Mine was created as an NPC for interactions and a possible fight with my Party. They were Bob the Topaz Dragon, trying to fix a Spell Jammer before the Steam Punk Beholder got it.
The Placeholder Character sheet was a level 10 Dragonborn (Topaz) sorcerer/artificer
Mine was also an NPC, a couatl guarding a sacred temple who didn't have a name so my party got permission to name him and managed to persuade him that Bob was a suitably reverent and illustrious name and now he's Bob the Great Couatl
Ironically, two NPCs ended up named "Bob" by my party.
One was a Spectator (the "Beholder" looking one - not just a random person watching something) - that was completely mad, who I had talk in riddles; the party tried to throw me off by asking me his name and I said something like: "Never since my creation, as this sphere, known the sensation, of a name to which to adhere." And they were like, "Then we shall call you Bob. What do you think of that?" (Again, to try and trip me up) and I said something like, "Now that I have a name? Are there others who have the same?" And so on and so on.
But later, same characters (well, one new one - Warlock perished, new character was a made Artificer named Elon Dusk) - who when he returned to his abode - discovered a Howler was in there (attacking someone else the party was looking for) - and he said, "Bob! Sit!" (To which, naturally, the Howler ignored). And when the party killed the Howler, the player said, "Bob was my second favorite dog."
There's a NZ group who has a Bob. Bartholomew Osiris Bladesong. Refused the family blacksmith business (as did most of his many, many siblings). All of his siblings go by acronym nicknames: Fib (he's a constant liar), Pub (she was always in a bar somewhere), etc. All of his siblings and he have a bizarre killing-blow ritual of crawling into the creature and exploding out of the creature like a Quake telefrag. Apparently, a High Elf tradition according to him, though no other Elf of any kind agrees with that. Whether Bob is a player character or an NPC like everyone else in the campaign is up for debate.
(The sorcerer is the only one who is in-game meta-aware of the MMO setting. The rest don't know about the metagame, including Bob, but he didn't seem to exist prior to the events of the current campaign. When the sorcerer starts talking metagame, the rest just get confused.)
See the current NPC D&D campaign by Viva La Dirt D&D (by Viva La Dirt League).
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bizarre killing-blow ritual of crawling into the creature and exploding out of the creature like a Quake telefrag.
How can a character, crawl inside another character in the way you describe it? It makes no sense at all. Especially considering you say this character is an Elf - that's a medium creature. Perhaps at a push, a medium could fit inside a large one, but how do they crawl into them?
Now if you had of said that it was a tiny creature perhaps that would be possible. even so, it still wouldn't make sense.
Can you explain what you mean, along with what a “Quake telefrag” is?
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bizarre killing-blow ritual of crawling into the creature and exploding out of the creature like a Quake telefrag.
Can you explain what you mean, along with what a “Quake telefrag” is?
I'd never heard of "Quake Telefrag" either - but found this youtube video that explains it's teleporting inside of an enemy and causing them to explode.
So I assume that's what they meant by crawling inside of them (teleport or some kind of magic?) - and then exploding them outward.
bizarre killing-blow ritual of crawling into the creature and exploding out of the creature like a Quake telefrag.
Can you explain what you mean, along with what a “Quake telefrag” is?
I'd never heard of "Quake Telefrag" either - but found this youtube video that explains it's teleporting inside of an enemy and causing them to explode.
So I assume that's what they meant by crawling inside of them (teleport or some kind of magic?) - and then exploding them outward.
That makes more sense, though it would be gruesome.
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Bob led the order of monks that the PCs all belonged to at the start of the campaign. This was back in 3.5e. Bob slowly went mad after his hands were chopped off by an evil king, sending the PCs on increasingly evil and hostile missions until they left his order and branched off to try to do *real* good in the world.
Closest I had was Joe, Joe Average. Originally built just for kicks, Joe started with flat 10s across the board, and level zero. Joe somehow survived, his die rolls seemed to fall in his favor more often than not. He took a job as a traveling cook for hire, fighting alongside some almost famous adventurers. Over the years, more than a few would-be camp robbers learned of his skill with his knives, and his meat tenderizing mallet, the hard way. Joe earned enough experience as part of the party that he retired as 7th level adventure chef (whatever that might mean).
Bob is the name I tend to use for undead creatures or skeletons. It started off by calling skeletons 'skelebobs', but then they just turned into 'bobs' and now anything dead or undead is called Bob.
Mine was created as an NPC for interactions and a possible fight with my Party. They were Bob the Topaz Dragon, trying to fix a Spell Jammer before the Steam Punk Beholder got it.
The Placeholder Character sheet was a level 10 Dragonborn (Topaz) sorcerer/artificer
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I think there was a character in Vox Machina nicknamed B.O.B. however, he went by Scanlan. I think it stood for Bard Operated Boyfriend.
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Mine was also an NPC, a couatl guarding a sacred temple who didn't have a name so my party got permission to name him and managed to persuade him that Bob was a suitably reverent and illustrious name and now he's Bob the Great Couatl
Oh **** off /j
I don't have a Bob in any of my games, but a player named their character Jim on the spot when asked.
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Ironically, two NPCs ended up named "Bob" by my party.
One was a Spectator (the "Beholder" looking one - not just a random person watching something) - that was completely mad, who I had talk in riddles; the party tried to throw me off by asking me his name and I said something like: "Never since my creation, as this sphere, known the sensation, of a name to which to adhere." And they were like, "Then we shall call you Bob. What do you think of that?" (Again, to try and trip me up) and I said something like, "Now that I have a name? Are there others who have the same?" And so on and so on.
But later, same characters (well, one new one - Warlock perished, new character was a made Artificer named Elon Dusk) - who when he returned to his abode - discovered a Howler was in there (attacking someone else the party was looking for) - and he said, "Bob! Sit!" (To which, naturally, the Howler ignored). And when the party killed the Howler, the player said, "Bob was my second favorite dog."
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There's a NZ group who has a Bob. Bartholomew Osiris Bladesong. Refused the family blacksmith business (as did most of his many, many siblings). All of his siblings go by acronym nicknames: Fib (he's a constant liar), Pub (she was always in a bar somewhere), etc. All of his siblings and he have a bizarre killing-blow ritual of crawling into the creature and exploding out of the creature like a Quake telefrag. Apparently, a High Elf tradition according to him, though no other Elf of any kind agrees with that. Whether Bob is a player character or an NPC like everyone else in the campaign is up for debate.
(The sorcerer is the only one who is in-game meta-aware of the MMO setting. The rest don't know about the metagame, including Bob, but he didn't seem to exist prior to the events of the current campaign. When the sorcerer starts talking metagame, the rest just get confused.)
See the current NPC D&D campaign by Viva La Dirt D&D (by Viva La Dirt League).
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
I've never understood this obsession with the name bob. Where did it originate? I can't believe any serious games use this at all.
A caffeinated nerd who has played TTRPGs or a number of years and is very much a fantasy adventure geek.
How can a character, crawl inside another character in the way you describe it? It makes no sense at all. Especially considering you say this character is an Elf - that's a medium creature. Perhaps at a push, a medium could fit inside a large one, but how do they crawl into them?
Now if you had of said that it was a tiny creature perhaps that would be possible. even so, it still wouldn't make sense.
Can you explain what you mean, along with what a “Quake telefrag” is?
A caffeinated nerd who has played TTRPGs or a number of years and is very much a fantasy adventure geek.
I'd never heard of "Quake Telefrag" either - but found this youtube video that explains it's teleporting inside of an enemy and causing them to explode.
So I assume that's what they meant by crawling inside of them (teleport or some kind of magic?) - and then exploding them outward.
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
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That makes more sense, though it would be gruesome.
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I have a ranger named Babadoo but he goes by Bob.
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Bob led the order of monks that the PCs all belonged to at the start of the campaign. This was back in 3.5e. Bob slowly went mad after his hands were chopped off by an evil king, sending the PCs on increasingly evil and hostile missions until they left his order and branched off to try to do *real* good in the world.
Closest I had was Joe, Joe Average. Originally built just for kicks, Joe started with flat 10s across the board, and level zero. Joe somehow survived, his die rolls seemed to fall in his favor more often than not. He took a job as a traveling cook for hire, fighting alongside some almost famous adventurers. Over the years, more than a few would-be camp robbers learned of his skill with his knives, and his meat tenderizing mallet, the hard way. Joe earned enough experience as part of the party that he retired as 7th level adventure chef (whatever that might mean).
Bob is the name I tend to use for undead creatures or skeletons. It started off by calling skeletons 'skelebobs', but then they just turned into 'bobs' and now anything dead or undead is called Bob.
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