>GM has a small pool of classes that he allows
>Roll poorly (10, 16, 12, 11, 10, 12) all even
>Pick rogue because team needs skill monkey and I can't cast shit
>Campaign doesn't go well with rogue (all enemies seem to be immune to sneak attacks, traps are impossible, not even with nat20, and literally every NPC treats me as a criminal)
>Ask GM for help
>GM removes rogue so I should retcon my character but keeping stats
>No other class benefits from my stats, in fact all of them suffer
>Me "does this mean I should change character?"
>GM "If you change character you start at 1st level"
>Me "Then I don't change character?"
>GM "You can't keep playing with your current character as it's"
>Me "Then what should I do?"
>GM "Don't look at me"
>Mfw
Subtle That GM thread?
>>45090031
>Roll poorly (10, 16, 12, 11, 10, 12)
lolwut, those are good rolls.
Sounds like you're That Guy. DM is always right. Don't like it? Leave.
Who the fuck still rolls stats in order unless you have no idea what you want to play ahead of time?
>>45090031
>>GM removes rogue so I should retcon my character but keeping stats
Why do you get to keep the stats?
>>GM "Don't look at me"
That's a weird response. Personally I would have got you started at lvl 1, but for some reason you get to keep your stats(?). Not only that, the GM can not even answer your meta questions. In the end, sounds like a shit GM.
>>45090048
When the second worst has +11 those become bad rolls.
The best character has a +15, he has one 20 and two 18s.
>>45090108
>Who the fuck still rolls stats in order unless you have no idea what you want to play ahead of time?
I do.
>>45090031
if backstabs don't work, start frontstabbing npcs. start carving npcs up if you have to. be flagrant about theft and burn the spoils. become TDK Joker until you find a new group, because the GM of that campaign sounds like a tool.
>>45090068
>DM is always right. Don't like it? Leave.
authoritarian gm or bootlicker? either way, get fucked faggot. lul.
>>45090031
What a cunt.
I'd suggest you either leave or >>45090143 because that is some bullshit.
>>45090113
Not exactly, either I change to another class while keeping stats or I start with a new class at 1st level and rerolling. We're currently at 6th level (we started at 3rd).
Classes allowed are:
Warblade
Crusader
Variant sorcerer with medium BaB and light armor
Specialist wizard
Cloistered cleric
Variant druid without wildshape
Barbarian
Monk
There was also rogue but instead of fixing it or changing the enemies and traps GM decided to remove it.
>>45090128
Are you the only one in your group or does your GM demand this?
Also don't do this >>45090143 you can always just quit the game, from what you're saying I suspect your GM is trying to get you to quit anyway because that's just unreasonable and stupid. He's a cunt but that's no reason to ruin everyone else's fun.
>>45090275
>Are you the only one in your group or does your GM demand this?
I am the GM. I should have clarifed though that my whole group does. And it is not because I am an "dictator-GM" (so to speak) but rather because both they and I prefer to play these type of games this way. My breed is dying out though...
>>45090248
>Restarting at level 1 in a higher level group.
Leave. That shit is retarded.
>>45090108
>Who the fuck still rolls stats in order
*raises hand*
>>45090301
This harsh gamer style like this can be fun played a few games this way myself and while i enjoyed the unique aspect of it i could tell right away that if a sub par GM would atempt this the game would be a utter shit fest hope you as a GM can pull the weight you set on your game with this rules
>>45090382
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That should be enough to start you off, come back when you run out.
>>45090248
>>45090031
Yeah, those stats are fucking shit to any of those classes. Maybe a subpar warblade.
>>45090248
>Not exactly, either I change to another class while keeping stats or I start with a new class at 1st level and rerolling.
Being a GM (and a player) that grew up with games were you restarted from, and I still do play these games, scratch no matter what level, how are you allowed to change class but keep your stats? :curious: That sounds like a weird rule.
My problem with your GM is not the fact that you had to restart but rather that he will not answer your questions/objections about it. Which begs the question doesn't it? What are you guys playing? An actual old-school dungeon crawler (that is what I and my group play) or a more "modern" type of RPG? It doesn't seem like your GM even can answer that question.
>>45090031
>GM has small pool of classes he allows.
And out the door you should have went. A good GM will allow most classes and adapt to keep it difficult and entertaining, DMs who like to limit are bad.
>>45090031
He wants you to leave.
>>45090248
LEAVE
E
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V
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Groups are a dime a dozen.
>>45090500
seconding this; get out now
>>45090464
>how are you allowed to change class but keep your stats? :curious: That sounds like a weird rule.
retcon, I never was a rogue, I was other thing, at least that's what I understand from his explanation.
Supposedly is a precon campaign, but I dunno which, lots of undead and elementals.
>no option for archers
>>45090248
>There was also rogue but instead of fixing it or changing the enemies and traps GM decided to remove it.
Fucking why?
>GM has a small pool of classes that he allows
>Nope
>>45090128
>>45090340
Legitimate question: Have either of you ever been diagnosed with autism?
>>45090565
>retcon, I never was a rogue, I was other thing, at least that's what I understand from his explanation.
>Supposedly is a precon campaign, but I dunno which, lots of undead and elementals.
I am curious, what type of game are you guys playing? Is is a crawler?
>>45090640
>Legitimate question: Have either of you ever been diagnosed with autism?
Nope. Have you? Because your question is retarded to begin with isn't it? Because why would you otherwise (i) stop us from having fun (?) (ii) look down upon how RPGs typically were played?
>>45090682
yup he's autismic lmao
>>45090340
>*raises hand*
It seems like we aren't welcome here. Where is our OSR thread?
This >>45090382 but that >>45090432 too tbqh.
>>45090682
>typically
Sorry, anon, you're the only retard doing this. Why the fuck would you think that's a good idea?
>>45090031
Why don't rogue stats work for anything else? Can't you just be a dex fighter or something? Don't tell me that fighter isn't in the pool of allowed classes. It is staple class.
>>45090745
>Sorry, anon, you're the only retard doing this. Why the fuck would you think that's a good idea?
Huh? RPGs were once upon a time commonly played as crawlers. How am I wrong?
>>45090031
>Rolling for stats
>Small pool of classes he allows
Your shit DM doesn't like you and is trying to get you to quit.
>>45090745
Not the guy you're talking to, but why does it matter? Why are you making such a big deal about something that, ultimately, does not affect you in the slightest.
>>45090777
>Huh? RPGs were once upon a time commonly played as crawlers. How am I wrong?
>once upon a time
keyword
once upon a time you would shit on the ground instead of using toilet. doing it now would make you retarded
>start 5e game
>go barb because I'm tired of playing smart characters.
>we're pirates
>having the time of my life, I'm actually role playing.
>GM tells us the port officials are getting tired of our shit.
>captain says we should leave immediately.
Me:"why don't we just fight them"
Captain:"y-yeah, how many guards they got?"
>only 25 guards.
>we have 40 slaves and because of my asshole (literally) we have 10 veterans and a Minotaur.
>we set up some defences
>DM goes to do combat rolls.
>he rolls his eyes.
DM:"fuck this. I just wanted you guys to go on pirate adventures. Not take over towns. You all die. Roll new characters. We're starting a new game"
I was having fun too.
>>45090031
>Rolling for stats
>In the year of our lord two thousand a decade and six
Son that should have been your first clue
>>45090840
>once upon a time you would shit on the ground instead of using toilet. doing it now would make you retarded
Ah, so in the end you are retarded then? I am curious, why can't we appreciate crawlers today? Why are people who play crawlers retarded?
>>45090854
Only faggots, don't roll.
>but but but someone may have a better stat than me!!!!!!!!
>waaaa waaa reeeeee!
>>45090845
>Thinking games are about "you" having fun
Kek, no, it's the DM the one who should have fun and ultimately win.
>>45090723
OSR is fine but needs a DM who knows how to run a game that keeps it fun for everyone. Player rolled up a character concept that's a core part of the game. DM then hacked the game to eliminate other options. DM then set up the plot to make that character concept obsolete.
Player goes to DM with problem, suddenly he throws up his hands and says "my hands are tied I can't change the game" only he's ALREADY changed it several times, which is what lead to the fuckup.
Now honestly in an OSR game, I'd see those stats and think "wizard" because it may not be 18 but it's close enough. Plus a racial template that adds to INT might help (assuming the DM hasn't banned them).
But if the DM is reacting this way, it means one of two things. Either he's passive aggressively trying to force the player out or he's a fuckup as a DM. You need a decent DM to run this kind of game.
So to me these stats aren't that bad and yeah I could make do and have fun, but the signals the DM is sending out suggest he should just quit and get it over with. Bonus shit points to him for not simply kicking you out. 90% of That G* problems stem from passive aggressiveness.
If you do ever run a game, don't invite the DM. Don't make a big thing of it or explain why; if people ask just say "meh, I don't think he's a good fit for this game". The goal isn't to teach him a lesson (that would be passive aggressive too), it's to avoid playing with dicks. You work to keep good players and disinvite shitty ones. Over a period of years, this eventually lead to my group being large, talented, and fun. We've got three excellent DMs and another four who are pretty good, so no Forever DM problem.
>>45090910
>DM
>Win
But Anon,I have already won.
>>45090914
18's not good enough anymore.
>>45090248
If you started at 3rd, why would he restart you at 1st? This guy sounds like an asshole.
>>45090845
This is why GM's should make it clear at the VERY start as to what kind of campaign they want to run and make sure that all of the players are on the same page.
>>45090910
Gotta understand. 80% of this guys games end because someone managed to fuck (rape) something they shouldn't have. The DMs roommate was literally that guy. Always making the edgiest characters.
>>45090914
>I'd see those stats and think "wizard" because it may not be 18 but it's close enough
You see a 11 on int and think wizard?, odd
>>45090914
>Now honestly in an OSR game, I'd see those stats and think "wizard" because it may not be 18
Huh?
>>45090959
>This is why GM's should make it clear at the VERY start as to what kind of campaign they want to run and make sure that all of the players are on the same page.
My point exactly. In OPs example it doesn't seem like the GM and his players are on the same page. A clarification would mitigate that.
>>45090031
>Campaign doesn't go well with rogue (all enemies seem to be immune to sneak attacks, traps are impossible, not even with nat20, and literally every NPC treats me as a criminal)
For some reason the NPC's acting like they know whats written on his character sheet bothers me more than anything else.
>Tfw people routinely get kicked from games for not being progressive enough at your college
Neckbeards who roll for stats are far from the worst sort of That GM.
>>45090948
>Allowing players to change character freely
If they want to have fun they should pay for it
>>45091186
>your college has something tabletop besides M:TG
reminder that it can ALWAYS be worse
>>45091207
I'll take nothing over the sort of plebbitscum Bernfeelers who are infiltrating even /tg/'s moderation these days.
>>45091186
anything specific you can recall?
>>45091186
>Neckbeards who roll for stats are far from the worst sort of That GM.
Of course they are. Because, typically (if you have a GM worthy of that title), there is a reason for why that is the case.
>>45091186
Perhaps evil people shouldn't be playing games about portraying heroes then, shithead?
>>45090031
Your GM is a faggot. Leave the game.
Do you play online, or in person?
>>45090127
So to be clear, the issue here is that your character isn't the most powerful in the group and you see that as an issue because you think you are 'good' at DnD and naturally you should have the most powerful character in the group and possibly even be the leader?
>>45090169
Good luck finding a good group to play with
>>45090031
>>45090248
>Campaign doesn't go well with rogue (all enemies seem to be immune to sneak attacks,
Question, are they all skeletons, oozes and other similar anatomy-less things, or is the GM making normal monsters immune too? If the latter, he's being horribly stupid and an atrocious dick. Either confront him or just slap him and leave.
If the former, is it so because your group deliberately, and with freedom of choice, goes into situations where such enemies should be expected (like exploring the Skeleton King's Finest Museum of Undead Oozes), or does he just keep throwing them at you without reason or railroading you into such encouters? Because that's prime material for slap and leave too.
>traps are impossible, not even with nat20
This is absolute bullshit.
>and literally every NPC treats me as a criminal)
Did they catch you doing thief stuff? Do you walk around wearing black leather and a mask all day long? Have you earned (with your behavior in game) this treatment, or is it just a bullshit-ex-machina from your loving GM?
>instead of fixing it or changing the enemies and traps GM decided to remove it.
This is stupid, amateurish, dickish and also more stupid. There is absolutely no reason to not put at least a decent number of monsters subsceptible to your skills and situations in which your abilities do matter. Not to mention again the traps idiocy.
The whole "Restart at first level, keep stats, rogue squatted" is the icing on the cake.
Why haven't you left yet?
>>45091309
Yeah, exactly that, literally that in fact, incredible you were able to deduce it so fast.
>>45091356
>Yeah, exactly that, literally that in fact, incredible you were able to deduce it so fast.
What about my question then? "I am curious, what type of game are you guys playing? Is it a crawler?"
>>45091309
The issue is that the character is currently useless in any capacity thanks the GM fiat. And his only option is to simply suck more if he wants to change.
>>45090944
Hence why the DM has to balance the game appropriately for an OSR game. The power level, especially early in the game, is very low and you can't balance encounters the same way.
>>45090980
No, shit you're right I was thinking he could assign traits, not in order rolled. My bad.
>>45091353
Very much what this guy said. And especially that part about "well you can reroll but you'll be first level".
He's either passive aggressive and trying to get you to quit or an incompetent GM. Either way, quit.
Just roleplay the shit out of it and have fun you fucking little bitch. So fucking what if your Rogue sucks. Roleplay as a Rogue who sucks. Be creative. You don't have to be the allstar every fucking game queerbait.
There is more here than simple disagreement over stats and level.
There should be a certain amount if trust between DM and players.
Op has none. No group chi. There is nothing that will "fix" this.
New group time op.
>>45091412
>Hence why the DM has to balance the game appropriately for an OSR game.
But we haven't been informed, have we? Are you playing a OSR game?
>>45090994
>>45090980
He either thinks they're the really old-school arrangements of S I W Co D Ch or S I W D Co Ch, or that they're 4d6k3 arrange.
>>45091433
I once had a rogue who's highest stat was a 11. He had 2 4's.
Traits? He had a bad cough ( big minus to stealth), and a limp ( big minus to dex based checks), those minuses stacked BTW.
He was a murderous little psycho. Cowardly and weak. He'd steal from the homeless. He'd kill children for their food.
Eventually captured and hanged. I didn't cry about him tho.
>>45091373
Well, we go into dungeons, but is not the usual, combats seem to be "easy" because, due me not being able to help like at all (not even flaking because undead and elemental), the rest of the group still deals with them, we still didn't die though we fell unconscious on daily basis, so I don't think is a meatgrinder kind of game. GM also didn't say it was going to be a meatgrinder kind of game, didn't say much about the game in fact, for example, in this world undeads and elementals seem to be common as fuck (we realized this at 6th level) and are used as labor, cannon fodder, etc. Then all medium BEGs seem to be vampire spawns, weak litches, etc.
And no, if you ask I don't know the name of the plane, neither of us have knowledge: Planes.
>>45091186
Have any good stories?
>>45091517
Isn't there a feat that let's you apply your SA to undead and constructs?
>>45091353
>Why haven't you left yet?
this
>>45091655
3rd level class feature actually, but not allowed.
>>45090031
>No other class benefits from my stats, in fact all of them suffer
That's bullshit. You've got good enough stats (with appropriate level wealth) to play either a WIS or CHA caster. Hell, you could do pretty well as a Witch.
>>45091710
dude he can change the order of stats, he has 16 dex end of the line
Even for an archer fighter it would be shit
>>45091710
>10 WIS
>12 CHA
No he couldn't. And Witch isn't allowed, see >>45090248.
what should you do when your character is meaningless? keep playing in hopes you find a situation in where to shine or change character?.
>>45091758
If your goal is to have a character who "shines". Try a 1-1 game.
>>45090248
Just looking at those class options I'd say leave. Shit DM with a hard on for magic and a fe token non caster classes.
>>45091517
>>45091517
Here we go.
>>45091517
>Well, we go into dungeons, but is not the usual, combats seem to be "easy" because, due me not being able to help like at all (not even flaking because undead and elemental), the rest of the group still deals with them, we still didn't die though we fell unconscious on daily basis, so I don't think is a meatgrinder kind of game. GM also didn't say it was going to be a meatgrinder kind of game, didn't say much about the game in fact, for example, in this world undeads and elementals seem to be common as fuck (we realized this at 6th level) and are used as labor, cannon fodder, etc. Then all medium BEGs seem to be vampire spawns, weak litches, etc.
>And no, if you ask I don't know the name of the plane, neither of us have knowledge: Planes.
I wouldn't ask for the name of the plane. That is of no interest. However this whole situation seems weird to me. It is not the fact that the GM surprises you, use you as meatbags, and introduces what you will be facing from now on at lvl 6, that is undead and elementals in this example. But rather that, if I interpret the situation correctly, that he hasn't been clear about what type of campaign he is going for.
To give you an example, I only GM OSR games. Those games are honest. The players, that join these games know what I expect of them. Typically the players are facing a dungeon to defeat. Sometimes that particular dungeon twists and turns, to give them a challenge. For instance in the beginning of january I was running a campaign where the players were situated inside a sleeping god. It was of course treated as a crawler. As that god was twisting and turning in his sleep certain passage ways closed and new ones opened. To me it sounds like you, nor your friends (?), knew what they were going into. That is, your GM was unclear what type of game he was going to present. If that is the case that is in my mind anyway a poor GM. Perhaps a newbie.
>>45091758
>I can't have fun if I'm useless
>I can't enjoy being meaningless
>>45091442
>But we haven't been informed, have we?
What I'm hearing here about the player getting screwed in encounters to the point that the DM has removed the whole rogue class sounds like that's exactly what's happening.
>>45091778
>When things don't go well for you become a that guy
I don't think that's a good advice
>>45091962
>roleplay in an RPG
>that'd bad advice
Nigga wut?
>>45091959
>What I'm hearing here about the player getting screwed in encounters to the point that the DM has removed the whole rogue class sounds like that's exactly what's happening.
So? My problem with this whole ordeal is not whether the GM banned/removed certain classes or not but rather the fact that he does not seem to be honest. He should have let his players know these things. The fact that he does not seem to asnswer OPs questions further demonstrates that something is very wrong with this game.
>>45092026
The DM is beyond help or hope.
Anyone that has ever played with a good DM, can see that.
>>45092003
>He was a murderous little psycho. Cowardly and weak. He'd steal from the homeless. He'd kill children for their food.
>Not that guy
Ok
>>45091910
Yes, that is usually the case with cooperative games where you're incapable of doing more than eating rations and carrying 80 lbs.of shit around.
>>45090068
>>45092065
Sounds like a good way to rp that character.
Or do you think he was the hero type?
Nah..a bottom-feeding petty thief fits.
>>45090845
>we have 40 slaves and because of my asshole (literally)
Talk about a smuggling run god damn.
>>45092068
>10 str
>being able to carry 80lbs
Kek
Well, he can, but they he slows the party down
>>45092048
>The DM is beyond help or hope.
I would generally agree. But, has OP or whomever else talked to the guy about this particular game? Perhaps this particular GM is simply a youngster and need some guidance?
>>45092048
>The DM is beyond help or hope.
Is that the case though? Perhaps he is just young?
>>45090031
>(all enemies seem to be immune to sneak attacks, traps are impossible, not even with nat20, and literally every NPC treats me as a criminal)
This is where the red flags stop simply going up and start waving and glowing and growing alarms to scream with.
Locks are often a good measuring stick actually. If getting into a peasant's home even requires a check, start keeping track. If most doors in a dungeon don't open on a 20+, something's wrong. 30 is shit like a "high noble's lockbox-of-truly-most-treasonous-papers", and if you can't open a lock with a 45, demand to know HOW you've gotten this close to a GREATER GOD'S personal motherfucking stash safe.
Also if everyone always treats you like a criminal (assuming you're not dressed in an orange jumpsuit covered in bloodied knives) no matter what, you're being targeted by the GM, HE is That Guy.
>>45092160
>>45092119
Young can imply lack of knowledge and such.
Young doesn't imply "flat out fucking over players".
We can work on the first one..the other is a personality trait, that can't be fixed.
>>45092119
OP here.
It's the first time I play with this dude but he's not young and, according to the rest of the players, he's being GMing for over a decade.
>>45092260
>Young doesn't imply "flat out fucking over players".
Does he believe that he is doing that though? In the end whatever answer to the question is quite meaningless until we get a clarification from OP in this case. I do agree with you generally though.
>>45092204
NPC behavior..
If NPCs treat PCs like shit, for no valid reason... The DM is a douche, quit the game.
>>45092297
>It's the first time I play with this dude but he's not young and, according to the rest of the players, he's being GMing for over a decade.
Since I am curious, did you know what you were getting into? Or is he what I suspect he is (?), that is a dishonest asshole?
>>45092374
I was invited by his younger brother who I met in college, and no, I didn't know where I was getting into.
I think I'll leave, in good terms though.
>>45090108
In order? Not really since I prefer to fill gaps in the party. But I always roll stats whenever I can, even if it's normally a point buy. I have nothing against in order if that's what the party is doing though.
>>45092487
>I was invited by his younger brother who I met in college
And he told you nothing about the game at all, besides it being a DnD RPG? I am curious about these questions mostly because the type of games that I enjoy, that is dungeon crawlers, are dying basically. So when I hear about people blaming GMs for (i) "this and that" and (ii) "leave the group idiot!", I typically defend the GM. The example you bring up though is quite representative these days. It seems that GMs in general, nowadays, sadly can't handle dungeon crawlers...
>>45092610
>And he told you nothing about the game at all, besides it being a DnD RPG?
No, not really
>>45092673
>No, not really
If that is the case it is on him indeed. If you want to give it another go I would recommend talking, in private, with him about his campaign and your particular character. If you don't, in your case I would consider it justified, just leave. If you would have been a scandinavian I would have invited you to one of our tables to show you what, and how a OSR campaign is typically played...
>>45092765
I kinda talked already with the GM when I asked for help about being useless, he wasn't straightforward either and didn't give me any option beyond "now rogue is banned, reroll or retcon".
Maybe is a family thing not inform people about what are they going to do though.
>>45091758
you have to set your (character's) goals and actively try to pursue them. you have to exercise some agency to have meaning, it doesn't just happen (ideally)
Regarding sneak: Sometimes the only way to get your point across is to ask specific questions whenever it's denied.
>Do I get sneak on this guy?
>No
>Is he HUMAN?
>Obviously
>Is he flanked - which he is - or flatfooted - which he also is?
>um, well yes
>*grabs the extra d6s* SO THAT'S A YES THEN.
>>45092950
>I kinda talked already with the GM when I asked for help about being useless, he wasn't straightforward either and didn't give me any option beyond "now rogue is banned, reroll or retcon".
It is that bad? If it is, leave him.
>>45092990
Or he - being hated by all as a criminal anyways no matter what - could just go straight for the unnamed peasantry and ask full details on each and every one of them that he stabs every time they're apparently immune. If asked what he's doing, "Learning how to play my class. Apparently I don't know how to do sneak damage, so I'm checking the ratio of people that are immune vs non-immune to sneak damage. I figure it shouldn't take more than a couple of thousand, and this way I finally get to do something useful in the party instead of stand there uselessly. It'll be nice if at least ONE of my class abilities finally works after all"
If he can't take that level of no-longer-passive aggressiveness as a clue...
>>45092990
The GM banned rogue.
I suggest he use a different class that doesn't have sneak attack, and proceed to SCIENCE his way to the discovery of sneak attacks, by stabbing anyone and everyone that talks to the party in the back of the head until he gains the ability.
>>45093118
That's. Literally retarded.
The GM's dogshit, but that's paste-eating stupid.
>>45093118
I've seen someone literally lick a window for fun and that's still less retarded than what you just suggested.
>World with undeads and elementals used as cannon fodder, minion, labor, etc
>A class with precission damage exists
Wut? this makes no sense, so a rogue tries to infiltrate an enemy base, how does he deal with the undead sentries and elemental guards in case he gets spotted? how does he kill the vampire spawn lord?, this makes no fucking sense
>>45095702
What makes you think the world is made for your special snowflake to overcome?
Classes have strengths and weaknesses. I admit the GM of OP's campaign was probably gunning for him, but the class has other areas of expertize.
Also try thinking outside of the box. Someone to set up traps, take out the ones controlling the undead, scouting, ect. People need some imagination, not just "what does it do when I swing weapons?"
>>45096091
well it's not like he could sneak attack the ones controlling the undead.
additionally, guaranteed if all his other stuff wasn't working neither was stealth.
setting traps is not recommended when you can't make them even harder than the ones you can't disable. It implies the level of trapfinding in that world is so high that an incompetent retard child like his character could never make them tough to deal with.
>>45096091
Do you see any dragon hunter irl? no? you know why? because there arent dragons, same way in a world full of creatures immune to SA wouldn't exist a class heavily focused on SA
>>45090031
Why not a fighter using dex or ranged weapons?
>>45096605
What? thats not the same as all. Dragon hunters would exsist if there were dragons.
Are the players undead? Are there any living things in the world? Im going out on a limb and saying the world, PROBABLY, has living creatures in it that can be SA and crit. I dont think, purely conjecture here, that the entire world lives in peace and only fights undead.
The rogue would be completely believable and useful, unless the party is literally fighting ONLY undead. If thats the case, its a GM fault, not a class fault. Sometimes your good at fighting shit, sometimes you find a better way to fight it that isnt 'stab harder'
>>45096611
Because fighter isn't allowed, read the thread before asking silly questions.
>>45090048
In order, no, they're not. Except for a rogue.
No martial can use 10 strength well. No caster can use any of those mental stats. A bard could maybe get by the first few levels, he'd be not great but he'd at least be able to TRY to roll for everything and maybe get some info about monsters, and give the good party members his buffs for a little bit. Only rogue looks at that statline as anything worth writing home about.
>>45091207
>Your college had anything at all other than SPORTS
>>45090068
John Wick pls go
>>45096976
And Bard isn't even allowed so yeah.
Those stats work perfectly for a sorcerer
>b-but only cha 12
You only can't cast spells higher than 2nd level, but you still have the spell slots, also at 8th level you rise cha to 13, and keep doing it every 4 levels.
Jesus Christ in heaven this game sounds like a cluster fuck.
As someone who is in a group with an occasional gm who bans shit for no reason, bail or opt out of that campaign.
>be GM
>want to play again
>one of the players has the idea of starting a new, secondary group playing Dungeon World
>nice, something light to play when I don't have the time to prepare for the primary round, and not a ton of new rules to learn
>get a bunch of new players to join, the system is easy after all
>play several sessions, some of the players turn out to be masters of derailing the rather simple plot
>fun tho
>then it happens, my character kills himself while rescuing the dumbass wizard
>oh well, I liked that character, but shit happens
>start creating new character
>"Oh, by the way, stats are being rolled now."
>aw shit
>what I rolled: 15, 12, 9, 9, 8, 8 (one stat may be replaced with a 12 at least, so the final result is 15, 12, 12, 9, 9, 8, in total 65 stat points)
>level 1 standard is: 16, 15, 13, 12, 9, 8, in total 73 stat points
>you can only raise one attribute by one point when leveling up
>mfw the character will have to level up to level 9 to have the stats of a level 1 character
>mfw characters that reach level 11 are automatically lost and you start with a new character, as per Dungeon World rules
>mfw I'll have to play a gimped character for 8 levels out of 10
Not sure if I'm gonna roll with it. Time to wrap up the primary round's campaign so I can play again.
>>45098863
And shit like this is why I only go for point buy or arrays anymore. Fuck. That. Noise.
>>45099274
Faggot.
Real gamers roll.
>>45098863
This is why my group uses the elite array.
18, 18, 16, 16, 14, 14, arranged any way you want before race and other modifiers are applied..
>>45099379
Another faggot.
Roll you pussies.
>>45099398
>Roll you pussies.
Indeed.
>>45098863
>Give players the house vote: Point buy or roll
>That guy convinces the other players rolling is better, he once had a character with all 18's!
>Everyone knows that guy cheats on his rolls, but he sounded so confident!
>Party landslides point buy.
>Give them one more warning: If you choose this, you stay with what you roll, could be all 8's
>They all get really confused when I say to roll it now. That guy trying to think of reasons not to.
>Go around, one at a time.
>Entire group is hitting 11's all day
>That guy insists he should roll at home. Gets super fucking butt hurt when he gets a 15 as his highest.
Cunts begged me to let them point buy. I like rolling and taking what the gods give you, but I like to give my players a choice, even if they are shitty people.
>>45090108
If the rule book tells me to.
Rolling is dumb.
What if someone has a higher stat and than me???!!!
That's unfair!!!!!
>>45099583
It's ok, you can stop now.
>>45098863
>I view TTRPGs as a purely mechanical exercise
>I never come up with ideas myself, just roll INT or WIS
>Inventive solutions are pointless when our campaigns are just a few bits of in-character chat in between dozens of simple combat encounters
And this is why TTRPGs are dying of cancer.
>>45090068
If the DM is always right, then literally all anyone has to do in order to be a good DM is to technically be a DM and say "I'm a good DM."
>Your character died because your sister turned me down for sex. Roll up a new one. Level one.
>But the party is level twelve.
>Shut the fuck up and roll me a level one character. And tell your sister she's a bitch. Call her up. Put her on speaker phone, and say it then hang up. Do it.
>Wow, you're a shitty person and a shitty DM.
>Actually, I'm a great DM.
This person is a good DM because they said they were and the DM's always right.
>>45099637
...you don't even know what Dungeon World is, do you?
>>45090530
Not always an option, unfortunately. Myself and a few friends started a new group because the only other DM in our area is a That DM. We literally cut the group in half and now both groups are kinda small to run anything really comfortably. Finding new players is redicu-hard.
>>45099583
>Have +5
>Another has +15
>Literally can do anything you do but better
What's the point of you being in the group?
How many delta teams have crippled dudes in a wheelchair and with downs?
>>45090048
>>45090068
Found the shitposters.
For those that have no reading skill...
>"Campaign doesn't go well with rogue (all enemies seem to be immune to sneak attacks, traps are impossible, not even with nat20, and literally every NPC treats me as a criminal)"
This is the obvious sign of a DM dicking with a character that is easily rolled by simple bullshit. He might have went 16 dex, but without any finesse in getting by assholes (+1 in CHA isn't enough to get by town guards as a rogue) You're just screwed. Not to mention rolling real good... you don't get shit. Also with no bonus in Intelligence, I don't care if the Rogue gets a good skill multiplier, you're still not gonna get a good number of ranks to keep you out of trouble, particularly if the DM is more than likely putting the DC 1 higher than the max possible.
One thing OP... you can't crit skill checks, but if you're built like a proper roll, you shouldn't have to roll a 20 to do things your rogue should be doing.
This isn't subtle, This is a THAT GUY DM.
>>45090902
It's not about people having better stats, it's that sometimes you just don't want to play yet another rogue or whatever because the dice gave you mediocre stats in everything but your 15 in one stat. Both ways are legitimate, they're just different.
>>45099750
Oh and excuse me was trying to type and deal with a distraction...
>"One thing OP... you can't crit skill checks, but if you're built like a proper rogue, you shouldn't have to roll a 20 to do things your rogue should be doing."
I really hate when someone I'm getting verification on my numbers and research is looking over my shoulder. A simple bloody response would suffice.
>>45099349
Then I'm more then happy to be not a 'real' gamer, if that means I get to actually play the fucking concept I have in my damn head.
>>45099398
>Want to play X class
>Roll shitty
>Cant effectively play X class
Fun comes first.
>>45099637
>I have my head so far up my ass I can see daylight!
>>45090845
>fuck this. I just wanted you guys to go on pirate adventures. Not take over towns.
Is this nigga high? Pirates regularly raided towns and villages, they didn't restrict their shit to the sea only. Hell they often took over small isolated ports for their own use. A smart GM would have let you guys have it as a base of operations. What a cunt.
>>45100006
>if I can't have (x) stats and play (x) class it cannot be fun
>I am very limited on my creativity
>I am entitled to get exactly what I want, or I won't play
>>45100006
>rolled high str/con when I wanted to become wizard
>become transmutation wizard and use beast shape to turn into bear and fuck shit up
Creativity is when you have fun anon. Being min/maxed to shit can be boring.
>>45100006
>>45100139
Different style of play, anons. >>45100006 prefers the rules as a way of structuring roleplaying. >>45100139 prefers the rules as a game to be beaten, wherein the exact details of the character are things one cannot predict and to which one has to adapt as well.
>>45100172
It could easily be something other than being min-maxed to shit. "I want to play a wizard who's brittle as fuck but VERY intelligent, and generally likeable, if a litle impulsive" suggests fairly specific D&D stats, and can come from a place totally unrelated to wanting to be THE MOST OPTIMIZED CHARACTER EVER.
>>45100215
>"I want to play a wizard who's brittle as fuck but VERY intelligent, and generally likeable, if a little impulsive"
you described the most generic and cliche'd wizard in every dnd game ever.
>>45100172
>Want to be wizard
>Rolled shit Int
>Can't be wizard
Cool
>>45100243
Just because you have a 10 or lower on Int doesn't mean you can't be a wizard.
>>45100242
I did. But that doesn't change the fact that it's a non min-maxy reason for wanting to be able to pick stats.
>>45100302
SKR pls go and stay go
>want to play monk
>rolled stats
>>45100373
Its such a cliche, that min max is almost better.
I see your point anon. I just think you're giving faaaaaar too much credit to players that do that.
99/100, it ain't about roleplay or some neat character concept.
>>45090248
You dont need stats to be a decent warblade, so just make one and take weapon finesse.
You'd still be so much worse than the tier 1 classes allowed but oh well.
>>45090301
Good riddance.
>>45100689
>I'm an animefag
>I'm noncreative and entitled
Noted.
>>45100806
That is quite the out-of-left-field accusation. I think you're just grumpy.
>>45099583
That's the attitude of a lot of "gamers".
They're not really 'gamers' tho, more faggot than gamer.
>>45100841
Was I incorrect?
Prove it and roll next time. Show creativity.
>>45100891
You have no method of proving you were correct or not, and rolling stats or not only proves or disproves those accusations in your own little world.
You are literally making shit up about people to feel better about your own decisions and preferences. If you like rolling for stats, I ain't gotta knock ya for it, but I am gonna knock you for being a massive elitist prick.
>>45090108
grognards
>>45100949
So. You're an animefag, noncreative and entitled.
I'm not shocked.
>>45101007
Not that anon butJapanese games are more heavy on rolling for stats and such than western games though.
>>45091207
>your college has clubs for something other than minority groups and religions you're not a member of
>>45098863
I don't understand what the point of redistributed rolls is. If you roll for every stat in order, then that gives you a creative exercise in coming up with a character concept from those rigid guidelines. But rearranging them gives none of that guidance, but all of the chance for getting fucked over.
>>45101007
>I like stuffing potatoes up my butt because I'm too dumb to make clam chowder.
>>45101045
Yeah, I roll for stats all the time when I play MAID RPG.
>>45090031
>>45090248
I'd leave. Seriously, that shit's retarded. Where I live there are plenty of good campaigns to join so I've no need put up with that.
>>45091433
>you should keep playing a game you aren't having any fun with because hurrr roleplaying is for tough guys
>>45101113
My uni has
>Separate clubs for rpgs, tabletop, SCA and general scifi/fantasy appreciation
>All get funding for communal rulebooks, pizza, camps etc
>75% of the campaigns I've joined through them have been good. Literally no problem SJWs, ThatGuys or ThatGMs
>Get to play our rpgs sitting in the lounges on the 8th floor looking out over the city skyline with surround sound atmospheric music and enormous touchscreens for battlemaps etc
>Membership costs $2
>>45090031
Don't play a game where the GM forces everyone to roll for stats because "lel pointbuy is badwrongfun". There's nothing wrong with a player wanting to make a character using rolled stats, but when a GM forces their players to do so, that's just shitty and a sign of That GM.
>>45101617
Either that or they're playing an edition of D&D prior to 3e, which don't have non-rolled stats.
>>45091197
And the GM should not gargle balls by the pound.
If they started at level 3, then making the new character start at level 1 is not comparable. So the GM is inconsistent.
Next the party is at 6, the average damage will instantly kill any level 1 character. So its stupid to think that makes sense.
Amazingly you gargle as much balls as the GM to think that a GM that can't even make a rogue work is in anyway capable of balancing anything in the game, and only allowing certain classes the GM is clearly trying to make a railroad.
>>45101617
The only context where you do use rolled stats is one where everyone uses the same system, so that everyone is on about the same level.
Then again, the only context where you use rolled stats is one where you have enough classes to make an archetype to fit your stats. So we've already crawled up the rabbit's butthole.
>>45101617
Epic faggot detected.
>>45091197
>If they want to have fun they should pay for it
What?
>>45102267
That GM detected.
>>45090248
>3.5
Found the problem
>>45102312
Same group for years.
Zero rage quits.
Scheduled at my home weekly.
All good friends.
So you were saying?
>>45102383
I couldn't care less.
>>45090301
I'd love to GM that way but my players would bitch and moan.
They bitch and moan about almost everything.
Someone takes a hit?
That's a bitching.
Someone dies?
That's a big bitching fit.
I need new players and friends.
>>45101617
>forces players to roll
Omg..the horror !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>45102448
Yes you do m8.
>>45102468
Yes, the horror of not being able to enjoy a game because RNG shot you out a Monk with 13 as their highest stat.
I know there's lots of macho posturing here about rolled stats by the grognards, but most people don't enjoy it as a system. There's a reason the systems that have it as a mandatory are few and far between.
>>45102531
*that systems nowadays
>>45102531
>can't have fun if I don't get exactly what I want
> I can't be expected to be creative
>my vagina is sore
Mkay anon.
>>45090745
If he's having fun, why should anyone else give a shit? Let him play his games the way he enjoys.
>>45102567
Again, more macho posturing. It's a pretty gross fantasy that people promote here to "rolled stats are the TRUE way to play the game". Most people don't like rolled stats because it prevents them playing whatever they feel like. And anyone who enforces that outdated, archaic system like it's Sharia Law, then they're being That GM and can go get fucked for all I care. I can have fun with rolled stats plenty, but pretending its a good standard system when it isn't is a load of pretentious grognard shit.
The "point buy is badwrongfun" crowd is just throwing out ad hominems, and people are seriously engaging them...why? If you argue with a retard, what does that make you?
>>45102670
Donald trump supporter?
>>45102656
That's a lot of words to use, just to make it clear to everyone that you love cock.
We get it faggot.
Now go watch some anime. And rinse your mouth. Don't try to talk about ttrpgs.
>>45102715
3/10 trolling, got replies out of me.
>>45090108
I, personally, I roll and I point-buy. I like to mix it up.
>>45102978
Partial faggot detected.
>>45103069
I'm afraid he doesn't have it in him to go full faggot like you.
>>45090031
Be a Dex fighter. Be a ranged fighter. Just because you don't have a high strength doesn't mean you can't be a fighter.
>>45103142
Fighter isn't allowed.
>>45090127
Take off the training wheels.
>>45090845
Ok, ignoring the several real world pirates that captured port towns, I have a question; Were you the only one having fun?
If you were, the DM was probably trying to get the game to somewhere others might enjoy.
If not, however, get the group to call him on it. Thats a bullshit, dick move and you shouldnt stand for it.
>>45090902
So, wait. Wanting to maybe control what I have to play as for several months, if not years, makes me a faggot?
Should I roll for race too? Class? What abilities or spells I take? Should I roll for my decisions? Should I just get a fucking random number generator to play for me?
Nah dude. You can roll if you want but ya don't have to. It aint even about minmaxing, its about wanting to play specific things and not fuck the group over. I dunno about you but if I rolled shit sorc stats, triied ro play a sorc and sucked ass because of it, my party would get pissed off with me. Worse again if I fucking get them killed.
This thread is just babies crying about not having 20's in all stats. Why even play?
>>45103382
Pretty much.
>>45103382
>>45103398
>replying to yourself
>>45102670
Point buy is wrong, in One Shots, those you should make completely random characters and see how they solve the problem, because its a single session game. So really stupid builds are fine.
In games that go more than one session, the point buy is the best because it allows for consistency between players and a baseline of power that the DM can use.
Reminder that in systems built with rolling for stats in mind, most of them will fall in the range where they have little effect if any, and no stats will save you from doing something stupid, rolling poorly, and dying anyway.
>>45103471
Fair enough.
I still see no reason to ban certain classes, even core ones, and gimp others needlessly.
I mean, the lad has such shit stats he couldn't be broken. Just let him play a vanilla sorc or fighter for fuck sake.
>>45103539
>shit stats
Not for and pre-2K edition of D&D.
>>45103471
>no stats will save you from doing something stupid, rolling poorly, and dying anyway.
>>45103557
Never played D&D back then, so I wouldnt know.
Still, considering he cant switch them around, and he had like 10 Cha, I doubt he'd need to be gimped as a sorc. I think someone mentioned he'd not be able to cast any spell above 2nd level, thats enough of a nerf surely?
>>45090484
This. He's probably an assburger and therefore lacks the creative abilities needed to GM well anyway.
>>45090640
You have no idea what autism is. From someone with actual autism, please do us all a favor and go fuck a cactus.
>>45090108
Rolling stats is definitely fun sometimes. It usually pushes you out of your comfort zone
>>45099681
He has a point though. I mean, for those types of games I would just go point buy though.
But it is a good idea to mix in games where you do roll random stats, so that your default response to problems in all your games doesn't become just "stab harder" as someone else put it.
>>45103539
>I still see no reason to ban certain classes, even core ones, and gimp others needlessly.
Depends on the system and setting more than anything, too many factors to give a blanket answer. Maybe sorcerers just don't exist in the area, Drow get executed on sight, and the dungeon the DM has prepared just doesn't work with a class that has easy access to teleportation or polymorph.
It's not that much of a problem in earlier editions, again. 3e is ridiculous when it gets to the amount of classes, especially when you start adding supplements and prestige classes.
In either case, I'd rather see a class banned outright or at least be heavily implied to be a bad idea than what OP's describing.
>>45100215
Dude you're being way too rational and level headed. You're making everyone in this thread look like a bunch of spergs.
>>45104221
I can see where yer coming from but theres some cases where it makes like no sense.
The DM banned fighters. Fucking figjters. I see no logic to it. I mean, does no one ever retire from the military? Is there no such thing as mercenaries? I see no setting reason, nor a mechanical one. The fighter is almost never op. I cant think of a single instance where it is.
Is there something Im missing? Cause, it seems to me, the DM is just being an asshole arbitrarily. Or this is well disguised bait.
I've considered banning fighters for being underpowered, but decided against it because some lessons need to be learned the hard way.
>>45103578
Kek
>>45104360
>Is there something Im missing? Cause, it seems to me, the DM is just being an asshole arbitrarily. Or this is well disguised bait.
Not saying I'm agreeing with the way OP's DM did it. I could maybe see him banning fighter because it's considered underpowered in 3.x, but then he's allowing monks, so I don't have a clue.
I've considered banning casters (since my setting doesn't have magic) along with rogues and fighters for being underpowdered and monks because my setting has no eastern kung-fu influences in it.
>>45104446
Throw in rolled stats with fixed fields and you sound like you've got yourself a good time.
>>45103578
And now explain what you mean for those of us who haven't seen the new Star Wars yet.
>>45104436
I know you aint agreeing dude. Its just Im a DM myself and Im a bit of a noob DM so Im tryna wrap my head around this.
Even if its bullshit, I might be able to draw some useful experience or info from it. Hell, I now know 3.5 fighters are underpowered badly, as are monks. Im running 5e for now but if we try 3.5 or PF again thatll be useful info
>>45104446
Couldn't a Monk also be a monastic monk that swore a vow to never take up arms as well though?
I know its usually skinned as "Shin Tsao, Madter of a Thousand Strikes" and shit but it could be "Father O'Malley, Belligerent Alcoholic Boxer"
>>45104500
That's stupid, so no.
>>45104446
So your entire campaign consists of barbarians.
>>45104536
>>45090248
Further evidence that sticking to 3.PF turns you into a complete and total retard.
>>45104500
Many of the Monk's powers have christian parallels. Less 'belligerent alcoholic' and more 'Bob the beatified'.
>>45104513
Your campaign concept is equally stupid, what the fuck are players even going to play as when you've banned 99% of the system?
>>45090616
Because it's 3.5 and only rogues can find traps.
>>45103876
There's "out of your comfort zone", and then there's "utterly useless in all circumstances no matter what", and rolling stats in order is liable to create the latter quite often.
>>45104700
He obviously wants all fighters all the time.
>>45104836
All fighters 3.5 can be fun.
>>45104816
True, but I'd say the opposite can happen in point buy. Characters who are so optimized they won't have any meaningful obstacles in front of them. I like both, it just seems that the people in this thread seem perplexed as to how rolling stats can be fun.
>>45104960
>Characters who are so optimized they won't have any meaningful obstacles in front of them
HOW? No, seriously, how? If you're pointing points one place, those points are not in another.
>>45104446
I would think this was too obvious, but people are seriously responding so apparently not.
>>45090031
>Rolling Characteristics for Only War
>Heavy rolls exceptionally bad
>Don't recall the exact numbers, but most weren't over single digits, two twos, highest roll was fifteen, not even a saving reroll in there
>GM: "Yeah... You get a reroll but keep the second."
>Heavy rolls pretty average stats and the incident is forgotten
He's just an average GM, for an average world.
>>45090031
>>GM has a small pool of classes that he allows
Totally fine in games like D&D3.5 where faggots come in with dandwiki homebrew classes.
>>Roll poorly (10, 16, 12, 11, 10, 12) all even
those numbers are fine
>>Pick rogue because team needs skill monkey and I can't cast shit
You don't need anything. The DM should work with the tools the party has.
>>Campaign doesn't go well with rogue (all enemies seem to be immune to sneak attacks, traps are impossible, not even with nat20, and literally every NPC treats me as a criminal)
Like I said. DMs shouldn't be throwing things at you where people feel useless.
>and literally every NPC treats me as a criminal
You're a rogue, you are a criminal.
>>No other class benefits from my stats, in fact all of them suffer
Those stats are fine for plenty of classes.
>>GM "If you change character you start at 1st level"
That's some bullshit
>>45105120
>You're a rogue, you are a criminal.
Is he holding a sign that says "hi I'm a rogue"?
>>45101617
What if it's just what they're used to?
>>45105143
PCs should be a little famous if they survive long enough. If you're a famous criminal you'll be recognized often enough.
>>45105120
It's implied that the order of rolled numbers is the stats he had to put them in. So if he tried to be, say, a wizard, he'd have average intelligence and wisdom, oddly high dex, and unusually high constitution.
