Re: Silliest weapon in the core books...

crapface wrote:
So what is the deal with Spiked Chains, I read
> somewhere that some dm's wont allow them.

It's just another fantasy weapon in a fantasy game that has dragons, talking trees, and animated furniture. It's not any more or less "unrealistic" or "abusive" than ten thousand other things in the game -- those magical ladder-less ladder rungs, for example, or tower shields (if I had a nickel...).

GMs who ban spiked chains are the same sort of humorless control freaks who gimp Teleport and argue that Invisibility doesn't make something transparent. A good GM prevents players from playing the *system* at the expense of the *game*: they don't ban things outright because they *might* be abused.

The best thing to do with control freak GMs is to avoid them. Life is too short to play with people like that.

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bblackmoor
2007-06-28
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  • Re: Silliest weapon in the core books...
    ... It's just another fantasy weapon in a fantasy game that has dragons, talking trees, and animated furniture. ... GMs who ban spiked chains are the same sort of humorless control freaks who gimp Teleport and argue that Invisibility doesn't make something transparent. ...
    (rec.games.frp.dnd)
  • Re: Silliest weapon in the core books...
    ... It's just another fantasy weapon in a fantasy game that has dragons, talking trees, and animated furniture. ... GMs who ban spiked chains are the same sort of humorless control freaks who gimp Teleport and argue that Invisibility doesn't make something transparent. ... Wouldn't be easier to just take my route and ban the Spiked Chain? ...
    (rec.games.frp.dnd)
  • Re: Silliest weapon in the core books...
    ... It's just another fantasy weapon in a fantasy game that has dragons, ... GMs who ban spiked chains are the same sort of humorless control freaks ... The best thing to do with control freak GMs is to avoid them. ...
    (rec.games.frp.dnd)
  • Re: Silliest weapon in the core books...
    ... It's just another fantasy weapon in a fantasy game that has dragons, ... GMs who ban spiked chains are the same sort of humorless control freaks ... The best thing to do with control freak GMs is to avoid them. ...
    (rec.games.frp.dnd)