poster...

Now dowsing live spiders with liquid chocolate is plain mean.

I derped and forgot that they need to be alive. Maybe use Polymorph Any Object to turn them into chocolate elementals or something...

Time Blossom

2014-04-23, 04:43 PM

Ah, but would they still qualify as spiders in that case? Clearly, to answer that question we need to keep turning spiders into chocolate, eating them, and then trying to cast spider climb until we find a formula that works. Which is certainly the type of magical research that I can get behind.

Also:

http://i59.tinypic.com/es9nit.jpg

Also also, on the subject of big vs. small spiders, I imagine the average wizard needs all the protein they can get. Have you seen how scrawny those guys are? That can't be healthy, they definitely need more spider in their diet.

Necroticplague

2014-04-23, 05:26 PM

Also also, on the subject of big vs. small spiders, I imagine the average wizard needs all the protein they can get. Have you seen how scrawny those guys are? That can't be healthy, they definitely need more spider in their diet.

Especially given how its the component for a spell that saves them from having to exercise.

Eldan

2014-04-24, 03:38 PM

Well, haven't made one in ages. But I'm on another Dresden re-listen, and I love this quote.

http://i60.tinypic.com/5ml1z9.jpg

Ryu_Bonkosi

2014-04-24, 07:08 PM

Well, haven't made one in ages. But I'm on another Dresden re-listen, and I love this quote.

http://i60.tinypic.com/5ml1z9.jpg

Brilliant. I'm going through the Dresden Files again for Skin Games. Can. not. wait.

Yora

2014-04-25, 02:53 AM

Boy, this escalated quickly. (http://ddemotivators.tumblr.com/post/53853854596/rpg-groups-posted-by-biotroll)

Sith_Happens

2014-04-25, 10:50 AM

Boy, this escalated quickly. (http://ddemotivators.tumblr.com/post/53853854596/rpg-groups-posted-by-biotroll)

And here I thought my Attack on Titan posters were the big note-getters. I guess Biotroll wins.

Yora

2014-04-25, 10:58 AM

First Rule of D&Demotivators: Monty Python always wins.

Up to 11: Attack on Python (http://ddemotivators.tumblr.com/post/61964148885/ketchup-not-catsup-im-not-even-sorry)

Thomas Hunter

2014-04-25, 01:10 PM

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff456/DarthBob14/paperdemo_zps2aac8d2d.jpg

Slipperychicken

2014-04-25, 02:38 PM

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff456/DarthBob14/paperdemo_zps2aac8d2d.jpg

Well, getting your quests from newspaper ads makes about as much sense as getting them from sketchy guys in bars.

No brains

2014-04-25, 02:57 PM

Well, getting your quests from newspaper ads makes about as much sense as getting them from sketchy guys in bars.

In City of Heroes, the player could get random quests leading up to a bank heist from listening to their police radio. In the City of Villains expansion, villainous characters could get the same type of missions by reading... a newspaper.

GPuzzle

2014-04-25, 06:37 PM

Ye olde tax:

http://i.imgur.com/tXAkCDn.jpg

A Tad Insane

2014-04-26, 05:49 PM

Seeing as how my lurker tax rate has increased, I've decided against the minimum payment

http://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t640/Bannana_King/highercr_zpsef5d0e10.jpg

http://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t640/Bannana_King/killerdms_zps451ab537.jpg

D20ragon

2014-04-26, 06:21 PM

http://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t640/Bannana_King/killerdms_zps451ab537.jpg

You, my friend, win. :smallbiggrin:
(Ah yes. I've been lurking. Hey all. :smalltongue:)

Sith_Happens

2014-04-26, 06:43 PM

You, my friend, win. :smallbiggrin:
(Ah yes. I've been lurking. Hey all. :smalltongue:)

*doesn't get the joke*

Ionbound

2014-04-26, 06:44 PM

*doesn't get the joke*

Dark Souls. That is all. *shudders*

D20ragon

2014-04-26, 06:46 PM

Watch this. Soon you will understand. (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6mO4n_A6Dc)

Dark Souls is commonly regarded as one of the more... difficult games.
Bonfires are checkpoints, basically.

DracoDei

2014-04-26, 07:19 PM

http://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t640/Bannana_King/killerdms_zps451ab537.jpg

What game is this from? One of the Elder Scroll's series? I think I remember the gimmick, but not the name of the game.

D20ragon

2014-04-26, 07:30 PM

I dare not say it aloud, for fear of my soul being devoured and then regenerated at inconveniently placed magic campfires.
The name is Dark Souls. Learn it well, for I must not repeat it.

Ksheep

2014-04-26, 07:36 PM

http://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t640/Bannana_King/killerdms_zps451ab537.jpg

Reminds me of part of my campaign. I decided to be a bit mean to my party, so I threw them into the Tomb of Horrors. However, to be nice, it was a VR version of the first half of the ToH, and they had infinite respawns (although the fighter, who died some 10+ times to the gargoyle, did have a slight issue where his body didn't recognize his mind at the end, so the Gnomes put him in a spare Warforged body they had lying around). Then I told them that the REAL ToH was in the world, and that they might get a quest to go there later… without the infinite lives.

Sith_Happens

2014-04-26, 07:54 PM

Dark Souls. That is all. *shudders*

I guessed as much shortly after posting.

Dorian Gray

2014-04-26, 10:29 PM

Don't you just love how in the new version, you get weaker every time you die? My strategy of hurling myself down the boss's throat until it choked isn't going to work as well this time. :smallfrown:
Seriously, though, did anyone here beat the last boss on DS 1 without dying more than 10 or so times? Because if so, I am impressed.
http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p694/Max_Cassell/73130724_zpsfcc5f8a2.jpg
http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p694/Max_Cassell/63170580_zpsf66e59aa.jpg

Inevitability

2014-04-27, 05:48 AM

I'm so going to try to make the DM accept my lawful chaotic character next campaign.

Ksheep

2014-04-27, 11:18 AM

Fairly simple addition today

http://i.imgur.com/tn0wwLp.jpg

Hiro Protagonest

2014-04-27, 01:02 PM

Don't you just love how in the new version, you get weaker every time you die? My strategy of hurling myself down the boss's throat until it choked isn't going to work as well this time. :smallfrown:
I'm guessing you never played Demon's Souls.

Seriously, though, did anyone here beat the last boss on DS 1 without dying more than 10 or so times? Because if so, I am impressed.

The last boss?

Uh, parry, parry, parry, parry, parry, parry.

Of course, parrying the giant greatsword he carries doesn't work the way you think, so I can understand not being able to. In that case, just figure out his moveset and either dodge or block.

Arkhosia

2014-04-27, 01:03 PM

I'm guessing you never played Demon's Souls.

The last boss?

Uh, parry, parry, parry, parry, parry, parry.

Of course, parrying the giant greatsword he carries doesn't work the way you think, so I can understand not being able to. In that case, just figure out his moveset and either dodge or block.

To quote an anime: "Parry, parry, parry! What is this, Dark Souls?"

Voidhawk

2014-04-27, 05:59 PM

I'm so going to try to make the DM accept my lawful chaotic character next campaign.
One of my friends had a character whose had an Aura of Overwhelmingly both Law and Chaos. They were a Paladin of Law, who ended up sworn to a Chaotic Deity (for rather complicated reasons), and hence had both Auras. Usefully, this made them Immune to both Hammer of Chaos and Order's Wrath, among other things.

toapat

2014-04-27, 08:07 PM

One of my friends had a character whose had an Aura of Overwhelmingly both Law and Chaos. They were a Paladin of Law, who ended up sworn to a Chaotic Deity (for rather complicated reasons), and hence had both Auras. Usefully, this made them Immune to both Hammer of Chaos and Order's Wrath, among other things.

actually, thats purely houserule that he gains immunity. the Paladin Succubus on WotC.com is vulnerable to litterally every SRD alignment attack because she counts as Lawful, Chaotic, Good, and Evil (if she counted as True Neutral then she would take full damage from all alignment attacks in the game). Having a corner alignement is realistically safer then anything else because that at least protects from 3 of the 5 effects in a group.

Lord Raziere

2014-04-27, 08:23 PM

actually, thats purely houserule that he gains immunity. the Paladin Succubus on WotC.com is vulnerable to litterally every SRD alignment attack because she counts as Lawful, Chaotic, Good, and Evil (if she counted as True Neutral then she would take full damage from all alignment attacks in the game). Having a corner alignement is realistically safer then anything else because that at least protects from 3 of the 5 effects in a group.

that moment when you realize that the path of a succubus paladin sucks so much for whoever tries to redeem themselves that way....and that you cannot find any board-safe picture to make a poster for that moment....

toapat

2014-04-27, 08:44 PM

that moment when you realize that the path of a succubus paladin sucks so much for whoever tries to redeem themselves that way....and that you cannot find any board-safe picture to make a poster for that moment....

Hey, its not True Neutral, which is vulnerable to ALL of the alignment attacks in the game except for the Holy weapon modifier (although with the slight reprieve of typically taking half damage).

Lord Raziere

2014-04-27, 08:57 PM

Hey, its not True Neutral, which is vulnerable to ALL of the alignment attacks in the game except for the Holy weapon modifier (although with the slight reprieve of typically taking half damage).

yea but its not just that.

its that, combined with:
- the fact that you probably can't have any intercourse when your existence has been based around that up until you became a paladin
-evil beings formerly your allies will attack you
-good beings who still think your evil will attack you
-all the while still having to obey the paladin code no matter what. which includes not telling a lie, so you can't shapeshift to avoid being spotted.

which means a succubus becoming a paladin is kind of like daring the world to come attack her all day, every day, and if they're good you can't do any real harm to them, while no town in the prime material plane will probably accept you, and the ones that will are probably not the towns full of good people, and are more probably hives of scum and villainy full of under-handed skullduggery, whorehouses and the mafia, where you can't do any underhanded tricks, while they still can all the time.

no wonder succubus paladins are rare. any succubus smart enough to want to be redeemed know how risky it would be, and any succubus paladin that has become one, is either dead or one of the most badass people in the world.

toapat

2014-04-27, 09:30 PM

one of the most badass people in the world.

i think thats kinda a standard Law of one of them. you are taking one of the highest Charisma's in the game and mating it with one of the most Cha-heavy classes. Throw in Dynamic Priest or Any real paladin homebrew ever and you have a battle babe born of the hells fighting for the heavens. Get her some disasociated class levels and she can use some truly divine guns. Too bad Holysword/Holy Avengers give her negative levels.

edit: Interesting, they actually made a mistake with Eludicia, she gains +2 paladin levels per CR for CR 7-9, meaning at level 20 she is a 6 Fiend, 17 Paladin and can have taken one epic feat.

Hiro Protagonest

2014-04-27, 10:03 PM

- the fact that you probably can't have any intercourse when your existence has been based around that up until you became a paladin

Are you sure that you have to use Energy Drain every time you kiss someone?

At least true neutral at least isn't affected by Protection From X.

toapat

2014-04-27, 10:13 PM

Are you sure that you have to use Energy Drain every time you kiss someone?

its not worded clearly but looks like no. It seems to be a specific attack different from the normal racial feature.

Why is the only picture of a Slaadi paladin chubby? we really need a meme on one by now.

Spore

2014-04-27, 10:44 PM

Could you at least TRY and put pictures into your comments arguing about oxymoronic creatures?

http://bighugelabs.com/output/motivatoree605ffc957bceec5d85bbed92167bac251c096a. jpg

Ralanr

2014-04-27, 11:13 PM

wow...I just read all of these in one day (the posters.)

I love this place...

Erik Vale

2014-04-28, 02:16 AM

Could you at least TRY and put pictures into your comments arguing about oxymoronic creatures?

http://bighugelabs.com/output/motivatoree605ffc957bceec5d85bbed92167bac251c096a. jpg

Well you tried... But Big Huge Labs? Reaaally?.. Go headdesk.

Mordokai

2014-04-28, 03:02 AM

which means a succubus becoming a paladin is kind of like daring the world to come attack her all day, every day, and if they're good you can't do any real harm to them, while no town in the prime material plane will probably accept you, and the ones that will are probably not the towns full of good people, and are more probably hives of scum and villainy full of under-handed skullduggery, whorehouses and the mafia, where you can't do any underhanded tricks, while they still can all the time.

That sounds more like killer DM, who enjoys screwing with paladin(any paladin) because they picked the class the DM didn't like.

Lawful good =/= lawful nice.

Lord Raziere

2014-04-28, 03:16 AM

That sounds more like killer DM, who enjoys screwing with paladin(any paladin) because they picked the class the DM didn't like.

Lawful good =/= lawful nice.

I get what your saying, but seeing as how in a DnD universe, people would probably have heard of succubus through myths and folktales of how they're temptresses and full of lies and so on, and would have the universe itself backing up their tales of evilness, and how paladins are generally not supposed to lie, that means a succubus has to not deceive people about what she really is. which means she must live her life in her true form. if she lives her life in her true form, that means people see the living description of all those folktales come walking around, in paladin full plate saying she is here to "help, really!" what are they going to think? that is a succubus really trying to be penitent, or just a succubus who is bad at lying trying to do some odd form of temptation? after that, do you think they're really going to let her do anything?

unless disguising yourself somehow isn't lying or not violating the code, I don't see how the situation would not come about, that and this is a demon we are talking about here, I doubt the universe will hold her to laxer standards for no reason and let her lie, if anything she would probably have to live up to even higher standards to keep herself on the path of redemption. and of course she could take out people nonlethally, but that is unlikely to help her case...

Sgt. Cookie

2014-04-28, 03:22 AM

Alternatively, she could just take Paladin of Freedom levels and not worry about that. Cos, y'know, Chaotic doesn't care about lying.

Lord Raziere

2014-04-28, 03:32 AM

Alternatively, she could just take Paladin of Freedom levels and not worry about that. Cos, y'know, Chaotic doesn't care about lying.

......thank you for this character concept sir. I will steal it most gladly.

Lilapop

2014-04-28, 06:08 AM

You could say hiding some of her visible features isn't lying, its emphasizing that she left her evil heritage behind. Its like a statement of "I'm not really a succubus anymore".

Mordokai

2014-04-28, 08:23 AM

I get what your saying, but seeing as how in a DnD universe, people would probably have heard of succubus through myths and folktales of how they're temptresses and full of lies and so on, and would have the universe itself backing up their tales of evilness, and how paladins are generally not supposed to lie, that means a succubus has to not deceive people about what she really is. which means she must live her life in her true form. if she lives her life in her true form, that means people see the living description of all those folktales come walking around, in paladin full plate saying she is here to "help, really!" what are they going to think? that is a succubus really trying to be penitent, or just a succubus who is bad at lying trying to do some odd form of temptation? after that, do you think they're really going to let her do anything?

unless disguising yourself somehow isn't lying or not violating the code, I don't see how the situation would not come about, that and this is a demon we are talking about here, I doubt the universe will hold her to laxer standards for no reason and let her lie, if anything she would probably have to live up to even higher standards to keep herself on the path of redemption. and of course she could take out people nonlethally, but that is unlikely to help her case...

The one mistake a lot of people seem to be making is presuming that the code is set in stone and should never bend. That led to a creation and playing of more than one Miko-like paladin and a lot of nerves lost on the part of DM and player alike.

If succubus uses her transformation power to avoid being noticed by common folks that means she is actively avoiding creating conflict she knows her natural appearance will cause. And if somebody asks her a question to which she would have to lie to get out of troubles, let her pass the challenge by twisting the truth, but not outright lying. And when she does that, for the love of all that's good and holy, don't make her fall. Show some understanding to the fact that she's playing a class that is hard to play and in direct contrast with her very nature.

One word that a lot of DMs seem to forget when dealing with paladins... flexibility.

Besides, Eludicia's entry outright states that she has no problem deceiving and lying to evil creatures, demons foremost, because she knows she would get no less in return. And yet, she's still keeping her class features.

Justyn

2014-04-28, 08:27 AM

[...] and if they're good you can't do any real harm to them[...]

Last time I checked, there was no provision in the Paladin rules that prevents you from killing in self-defense, regardless of who you are being attacked by.

Yora

2014-04-28, 08:32 AM

wow...I just read all of these in one day (the posters.)

I love this place...

Really all of them? There's another seven threads like this one. (Though this (http://ddemotivators.tumblr.com/) might be easier to scroll through.)

Sith_Happens

2014-04-28, 09:34 AM

(Though this (http://ddemotivators.tumblr.com/) might be easier to scroll through.)

That doesn't have all of them though.:smalltongue:

Ralanr

2014-04-28, 06:54 PM

Really all of them? There's another seven threads like this one. (Though this (http://ddemotivators.tumblr.com/) might be easier to scroll through.)

No, just this thread. I doubt I could read the other seven threads in a day.

Ksheep

2014-04-28, 08:44 PM

Here's another one I stole borrowed from Reddit

http://i.imgur.com/HBNHIRP.jpg

Manly Man

2014-04-28, 09:38 PM

Spoiler'd because, while it's not nude, it's still a little questionable (she's wearing next to nothing).

http://i.imgur.com/6w8DB1z.jpg

Ksheep

2014-04-28, 11:21 PM

And another one, to help pay off my back taxes…

http://i.imgur.com/Thp2ox5.jpg

Time Blossom

2014-04-29, 01:07 AM

All this talk of Paladins gets me itching to make an argument in the form of a poster.

http://i58.tinypic.com/2nrm4ad.jpg

I remember reading a long time back about a Paladin of Olidamarra. Everyone kept advising the builder to roll him as a Paladin of Freedom, but: even rogues can live by a code. If you're doing your best to do what's right and live up to the ideal of justice, if the compromises you accept that you have to make are made in the name of the greater good, if you have to subvert the letter of the law to uphold the spirit and defend the common good... if you're doing your honest, level best and working with your eyes open instead of being blindly obedient, and your deity still declares that you have failed and fallen...

Well... maybe your deity was never a legitimate authority in the first place.

Have you heard the word of the Laughing Rogue? :smallcool:

hamlet

2014-04-29, 07:52 AM

Time Blossom

2014-04-29, 08:46 AM

Where is that from? That little monologue is nice.The picture is a guy named Logan Thackeray from Guild Wars 2 (and that's all I know, I found it via Google Image Search).

The monologue I wrote myself, so thanks. ^.^

And in keeping with my usual poster-per-post rule:
http://i60.tinypic.com/15cg2gi.jpg

Death From Above would be more appropriate, but the name of that maneuver is kinda bland.

Related, can I just say that I didn't play DnD for years and jumped straight into Pathfinder when I got back into it, so [re]discovering all this amazing 3.5 stuff via this board has been like a second renaissance for me? Seriously, I love you guys.

And The Tome of Battle is the best thing to happen to martial classes since, like, anything. Old news for many, breath of deliciously fresh air for me.

toapat

2014-04-29, 10:28 AM

The picture is a guy named Logan Thackeray from Guild Wars 2 (and that's all I know, I found it via Google Image Search).

He (along with all the other "lead characters") is a massive tool though. hes a Mary Sue of any teenaged boy you would pull out of sophomore year in highschool. sure he looks like a paladin, but then anyone in Shiny Silver armor with gold we are programmed to think of as such. The Charr designed after Darth Vader has more in common with a paladin then him. That and his origin story ruins the single best moment of characterization in the entire original game, even if 90% of people skipped the story and never realized it was there.

[Unrepentant Fury and contempt]*700 page thesis analysis proving in absolute terms asto why Guildwars 2 is not a sequel, is not a good game, and is not worthy of the success it gained.*[/Unrepentant Fury and contempt]

Agrippa

2014-04-29, 11:46 AM

Spoiler'd because, while it's not nude, it's still a little questionable (she's wearing next to nothing).

http://i.imgur.com/6w8DB1z.jpg

Where exactly is she from?

A Tad Insane

2014-04-29, 11:46 AM

toapat

2014-04-29, 01:47 PM

http://i1317.photobucket.com/albums/t640/Bannana_King/editionwars_zpsdb5c319a.jpg

I like gw2, and I respect the fact you don't like it, but ain't saying it doesn't deserve its success basically saying 'nostalgia nostalgia it's different therefore inferior' ?

its not inferior because its different.

Its inferior because the design philosophy that drove its development was Money, not the passion of the designers. Sure this let them make a game infinitely more polished and functional then the original but it has no personality. The writing also is written with a sledgehammer instead of an eye towards subtlety. in EotN, Gwen convinces you to save her CO, but always presents it with an air of saving the love interest, leading upto a reveal that most players miss. In GW2 the only deviants of sexuality are blatant and open about it.

Sartharina

2014-04-29, 02:10 PM

its not inferior because its different.

Its inferior because the design philosophy that drove its development was Money, not the passion of the designers. Sure this let them make a game infinitely more polished and functional then the original but it has no personality. The writing also is written with a sledgehammer instead of an eye towards subtlety. in EotN, Gwen convinces you to save her CO, but always presents it with an air of saving the love interest, leading upto a reveal that most players miss. In GW2 the only deviants of sexuality are blatant and open about it.

I'm sorry, but there really wasn't much effective use of subtlety in the first game either, and GW2 had a LOT of passion and enthusiasm in its development, driving its attempts to break from the conventions of the genre and try to offer a more dynamic and engaging experience for players (Even if it didn't manage to live up to the hype).

That said, the lack of Tavern Brawls and the horrible treatment of charr armor are unforgivable sins in the game.

Hyena

2014-04-29, 02:12 PM

Ooops, wrong thread.

toapat

2014-04-29, 05:59 PM

GW2 had a LOT of passion and enthusiasm

sure, i call hacking away every single defining trait of the original with a chainsaw enthusiastic (DnD rakshasha are more memorable then the Charr). Replacing it with an excavator for bad ideas blizzard has cut from WoW? id never call that passionate.

the first through third campaigns all point to the PCs having died during the respective "Major events" (which they snuck an ******* town into GW2 to retcon). Ogden's entire Epilogue conversation (which was Retconned), The ebon Vanguard being the Ascalon's Chosen who followed Rurik (offset by being explicitly stated with the pre-searing additions which came out a or 2 year later). that the entity called the great destroyer was not the actual one (lets say subtlety of beating someone with a Shovel instead of a sledgehammer for that one).

Sure, there are points where it goes full hog with a sledgehammer but the sledgehammer is the oddity, not the rule in that game.

Ionbound

2014-04-29, 06:40 PM

sure, i call hacking away every single defining trait of the original with a chainsaw enthusiastic (DnD rakshasha are more memorable then the Charr). Replacing it with an excavator for bad ideas blizzard has cut from WoW? id never call that passionate.

the first through third campaigns all point to the PCs having died during the respective "Major events" (which they snuck an ******* town into GW2 to retcon). Ogden's entire Epilogue conversation (which was Retconned), The ebon Vanguard being the Ascalon's Chosen who followed Rurik (offset by being explicitly stated with the pre-searing additions which came out a or 2 year later). that the entity called the great destroyer was not the actual one (lets say subtlety of beating someone with a Shovel instead of a sledgehammer for that one).

Sure, there are points where it goes full hog with a sledgehammer but the sledgehammer is the oddity, not the rule in that game.

Can we please take this to the gaming thread where you actually have a reason to fight, and post posters here? Sadly, however, I am a hypocrite, and lack any of my own.

Time Blossom

2014-04-29, 09:13 PM

*Sigh.* Most genuinely positive post I make here, and it gets turned into a flame war.

Ah, well. Fortunately, I lack neither faith in humanity nor posters. :smallcool:

http://i59.tinypic.com/2mm962r.gif

Throw in Glamer while you're at it for that tasty mid-[season/campaign] costume upgrade.

First time doing any gif edits in like forever. Apologies for the size and quality.

Arkhosia

2014-04-29, 10:17 PM

http://i.imgur.com/vcITyqn.jpg

Time Blossom

2014-04-30, 08:11 AM

http://i.imgur.com/vcITyqn.jpgIf a DC 60 Use Rope check can convince a rope to animate itself for you, a DC Popo Intimidate check can scare magic items into working for you.

(The DM may or may not be a magic item in this analogy)

http://i62.tinypic.com/15i9n51.jpg

Weapon Focus is still bland, though.

Andezzar

2014-04-30, 08:35 AM

Where's the connection to Weapon Focus?

toapat

2014-04-30, 08:44 AM

Where's the connection to Weapon Focus?

hey, weapon focus is weak, not virtually useless unless your DM is obsessed with Sub-Saharan Africa.

Time Blossom

2014-04-30, 10:19 AM

hey, weapon focus is weak, not virtually useless unless your DM is obsessed with Sub-Saharan Africa.Hey man, you never know when you might wind up on the Outer Planes. Celestial hippos are a force to be reckoned with.

On a vaguely more serious note, the connection was that the two are total opposites of one another. Blessed by Tem-Et-Nu and other totally delicious but mechanically dead feats like Spell Thematics are like hanging a Salvador Dali painting in your living room. No real purpose, but adds a lot of atmosphere and makes for a distinctive and memorable home.

Weapon Focus on the other hand is more like putting rebar in your house's foundation. It adds some important structure to your home, holds everything together when things get rough and makes for a solid base to build off of–but ultimately it's just an added expense that you only buy because the building codes say you have to.

And on a completely unrelated note, a poster:
http://i60.tinypic.com/hs3ixh.jpg

You can also teach it to play fetch and roll over. Bonus tricks are awesome like that.

Yora

2014-04-30, 04:56 PM

https://24.media.tumblr.com/1f8b15e2bedb246fd10d5f6e0016bc4b/tumblr_n4v6246v3O1rv231do1_1280.jpg

Morph Bark

2014-05-01, 05:59 AM

To quote an anime: "Parry, parry, parry! What is this, Dark Souls?"

Please tell me there's an actual anime that came from so I can go watch it.

its not inferior because its different.

Its inferior because the design philosophy that drove its development was Money, not the passion of the designers--

Hold that thought. A game in which the way it makes money isn't taken into account in the design philosophy ends up being much worse at making money and often make people feel bad about having spent money on the game. Not "this game could be better, I don't feel like playing it anymore" but "dammit designers, what the hell did you DO?!" more like. Free-to-play games have it the worst, because there is either no incentive to spend money on it, or it's pay-to-win.

As for passion, there's not a doubt in my mind that the majority of designers loved creating it. Money gives you the tools to create something, passion the willpower to keep going and actually create it. Even if passion wasn't the first thing on their minds, why should one care? Not everyone has a passion for their job, but they still keep doing it. Passion doesn't matter if you're doing a bad job.

That's not to say Guild Wars 2 has bad parts, of course not. But as a whole, it's definitely not bad. I loved that it facilitated things so much for explorer-type players like me. It was awesome while it lasted.