#bad rpg idea

[azzydoesstuff]

video game / dnd item idea: a magical top hat that when you stick your hand in it, you'll pull out a completely random item to "aid you" in battle. and when i say "completely random item", i don't mean a random item form the game, i mean a COMPLETELY random item. for all you know, when you stick your hand in there, you could pull out:

a stick

a massive katana

a nokia phone

a stick, with a lawnmower on it

a comically large spoon

an MP5 rifle

a nuclear bomb

a staff that launches anyone it hits 5 kilometers into the air

a stick, with a nuclear bomb on it

a frog on a leash

a comically large fork

a cat

a sniper rifle so absolutely massive it wouldn't even be worth it to try and use it

a grenade

a granola bar

an apple

a gravity-defying pineapple

a large battle hammer

a comically large knife

a tiny little bouncy ball

a taser

a shotgun that shoots airpods

a mace made out of rotting flesh with a gaping hungry maw on the front which can devour the corpses of your enemies, adding to the mass of the weapon and enhancing its power

a small white dove

a lamp

an anvil and a propane tank

a water bottle

a biscuit that's really really dry

an energy drink

a suitcase

literally fucking spy from tf2

ANOTHER FUCKING MAGICAL TOP HAT THAT PULLS OUT RANDOM ITEMS

[probablybadrpgideas]

Paladin with a firm oath against killing but keeps bringing it up in really weird contexts.

"Thank you for the christmas sweater! Just to remind you, I do have a vow against killing you over it. What, no, I love the sweater! I just wanted you to know it would violate my oath to kill you over it!"

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Welcome to the Dungeons of Fear and Hunger.

[snickersnek]

Looking at mech chassis, as you do. Amber Phantom at the time and I think to myself about mounting a Superheavy on it. Don't ask why, I'm allowed to make bad choices.

So I check the superheavy mounting core power to remind myself how it works, and quickly go "Oh right, you can't have three mounts already". But then it got me thinking about other chassis with three non-Heavy weapon mounts.

The Tokugawa is another chassis that is forever barred from the glory of Superheavy Barrages. The Gorgon another.

But all of the Size 0.5 chassis? None of them are disqualified from using their few mounts as superheavy bracing. It's a terrible idea on most, but a legal modification to make.

It's a rules-legal setup and reasonable balancing decision... but it's just so wrong that a Size 0.5 Dusk Wing can haul around and fly with a Leviathan Heavy Assault Cannon and my giant queen Size 2 Gorgon is far too frail to ever lift even a Heavy Machine Gun.

[the-gnomish-bastard]

Bad DnD character idea:

A green-furred bugbear thief rogue who really, really hates his neighbors because every winter they make a shit ton of noise. So he devises a plan to steal all of their stuff by dressing up as a mythical gift bringing man, but instead he takes. Also has a dog, and he lives on a mountain.

[prokopetz]

Bullet hell inspired tabletop RPG which emulates its source material by giving you a maximum of ten seconds to make all of your decisions each turn while the GM blasts poppy French techno and pelts you in the face with origami frogs.

[mimikabii]

bad legs

[flightyquinn]

If everyone in the party takes triggers for "Show Off" and "Get Somewhere Quick", your LANCER campaign can be The Blues Brothers.

[starryjoy]

Villain: "And what class are you supposed to be?"

Hero: "I'm a soccerer"

Villain: "You... you mean a sorcerer?"

Hero: "No, why?" kicks a ball in the villain's face

[azzydoesstuff]

dnd idea: have your players be ambushed by a creature when it's really dark and they can't see

so you DONT tell them what they're fighting and they just have to guess based on the enemy's attacks and resistances and shit

and you use vague language like "SOMETHING gets a SUPRISE ROUND..."

[quinnyyyleft]

I will now be naming all of my towns after franchises.

Enjoy the town of Coldstone, where their biggest export is frozen confections.

The city of Outback, where their cattle is the finest in the desert land.

Or how about the village of Chick, and its sister towns Fill and A.

The possibilities are endless and the jokes write themselves.

[probablybadrpgideas]

A lot of horror/mystery games now have the secrets fairly well known. Throw your players for a loop by changing them mid game

Instead of keeping godlike entities trapped in illusionary prisons, the Archons and Angels of Death are all just trying to get majority shareholder status in McDonalds

[mytortoisegotstuckinatupperware]

fun DM tip

out of game, just ask your players to roll a D100 (preferably over text). do not elaborate. keep them guessing.

[slymewitch]

DND IDEA

So its a regular dnd campaign but every dungeon is a separate board game that you must play with the rest of your party completely in character. And to preserve dnd gameplay, you can use skill checks to do things in the games you normally couldn't. Want some extra money from the bank? Roll sleight of hand to steal an extra 500. Rolled a nat 1? Go to jail.

[the-gnomish-bastard]

Bad dnd character idea:

A ruined background (take alert) custom lineage human gloomstalker Ranger with the gunner and sharpshooter feats. He uses a flintlock pistol or revolver as his main weapon. His goal is to find an outlaw with a bounty on his head. He comes from the far away town of Arizona.

[idkwhattoputheresothatsitig]

Probably Bad RPG Idea: Korok style fetch quests where you have to collect Peat Moss for the moss collector named Pete Moss