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2014-02-22, 06:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2013
Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
I'm planning on introducing a time-traveller character to the campaign i'm running at the moment, it's kind of a modified Call Of Cthulhu campaign using a semi-homebrewed pantheon instead of the traditional Great Old ones.
I really want this time traveller to mostly be there to REALLY screw with my players, foreshadowing the really nasty plot developments to come, but i don't want ALL the references he makes to the future he's from to be relevant to the plot or they'll catch on, i need to add a few red herrings. Thing is i'm low on ideas for those red herrings
Which begs the question, what's the worst possible thing a man from the future could say to you? All i've got so far is "I messed up. Everybody died" and even that's lifted from elsewhere. Ideas?
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2014-02-22, 06:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2009
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"OH! so YOU were the one who...... oh nevermind"
"Do NOT take the drink that herbert offers you.... it wont end well"
"wait, arent you supposed to be dead by now?"
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2014-02-22, 06:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2013
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2014-02-22, 06:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2014
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Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
If player character is involved in committed relationship:
"Oh, you dated my ex-fiance! Hm, what was her name..."
Works better on book characters, but PCs still wonder if it pertains to their current relationship or a previous one. And you never have to bring it up again. Leave him/her constantly wondering. Best-case scenario, his/her overanxiety ends up being the cause of the relationship's end later. So much lulz.
"Oh, my god! Hi... Oh wait, you don't know me yet."
"Huh. I thought that trap was supposed to have made you a lot older than this... Oh, don't mind my mumblings."
"You have an uncanny resemblance to a beggar I know... What's your last name?" After this one is responded to, just snicker and change topics.Last edited by Vrock_Summoner; 2014-02-22 at 06:55 PM.
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2014-02-22, 06:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2008
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
What the bowl of petunias said, in a long suffering tone of voice.
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2014-02-22, 06:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2009
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"I'm sorry."*
"Your name shall be cursed forever as the greatest monster humanity ever produced."**
"It was the only way."
*You never want to hear this from people who know what will happen, though it might fit better with precogs than time travellers.
**So many player characters fit this.
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2014-02-22, 07:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2010
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Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"I feel sorry for um.....forget I said anything."
"your still alive!?"
"We haven't met yet. I apologize for past me's actions, just y'know, in advance."
"oh so thats what you look like without....erm, nothing."
"huh. didn't know you had that."
He stares at you with what looks like anger then doesn't talk to you.
"did you receive the call? its kind of important..."
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2014-02-22, 07:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2006
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- England
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Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"Wow you look different without all the burns "
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2014-02-22, 07:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2005
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Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"If I kill you now, will it never have happened?"
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2014-02-22, 07:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2010
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
[nervously, looking at watch] "Heh, wow, is it that time already? Sorry, but I have to get going, right now. Try to enjoy the next few minutes.. err I mean hours for me, okay?"
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2014-02-22, 07:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2013
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- Red Dragon Territory
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
Another one for characters in a relationship: "Grandma! You're so young! And... Who's that?"
What about
* So did you touch that thingy yet?
* To think I'm in the same room as... Wow...
* (If the time traveller has reasonable access to Reincarnation or the like) Did I really look that stupid?...
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2014-02-22, 08:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2010
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- right behind you
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"Oops." Alternatively, "Uh oh."
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2014-02-22, 08:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2013
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- u.s.
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"Whatever happens, if a cop appears, RUN".
"I'm pretty sure the world ends in about four minutes."
"Right: none of you live to see tomorrow, unless you do exactly what I say".
"In three days, the Earth will be destroyed, unless one of you dies."
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2014-02-22, 08:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2011
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- Dromund Kaas
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2014-02-22, 08:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2013
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"If you hear or see a badger, run."
"Have they ambushed you already?"
""Oh god, oh god, IT'S YOU!"
"Whatever you do, don't pull any levers."
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2014-02-22, 08:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2008
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
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2014-02-22, 08:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2012
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- England. The northish bit
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Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
(On first meeting) "I want it back! You've had it far too lon-oh. Wrong era."
"The city of X? Don't you mean the X crater?"I'm also on the Bay12 Games forums under the same username.
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2014-02-22, 08:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2011
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
Spoken to another NPC while looking at you: "Don't you think he/she looks tired?"
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2014-02-22, 09:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2007
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- Cippa's River Meadow
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Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"Here we go again... wait, you haven't does this yet, have you?" *Sighs*
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2014-02-22, 09:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2011
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
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2014-02-22, 09:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2010
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"If I don't tell you what happened, that means it can still be changed, right? Man, I wish I paid more attention during Temporal Mechanics."
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2014-02-22, 09:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2008
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- Sweden
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Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"I'm so sorry, but I have to change the past. I can't let you live"
Black text is for sarcasm, also sincerity. You'll just have to read between the lines and infer from context like an animal
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2014-02-22, 09:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2009
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Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"Okay, seriously. I'm going to need you to do EXACTLY as I say. The last six versions of you thought they were SO smart, and look where that got them. I don't have enough temporal flux to try this again, so this is your last chance."
Then, he tells them to do something completely brain dead. Like, "Charge the main gates at noon. By yourselves. Without your armor. Trust me."
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2014-02-22, 09:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2012
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
I once had a time traveler show up and start taking a lot of pictures of things (because they didn't exist in the future because they were about to be destroyed).
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2014-02-22, 10:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2013
Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
I cant believe no one said this one yet.
"Come with me if you want to live"Originally Posted by Garazza
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2014-02-22, 10:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2010
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2014-02-22, 10:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2010
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Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
"Sigh....I missed the color green...."
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2014-02-22, 10:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2013
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2014-02-22, 10:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2011
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- Minnesota
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Re: Things you REALLY don't want a timetraveller to say
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2014-02-22, 11:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2008
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