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* From a famous ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' campaign, [[The Head of Vecna]]. It's even referenced in ''[[Planescape: Torment]]''.

* Tordek is in it for all the bitches.<ref>A new D&D player's character was [http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Tordek Tordek]. His motivation for adventuring was attracting female companionship. This was pretty much his entire backstory.</ref>

** WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? <ref>The Reaction of getting hit by the said Immovable Rod.</ref>

* Lightning Warrior was a class someone created on the WoTC fourms as a joke. It has a wizard's spells and a warriors fighting ability and asked if it was underpowered because it didn't have a familiar (an ability that is actually considered a disadvantage to use, as if the weak pathetic animal that grants you meaningless bonuses dies, you lose a giant chunk of XP) and is unable to specialize (a more legitimate weakness, but generalist Wizards are still [[Game Breaker]] class). The class is now a running gag when recommending a class, with notes that it "sacrifices power for flavor".

* WEEABOO [[Supernatural Martial Arts|FIGHTAN MAGIC]]!<ref>The Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords was an Animesque supplement designed to mitigate [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards]] by giving melee characters [[Ki Attacks]] and similar powers.</ref>

** [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/1027569/ IRON HEART SUUUURGE!] <ref>This power, from the Tome of Battle, allowed the user to remove any negative effect. Since the term "negative effect" wasn't well defined, it was reasoned that one could Iron Heart Surge out of pregnancy, or wounds. Additionally, instead of becoming immune to the effect itself, the ''cause'' of the effect is ended, so if you are in a desert or are a race somehow impaired by the sun, you can end its heat/light. Ironically, the ability can't be used as [[Heroic Willpower]] as intended, as any these situations, such as Charm or Hold Person, prevent you from moving freely.</ref>

* I AM THE MOON. (he is the moon...) <ref>When telling lies in D&D, subjects receive an increasing bonus to their attempt to see through the lie based on how utterly nonsensical the lie is. D&D 3e has a spell called Glibness which gives huge bonuses to Bluff checks that outstrip the bonus the target gets for disbelieving even the most ridiculous lies, to the point where you can say something like "The sky is green" or, yes, "I am the Moon come down to check on the tides" and be believed. You can also have your friends come along and back you up to get a further bonus on your roll. ("He is the Moon.")</ref>

* Cats vs. Commoners.<ref>Both are almost [[One-Hit-Point Wonder]], so it's "who scores a few hits first". Thus, even in D&D1/AD&D a commoner beats a cat only if allowed some good use of size advantage, like overrun attack not requiring charge (PO:C&T). In D&D3, a small dextrous cat is better both at hitting and dodging and have 3-attack claw/claw/bite routine, so cats win.</ref>

* Oh no! It's CoDZilla.<ref>CoD refers to '''C'''leric '''o'''r '''D'''ruid. In response to the accusation that 3.5 psionics was broken and that core was balanced, one person made a rather sarcastic response pointing out just how broken the core classes of Cleric and Druid are. They are about [[Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards|as broken as wizards]], but also can fight and aren't hindered by armor. </ref>

* Railroad a paladin to fall.<ref>Reputed to be very common among the jerkass DMs.</ref>

 

== [[Exalted]] ==