>From: "Grok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>We general stuck with Dwarf Tossing in our games.. Halflins would suffice
>if
>necessary however.
Careful. Take a way a dwarf's axe and ALL HE IS is a large, heavy,
armor-encrusted football. Take away all of a Halflings (visible) weapons,
and you likely missed a dagger or two and maybe a garrote & (if he's the
right KIND of halfling), some poison. All that dex, and the halfling is not
above drawing and poisoning a concealed dagger WHILE IN FLIGHT and meeting
you with an attack when you catch him.
OW! That ball has TEETH! (poison takes effect) [THUD!]
Later on the halfling "ball" capers about the fire and sings your praises
(slightly off key) while carving tidbits from your nicely roasting carcass.
Or at least that was ONE campaign I played in...
>I did have a group ask if they could 'invent' polo in the fantasy world I
>was running.. they wanted to use various things other than a ball though,
>so
>I kind of declined, although they tried to fit it in whenever possible.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alex de Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 10:39 AM
>Subject: Re: [ogf-d20-l] Are Sports Corrupting RPGs?
>
>
> > Hmm. I wonder how many gamers have tried to develop a
> > sports-system beyond the "classical gladiatorial"
> > games in the context of their games.
> >
> > The J.R.R. Tolkein's novel _The Hobbit_ has a golf
> > description in it. Why couldn't we develop, I guess
> > like Warhammer's snotball (I don't play Warhammer), a
> > pseudo-sport for our games.
> >
> > Throw in some magic, and the fantasy world takes off.
> > I'd rather not hear the modern-times references to pop
> > culture, but I guess being the non-sport junky I don't
> > get it. Spike the dwarfball, pass the elfskin, punt
> > the whole thing over the fence, so we can get on
> > gaming.
> >
> > But if the characters had to play the game, what type
> > of game would it be?
> >
> > Alex deMorris,
> > Viking Games.
> >
> >
> > --- Faustus von Goethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Curse that non-interactive, couch-potato
> > > "entertainment" for corrupting the
> > > purity of our art.
> > > not-Faust
> > > >From: Clark Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >Subject: [ogf-d20-l] Are Sports Corrupting RPGs?
> > > >Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 07:54:03 -0800 (PST)
> > > >
> > > >OK-
> > > >
> > > >Here is a non-d20 specific topic but I figured I
> > > had
> > > >to post email that had nothing to do with Faust
> > > ASAP
> > > >before I went insane. That way I would be
> > > guaranteed
> > > >to have non-Faust related email in my inbox. Even
> > > if
> > > >it was only my own email.
> > > >
> > > >I think I just had the all time most annoying move
> > > by
> > > >a pair of players in my Thursday night D&D session
> > > of
> > > >all time:
> > > >
> > > >The two dwarves in the party (fighter and cleric)
> > > have
> > > >taken to getting up and singing "Who let the
> > > dwarves
> > > >out" after they kick a little butt on my monsters
> > > in
> > > >combat. The first time it was funny. (Real funny,
> > > >actually). Then amusing. Now tedious. They get up
> > > from
> > > >their chairs, high five each other and dance around
> > > >for a few minutes.
> > > >
> > > >Then the thief got revenge. He said, "hey, are
> > > their
> > > >_characters_ actually doing that?" I said yes. He
> > > >said, "then I loot the bodies while they are
> > > screwing
> > > >around." When I rewarded him with some sweet gems
> > > >he got up and started singing "who let the gems
> > out."
> > > >The dwarves were pissed.
> > > >See what the Super Bowl can do to D&D.
> > > >Clark "not talking about the Faust thing" Peterson
> > > >http://www.necromancergames.com
> > > >"3rd Edition Rules, 1st Edition Feel"
> >
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Anything for Nicodemus...
> >
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