Catch phrases your players hate to hear...

Rimmerdal · Unread post by **Rimmerdal** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:00 pm

in response to the GM Catch phrases....

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Okay how do you GM's get your Catch phrase revenge?

Rimmerdal · Unread post by **Rimmerdal** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:31 pm

I always hate...

"Roll a D20 for me..."

Aaryq · Unread post by **Aaryq** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:33 pm

This one always strikes fear into their hearts: "I need everyone to roll to save vs. *insert difficult throw here* with a minus 3."

King Chopper · Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:12 pm

"Woh, sucks to be you."

Goliath Strongarm · Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:32 pm

Roll a d20 from random time to time... and then when its a good roll, look slightly pleased and say "wow... he finally pulled it off... sweet"

Spectre · Unread post by **Spectre** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:27 pm

"How much MDC do you have left?"
"Roll a D20 then roll iniative"
*GM Smiles* "......"

Xar · Unread post by **Xar** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:16 am

"How high were you flying?"

Aaryq · Unread post by **Aaryq** » Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:59 pm

"Off in the distance you see a small child holding *insert item here* and laughing as you approach." Whenever I GM, my PC's fear children more than a Nightbane-Baal Rog-Dragon-Lizard Mage cross-breed. *ahem* Assuming that canon was changed.

Nekira Sudacne · Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:32 am

EPIC wrote:or another good one that i have always enjoyed ... "while camping late at night, a hoard of hundreds of faerie folk invade your once peacefull privacy. they think your all funny looking and you are now their entertainment for the next few hours."

Grenades are surprisingly effective aginst farie hoards, actually.

Aaryq · Unread post by **Aaryq** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:32 pm

Player: I draw my rune sword!

GM: Oh the one you found in the dungeon?

Player: Yeah, why?

GM: *rolling dice* No reason. *toothy grin*

Kryzbyn · Unread post by **Kryzbyn** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:07 pm

As a GM and as a player I hate this one the most:

"Yeah, but..."

This one phrase guarantees what ever is being discussed atm will continue for at least another hour.

Aaryq · Unread post by **Aaryq** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:51 pm

Occasionally, I will have one of my players working with me, usually the one who no one trusts. I will roll some dice and look at one of the other players. The note will say "Roll percentage tell me the number, roll a D20 and give me that number, then write a note to me and look at one of the other players." The note usually reads, "ha ha, we got 'em."

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:00 pm

"Looks clear..."

Damian Magecraft · Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:02 pm

I have no real phrase but my players do tend to get nervous when I look at them with that "cat that ate the canary" grin...

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:17 pm

Barabas wrote:"You hear the sound of a chainsaw starting up." A reoccuring bad guy with a juicer chainsaw for a main weapon. The only one they haven't managed to execute for crossing thier paths.

Gotta love them Juicer-chainsaws

Mouser13 · Unread post by **Mouser13** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:41 pm

well some of my players fear the word Fairies. I have had one player to the point that we where start in phase-world and he still had to take lore Fairies.

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:18 am

In regards to Fae-kin;
"Dance monkey-boy...DANCE!"

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:03 pm

"Roll to dodge rocket propelled chainsaw"

Mierin · Unread post by **Mierin** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:14 pm

GM: "Oh, is that what you're going to do?" *evil grin* "No, no, go ahead."

Vrykolas2k · Unread post by **Vrykolas2k** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:18 pm

"You turn to the West, and are destroyed..."

I originally made this one when I was running Vampire; one of the players ignored the Dominate discipline, acted out of character, so... an Antidiluvian handled the problem...
I use it rarely, but when I do...

Ice Dragon · Unread post by **Ice Dragon** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:41 am

"Yoh have a blip on the radar screen!" :eek:

"It took me two weeks to prepare for this adventure." :eek:

"Give me your character sheet."

"It hasn't been noted on your equipment list." (note: like fresh underware

.)

"This beautiful lady is making a pass on you" :-?

Ridley · Unread post by **Ridley** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:49 pm

"A burly man with a scottish accent and a beard walks into the inn....."

All my Inn keepers used to have scottish accents. my group eventually got pissed and mad eme change that

Natalya · Unread post by **Natalya** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:48 am

"You said you're doing what? Hold on a second..."

:::grab random book, open to random page, point to random player:::

"Roll percentile."

:::look at random page, grimace slightly (the players know when I grimace, it's usually bad for them):::

Mutter, "Uh oh."

:::shut book suddenly:::

"Okay, what do you do next?"

My hubby, also a GM, asked me one time what did the roll cause in a particular game. I told him nothing except to cause a scare effect. He got a good laugh out of it. The other players still get looks of terror, even though I've done this in easily a dozen games over the last year (and my hubby has kept the secret). :lol:

Also during one game involving a haunted keep, I started out with "Wait! Which foot did you step with?" and kept asking at random "Which hand? Where precisely were you?", etc. Oh my gosh, they were jumping out of their skins, trying to retract actions, offering GM bribes like crazy, even though it all meant nothing. :demon:

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:51 pm

"I am so so so sorry"
-after a natural 20 is rolled against a PC...

goodhometownboy · Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:25 pm

Vision2700 wrote:
DhAkael wrote:"I am so so so sorry"
-after a natural 20 is rolled against a PC...

^^^^^^ That is one of my best...

i agree with you on that

GreenGhost · Unread post by **GreenGhost** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:02 pm

goodhometownboy wrote:
Vision2700 wrote:
DhAkael wrote:"I am so so so sorry"
-after a natural 20 is rolled against a PC...

^^^^^^ That is one of my best...

i agree with you on that

You're evil- you just like to see the life drain from the player's eyes... then again- when I'm GMing... I like to see that too :twisted:

zenethos · Unread post by **zenethos** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:29 pm

"That's your roll? Hmmm... This may sting a bit..."

King Chopper · Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:25 pm

"The Neo-Human -insert any action here-."

God I hate Neo-Humans, and so do most of my players.

Northern Ranger · Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:56 pm

My players hate it when I come out of nowhere with "Roll Perception Check" or "Roll for Initiative". It's my surprise attacks that usually hurt the worst. My wife started picking sixth sense for every character she had with psionics, so that lead me to creating a certain type of magic item (ring, necklace, whatever) that made the wearer undetectable to psionics. (Handy for the rogue classes.) It's amazing that woman is still married to me, actually.

dragon_blaze_99 · Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:44 am

"so your get your drink from the bar & hear the door open behind you" old classic die hard

Greyaxe · Unread post by **Greyaxe** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:07 pm

***Behind GM Shield***
Rolls dice, grimaces,
***Peeks over shield***

SO.....Do you have a backup character.

Greyaxe · Unread post by **Greyaxe** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:26 am

I just had a fight with my wife...

everybody have backups. or
what was I killing you with or
im ******* pissed, where were we. or

im getting bored of the direction this campaign is going.

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:05 pm

"Roll detect ambush"
*sound of dice rolling or picture of dyce-bot*

PC(s); "Yeah...made it"

"Looks clear....oh, BTW; the cyberknight takes a shot to the head"

PC(s): "WHAT?!"

"Don't you just hate snipers and long ranged weaponry?"

Northern Ranger · Sun Apr 01, 2007 1:14 am

Karandor wrote:
Northern Ranger wrote:My players hate it when I come out of nowhere with "Roll Perception Check" or "Roll for Initiative". It's my surprise attacks that usually hurt the worst. My wife started picking sixth sense for every character she had with psionics, so that lead me to creating a certain type of magic item (ring, necklace, whatever) that made the wearer undetectable to psionics. (Handy for the rogue classes.) It's amazing that woman is still married to me, actually.

Heh our GM just ALWAYS waits for my TW to be on watch. Ok so who's watch is it now? Karandor? Ok roll initiative...

Sounds like he (or she) graduated from the Northern Ranger school of GMing. LOL

lather · Unread post by **lather** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:00 pm

"You're out of water."

Instant pain.

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:15 pm

Player: "Sense evil"
Me as GM: "You sense something ancient, evil and very very very amused at your antics...roll initiative!"

lather · Unread post by **lather** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:23 pm

Nice. Althought the vague "Yes. Roll initiative" is good spice, too.

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:44 pm

"The greater Balrogg breaks free from its bonds"

lather · Unread post by **lather** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:06 pm

Haha that's a very good one.

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:02 pm

CaptRory wrote:"Did you guys know sewer gas is flammable?"

Yep..that's a classic

kamikazzijoe · Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:05 pm

My favorite line as GM:

So, who wants to take one for the team?

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:18 pm

"So...HOW many e-clips does your character have? I just ask out of curiosity." :lol:

kamikazzijoe · Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:23 pm

looking at an NPC's stats:
Man this guy sucks more than I thought, time to improvise.

Marrowlight · Unread post by **Marrowlight** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:16 am

"for a nominal fee"

Rimmerdal · Unread post by **Rimmerdal** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:43 pm

keanpf wrote:"hmm, ok make a save vs. magic. and lethal poison. and... hold on.... pain."
"Are you sure you wanna open that door?"
"Hold on, can i borrow some dice, i don't have enough"
"So, none of you swimming, huh?"

This can be a killer, alot players take combat or other stat boosting skills in place of swiming. Scuba I often don't take, but swimming is must have skill.

Jesterzzn · Unread post by **Jesterzzn** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:40 pm

"Alright, everyone have their characters ready? Great! Now you guys can watch some TV or something while I calculate your encumberance."

shiiv-a · Unread post by **shiiv-a** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:33 pm

after purchasing an overly powerful weapon and the player asks

1 - 'can you now shrink it down to MY size?' PA sword to human sized
- 'does it still do the same damage?'

2 - 'i stick my gun into the Black Market guy's face and DEMAND all his magic weapons'

[saw it happen in a game ... was SOOOOO happy to be too far away to be of any real help or dying like another char did going to the ...... pc's rescue ]

shiiv-a · Unread post by **shiiv-a** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:14 pm

still expecting some 'fashion driven' fem to ask with the atypical blond attitude 'does this come in pink? .. or come with a lace cover? .. '

8-)

shiiv-a · Unread post by **shiiv-a** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:38 pm

LOL .......

*covers the mouth and tries to contain the mirth now

shiiv-a · Unread post by **shiiv-a** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:05 pm

well she must have a crow or a raccoon for a totem animal ... they're both attracted to shineies ...

:lol: