Dumbest actions your pc did because they used Video Game Logic?

[Akisa]

While playing a SW game and since everyone was currently in the military (though most of us were in the AF) the GM decided to have the Imperial behave more military like and less idiot like. So we were infiltrating an Imperial base to rescue a Jedi from the hands of an inquisitor, so come a across a camera.

One of the players decided to take out the camera with a silenced slug thrower. Needless to say the base/area went into high alert when previously Imperials haven't known we were inside the wire yet. The player thought someone heard the gun fire and reminded the DM it was silenced.

DM: "So if a camera suddenly goes out in a high secure area you wouldn't sound the alarm. Guarding a Jedi is like guarding a nuke, you'll treat it as security breach until you have men at the spot"

[erikun]

Any action that used the reasoning: "Don't worry, I'm still at full health." I will admit that I'm not immune to such stupidity, either...

[Arakune]

While playing a SW game and since everyone was currently in the military (though most of us were in the AF) the GM decided to have the Imperial behave more military like and less idiot like. So we were infiltrating an Imperial base to rescue a Jedi from the hands of an inquisitor, so come a across a camera.

One of the players decided to take out the camera with a silenced slug thrower. Needless to say the base/area went into high alert when previously Imperials haven't known we were inside the wire yet. The player thought someone heard the gun fire and reminded the DM it was silenced.

DM: "So if a camera suddenly goes out in a high secure area you wouldn't sound the alarm. Guarding a Jedi is like guarding a nuke, you'll treat it as security breach until you have men at the spot"

He never played splinter cell them. Just TRY to shoot a camera in that game.

[Brendan]

Oh? my ally just fell down at negative three hit points after a bad saving throw? I am close enough to help easily? Charging would cause a nasty AoO? as a character, the average response if your friend is dying is to help? Okay, with this necessary info, I can make a good decision.

CHARGE!!!!!

[Temotei]

Jumped off a building because he thought he could land on an awning below. The awning broke and the character ended up crushing the owner's dog. Sad day. Oh, and my character suffered 10d6 damage. It was halved from the awning and dog breaking his fall. Of course, the owner went ballistic, attacking my character, so I decided the best course of action was to climb back up the building and jump on top of the owner. Chaotic Neutral, naturally. It wasn't out of malice that he did this. It was to lighten the owner up. It didn't work.

[Dimers]

It wasn't out of malice that he did this. It was to lighten the owner up. It didn't work.

Sounds much more likely to weight the owner down

[Temotei]

Sounds much more likely to weight the owner down

Indeed.

My character wasn't too mad that the owner attacked him after. He actually enjoyed the run towards the sun.

[The Rose Dragon]

Cure Light Wounds to cure a vampire.

Because it says cure, and that's how it works in strategy games.

[Kobold-Bard]

The girl playing the Tiefling Rogue/Swashbuckler assumed I wouldn't make her fight something she couldn't eventually kill.

So she snuck off from the party and stalked an Elven Noble (specifically looking for the "richest looking person in town") for a while. Despite warning her via Spot checks that he was carrying a very obviously magical longsword and had 2 bodyguards, she still tried to pick his pocket.

Half an hour later the party had a brand new Beguiler member.

[Optimystik]

Cure Light Wounds to cure a vampire.

Because it says cure, and that's how it works in strategy games.

Do you mean "cure" as in, remove his vampiric curse, or cure as in Revive Kills Zombie?

Because the latter does work in D&D (i.e. healing spells do hurt undead.)

[Totally Guy]

Cure Light Wounds to cure a vampire.

Because it says cure, and that's how it works in strategy games.

I've always thought of the cure spells hurting undead itself to be a type of video game logic.

A spell that sets bone mends flesh together would probably improve a zombie. Too bad there's no such spell.

[Optimystik]

A spell that sets bone mends flesh together would probably improve a zombie. Too bad there's no such spell.

The problem is not the spell's end effect, but how that effect is achieved. Cure spells channel positive energy, undead are powered by its opposite. It is not merely a physical repair.

[Totally Guy]

The problem is not the spell's end effect, but how that effect is achieved. Cure spells channel positive energy, undead are powered by its opposite. It is not merely a physical repair.

This is why I'm not a doctor.

[Longcat]

A Dwarfen Defender doing into defensive stance on open territory, assuming that the enemies would focus on him.

Boy, were our Rogue and Warmage pissed when they had to re-roll

[IonDragon]

This one is more about ridiculous DM NPC actions.

In a scifi game, the party was ambushed. Fortunately, the sniper was hidden and in a great position, the Rapid Shot, Two gun shooter was close to the ambushers, and the spotter had several high quality flying robots to locate the ambushers' sniper. We eventually get him more or less cornered, the sniper close by but out of line of sight with a video feed in case he runs, and our social character walks up with a primed hand grenade in each hand.

The social character is standing not 10 ft. from the guy, so he drops his rifle and bolts. At first we think he's giving up, but it turns out he had plastic explosives worked into his gun so it explodes killing out negotiator. HIS hand grenades go off flattening the building our sniper is on nearly killing him. The blast also demolishes the telepath's (not the same person as the negotiator) guard robot who happens to be holding a boat load of explosives for the rest of the party to "keep them safe". Luckily, the explosives were in an armored pack which resisted the explosions.

The GM was then unable to cope with how severely he demolished these 2-3 blocks of town and the game was scrubbed.

[JaronK]

We had a DM in Shadowrun who ran missions like it was D&D, complete with zombie hordes. He was very annoyed when we just snuck around them. That was a lame start to a great campaign (when we swapped DMs).

JaronK

[Mongoose87]

"I search the rats' bodies." Thanks NWN!

[The Rose Dragon]

Do you mean "cure" as in, remove his vampiric curse, or cure as in Revive Kills Zombie?

Cure as in heal his wounds. Which I inflicted with cure moderate wounds just two seconds ago.

[Pharaoh's Fist]

"I search the rats' bodies." Thanks NWN!

You find a +5 greatsword of super special awesomeness.

[Optimystik]

Cure as in heal his wounds. Which I inflicted with cure moderate wounds just two seconds ago.

That's not bad use of video game logic though, that's actually ignoring video game logic. (healing spells hurt undead units in Warcraft, revive kills zombie in Final Fantasy etc.)

You, however, applied it correctly.

You find a +5 greatsword of super special awesomeness.

Wait, wait wait. Was it in his back pocket, or his front?

[Yuki Akuma]

That's not bad use of video game logic though, that's actually ignoring video game logic. (healing spells hurt undead units in Warcraft, revive kills zombie in Final Fantasy etc.)

Which is a direct result of Cure spells hurting undead in (wait for it) D&D! You know, granddaddy of all RPG clichés.

[Optimystik]

Which is a direct result of Cure spells hurting undead in (wait for it) D&D! You know, granddaddy of all RPG clichés.

Which makes her player's/PC's actions all the more silly.

[Mongoose87]

You find a +5 greatsword of super special awesomeness.

It came with a free set of "The Plague," too!

[The Rose Dragon]

That's not bad use of video game logic though, that's actually ignoring video game logic. (healing spells hurt undead units in Warcraft, revive kills zombie in Final Fantasy etc.)

You, however, applied it correctly.

Heal still heals the undead in Warcraft. It is only Holy Light that acts that way.

[Pharaoh's Fist]

Wait, wait wait. Was it in his back pocket, or his front?

Yes.

[Ernir]

My first character ever died when we found out that the dangerous forest was actually dangerous.

[drengnikrafe]

I have the vague feeling somewhere in the back of my mind that somebody once was extremely careless in regards to the value of his life because he thought Phoenix Downs were available in the nearby everything shop for 200 gil... err, gp.

[Longcat]

Another one from our group:

The party was fighting a blood elemental in a small room. They were ankle-deep in a river of blood, literally. Then the party Paladin shouts out his brilliant idea:
"I shall dilute this blood elemental!"
He proceeded to unzip his pants, and you can guess what he did next. The DM decided that this called for an AoO from the Elemental.

And it was a critical

[Xenogears]

Another one from our group:

The party was fighting a blood elemental in a small room. They were ankle-deep in a river of blood, literally. Then the party Paladin shouts out his brilliant idea:
"I shall dilute this blood elemental!"
He proceeded to unzip his pants, and you can guess what he did next. The DM decided that this called for an AoO from the Elemental.

And it was a critical

I will admit that it seems rather dumb to do but what video game allows you to pee enemies to death?

[clockworkmonk]

It sounds like Adventure game logic to me. Or text based. Not one in particular, but the general concept of it.