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Message no. 1
From: Scott Wheelock iscottw@*****.nb.ca
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 14:47:09 -0300
"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Rand Ratinac."
] Hey! That's no fair! Who's your GM? I wanna play God too!!!

What a fascinating theological question...who _is_ God's Gamemaster?


God -- "And on the seventh day, I'm gonna make all kinds of neat
purply-blue unicorns, some chocolate trees, and a huge bridge to heaven
so humans can come up and gripe to me about their problems."

GM -- "Uh, God, make a Body roll, target number 5."

God -- "What?"

GM -- "A Body roll. You've worked six days straight, you're tired."

God, grumbling -- "All right, sheesh." <Rolls> "Okay, I got a 4, 2,
3,
3, 4, 1, and....... A 1! DAMN IT!" <the die goes to hell>

GM -- "Sorry, no more work for you. Gotta rest for a day. Satan, it's
your initiative."

Satan -- "'Kay, I'm gonna cast Shapechange on myself, as
a....uh....snake, I guess."


And so on. MANUFACTURER'S WARNING: Not to be taken seriously, or
before operating heavy machinery. May cause annoyance in some people,
and I apologize ahead of time for that.

-Murder of One




From iscottw@*****.nb.ca Mon, 07
Message no. 2
From: Graht Graht@**********.worldnet.att.net
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 16:05:42 -0500
Scott Wheelock wrote:
/"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Rand Ratinac."
/] Hey! That's no fair! Who's your GM? I wanna play God too!!!
/
/ What a fascinating theological question...who _is_ God's Gamemaster?
/
/
/God -- "And on the seventh day, I'm gonna make all kinds of neat
/purply-blue unicorns, some chocolate trees, and a huge bridge to heaven
/so humans can come up and gripe to me about their problems."
/
/GM -- "Uh, God, make a Body roll, target number 5."
/
/God -- "What?"
/
/GM -- "A Body roll. You've worked six days straight, you're tired."
/
/God, grumbling -- "All right, sheesh." <Rolls> "Okay, I got a 4, 2,
3,
/3, 4, 1, and....... A 1! DAMN IT!" <the die goes to hell>
/
/GM -- "Sorry, no more work for you. Gotta rest for a day. Satan, it's
/your initiative."
/
/Satan -- "'Kay, I'm gonna cast Shapechange on myself, as
/a....uh....snake, I guess."

ROTFLOL!!!

That has got to be the funniest example of roleplaying that I have ever seen :)

-Graht
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From knight_errant30@*******.com
Message no. 3
From: Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:21:10 EDT
In a message dated 6/7/1999 12:49:15 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
iscottw@*****.nb.ca writes:

>
> And so on. MANUFACTURER'S WARNING: Not to be taken seriously, or
> before operating heavy machinery. May cause annoyance in some people,
> and I apologize ahead of time for that.

OH YES!! That was perfect!!!!! I'm gonna have to use this one....

-K




From Ereskanti@***.com Mon, 7 Jun
Message no. 4
From: Scott Wheelock iscottw@*****.nb.ca
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 21:58:39 -0300
"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Graht."
] ROTFLOL!!!
]
] That has got to be the funniest example of roleplaying that I have
ever seen :)

Why, thank ye. Feel free to spread it around and generally overuse
it until it becomes tiresome :)

-Murder of One




From adamj@*********.html.com Mon
Message no. 5
From: Adam J adamj@*********.html.com
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 19:10:29 -0600
At 21:58 6/7/99 -0300, Scott Wheelock wrote:

>] That has got to be the funniest example of roleplaying that I have
>ever seen :)
>
> Why, thank ye. Feel free to spread it around and generally overuse
>it until it becomes tiresome :)

*Ponders some sort of ShadowRN post of the week Hall of Fame/Shame*

Anyone else think it's an interesting idea?

Adam
< http://shadowrun.html.com/tss / adamj@*********.html.com / ICQ# 2350330 >
< -- RIP Owen Hart -- >




From sparrow@***.net.au Tue, 08 J
Message no. 6
From: Rand Ratinac docwagon101@*****.com
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 18:50:58 -0700 (PDT)
> >] That has got to be the funniest example of
> roleplaying that I have
> >ever seen :)
> >
> > Why, thank ye. Feel free to spread it around and
> generally overuse
> >it until it becomes tiresome :)
>
> *Ponders some sort of ShadowRN post of the week Hall
> of Fame/Shame*
>
> Anyone else think it's an interesting idea?
> Adam

Go for it.

*Doc' thinks he has the Hall of Shame locked up tight well into the
next millenium...*
==Doc'
(aka Mr. Freaky Big, Super-Dynamic Troll of Tomorrow)

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From sparrow@***.net.au Tue, 08 J
Message no. 7
From: Aaron Binns sparrow@***.net.au
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 12:22:17 +1000
Adam J wrote:

> At 21:58 6/7/99 -0300, Scott Wheelock wrote:
>
> >] That has got to be the funniest example of roleplaying that I have
> >ever seen :)
> >
> > Why, thank ye. Feel free to spread it around and generally overuse
> >it until it becomes tiresome :)
>
> *Ponders some sort of ShadowRN post of the week Hall of Fame/Shame*
>
> Anyone else think it's an interesting idea?
>

Actually it sounds like a great idea :)

GreyWolf





From karsten@****.net Tue, 8 Jun
Message no. 8
From: Allen Versfeld moe@*******.com
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 11:29:58 +0200
From: Allen Versfeld moe@*******.com
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)

Scott Wheelock wrote:
>
> "And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Rand Ratinac."
> ] Hey! That's no fair! Who's your GM? I wanna play God too!!!
>
> What a fascinating theological question...who _is_ God's Gamemaster?
>
> God -- "And on the seventh day, I'm gonna make all kinds of neat
> purply-blue unicorns, some chocolate trees, and a huge bridge to heaven
> so humans can come up and gripe to me about their problems."
>
> GM -- "Uh, God, make a Body roll, target number 5."
>
> God -- "What?"
>
> GM -- "A Body roll. You've worked six days straight, you're tired."
>
> God, grumbling -- "All right, sheesh." <Rolls> "Okay, I got a
4, 2, 3,
> 3, 4, 1, and....... A 1! DAMN IT!" <the die goes to hell>
>
> GM -- "Sorry, no more work for you. Gotta rest for a day. Satan, it's
> your initiative."
>
> Satan -- "'Kay, I'm gonna cast Shapechange on myself, as
> a....uh....snake, I guess."
>
> And so on. MANUFACTURER'S WARNING: Not to be taken seriously, or
> before operating heavy machinery. May cause annoyance in some people,
> and I apologize ahead of time for that.
>
> -Murder of One

(From one of Rowan Atkinson's skits, where he plays a devil welcoming
the new arrivals to hell)
"...And all those people who watched Monty Python's 'The life of Brian'
over there, please - yes, it seems that He can't take a joke after all.
Sorry!"
--
Allen Versfeld
moe@*******.com
Wandata

"Freedom is the ability to choose your own restrictions"




From Sven.DeHerdt@***********.be Tue
Message no. 9
From: Patrick Goodman remo@***.net
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 16:11:36 -0500
>GM -- "A Body roll. You've worked six days straight, you're tired."
>
>God, grumbling -- "All right, sheesh." <Rolls> "Okay, I got a 4,
2, 3,
>3, 4, 1, and....... A 1! DAMN IT!" <the die goes to hell>

So God's only got a Body of 7? I figured Him for double-digits, easy....




From cuellare@***.telmex.net.mx Tue, 08 Jun 1999
Message no. 10
From: Graht Graht@**********.worldnet.att.net
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 15:49:35 -0500
Patrick Goodman wrote:
/>GM -- "A Body roll. You've worked six days straight, you're tired."
/>
/>God, grumbling -- "All right, sheesh." <Rolls> "Okay, I got a
4, 2, 3,
/>3, 4, 1, and....... A 1! DAMN IT!" <the die goes to hell>
/
/So God's only got a Body of 7? I figured Him for double-digits, easy....

You gotta remember, that's relative to other gods (which have an average God
Body of 3-4).

:)


-Graht
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D+(++) G e+>+++ h--->---- r+++ y+++
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From Graht@**********.worldnet.att.net Tue, 08 J
Message no. 11
From: Graht Graht@**********.worldnet.att.net
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 16:16:02 -0500
Graht wrote:
/Patrick Goodman wrote:
//>GM -- "A Body roll. You've worked six days straight, you're tired."
//>
//>God, grumbling -- "All right, sheesh." <Rolls> "Okay, I got a
4, 2, 3,
//>3, 4, 1, and....... A 1! DAMN IT!" <the die goes to hell>
//
//So God's only got a Body of 7? I figured Him for double-digits, easy....
/
/You gotta remember, that's relative to other gods (which have an average God
/Body of 3-4).
/
/:)

I forgot to mention, multiply a god's stat by infinity to get the real world
value.

:)

-Graht
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D+(++) G e+>+++ h--->---- r+++ y+++
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From knight_errant30@*******.com Tue, 08 Jun 199
Message no. 12
From: Scott Wheelock iscottw@*****.nb.ca
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 21:13:38 -0300
"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Graht."
] /So God's only got a Body of 7? I figured Him for double-digits, easy....
]
] You gotta remember, that's relative to other gods (which have an average God
] Body of 3-4).
]
] :)

Besides, God was just a starting character back then, right? And
he/she'd probably burned her/his karma pool creating the platypus...(GM
-- "Okay, God, something that weird's gonna have a target number of 12,
for sure.")

-Murder of One




From iscottw@*****.nb.ca Tue, 08 Jun 1999 21:23:
Message no. 13
From: Aaron Binns sparrow@***.net.au
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 12:08:48 +1000
> "And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Graht."
> ] /So God's only got a Body of 7? I figured Him for double-digits, easy....
> ]
> ] You gotta remember, that's relative to other gods (which have an average God
> ] Body of 3-4).
> ]
> ] :)
>
> Besides, God was just a starting character back then, right? And
> he/she'd probably burned her/his karma pool creating the platypus...(GM
> -- "Okay, God, something that weird's gonna have a target number of 12,
> for sure.")
>
> -Murder of One

Hey Guys, God always was and always will be.. thats says to me that "if" He was
in
a game then He sure wouldnt be a beginning character. Wouldnt He have some sort of
"bag of infinate Karma dice" ? :)

GreyWolf





From iscottw@*****.nb.ca Tue, 08 Jun 1999 23:13:
Message no. 14
From: Scott Wheelock iscottw@*****.nb.ca
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 23:23:08 -0300
"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Aaron Binns."
] Hey Guys, God always was and always will be.. thats says to me that
"if" He was in
] a game then He sure wouldnt be a beginning character. Wouldnt He have
some sort of
] "bag of infinate Karma dice" ? :)
]
] GreyWolf

Good point, and with that, let's call an end to this. I'm either
gonna get struck by lightning or struck by GridSec, and I don't much
fancy either one.

-Murder of One




From robert.watkins@******.com Wed, 9 Jun 1999 1
Message no. 15
From: Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 12:27:39 +1000
> Hey Guys, God always was and always will be.. thats says to me
> that "if" He was in
> a game then He sure wouldnt be a beginning character. Wouldnt He
> have some sort of
> "bag of infinate Karma dice" ? :)

God is omnipotent. That means he has enough physical stats to do anything he
wants. So that's Quickness, Body, and Strength of Infinite.

God is omniscient. That has to mean an infinite Intelligence stat.

He's not too stubborn, though... he backs down a lot. Give him a willpower
of 6, at the most. And let's face it, he's not that likeable... he runs
roughshod over people, and his very existence seems to be enough to piss
some people off. Charisma 4 at best.

But he can pretty much do anything he wants... just default back to those
infinite stats, and away you go.

(The above comments are purely humorous, mostly cynical, and not at all
intended to offend people. That said, I'm sure that people are offended, and
if someone gives me some money, I might actually care about that. ;)

--
.sig deleted to conserve electrons. robert.watkins@******.com





From remo@***.net Tue, 8 Jun 1999 21:27:08 -0500
Message no. 16
From: Aaron Binns sparrow@***.net.au
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 15:30:42 +1000
> Good point, and with that, let's call an end to this. I'm either
> gonna get struck by lightning or struck by GridSec, and I don't much
> fancy either one.
>
> -Murder of One

So Ka, MoO.

GreyWolf





From sparrow@***.net.au Wed, 09 Jun 1999 15:38:10 +1000
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 15:38:10 +1000
From: Aaron
Message no. 17
From: Allen Versfeld moe@*******.com
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 12:30:04 +0200
Robert Watkins wrote:
>

[musings on God's stats snipped]

>
> But he can pretty much do anything he wants... just default back to those
> infinite stats, and away you go.
>
> (The above comments are purely humorous, mostly cynical, and not at all
> intended to offend people. That said, I'm sure that people are offended, and
> if someone gives me some money, I might actually care about that. ;)

[hastily turns fire-extinguisher on self before I start flaming. counts
to 10. phew!]

...

[writes out cheque, made out to Robert Watkins for 1 nuyen]

>
> --
> .sig deleted to conserve electrons. robert.watkins@******.com


--
Allen Versfeld
moe@*******.com
Wandata

"Freedom is the ability to choose your own restrictions"




From logan1@*****.intercom.net Wed, 09 Jun 1999 07:26:02 -0400
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 07:26:02 -0400
From
Message no. 18
From: Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com
Subject: Dealing with munchkins (somewhat blasphemous)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:46:20 +1000
Allen Versfeld writes:
> > (The above comments are purely humorous, mostly cynical, and not at all
> > intended to offend people. That said, I'm sure that people are
> offended, and
> > if someone gives me some money, I might actually care about that. ;)
>
> [hastily turns fire-extinguisher on self before I start flaming. counts
> to 10. phew!]
>
> ...
>
> [writes out cheque, made out to Robert Watkins for 1 nuyen]

Thank you. Caring will commence as soon as the cheque arrives and has
cleared.

--
.sig deleted to conserve electrons. robert.watkins@******.com





From oliver@*********.com Wed, 09 Jun 1999 17:42:37 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 17:42:37 -0700 (PDT

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