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Apr. 20th, 2009 07:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingMe: "I've just discovered an interesting new term in RPG rules discussions - the 'bag of rats' rule"
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torrain: "Sounds intriguing. What's that?"
Me: "Well, D&D Warlocks get superpowers when an enemy they have 'cursed' dies. The Bag Of Rats rule says, in essence, that a Warlock can't carry around a bag of pre-cursed rats and bash them against a wall any time he needs a good, long teleport. Generalising, it's requiring that your powers have a meaningful target before they start working."
torrain: "Oh! So it prevents just having a bucket of mice and a potato masher!"
Why am *I* supposed to be the sick one, here?
torrain: "Sounds intriguing. What's that?"Me: "Well, D&D Warlocks get superpowers when an enemy they have 'cursed' dies. The Bag Of Rats rule says, in essence, that a Warlock can't carry around a bag of pre-cursed rats and bash them against a wall any time he needs a good, long teleport. Generalising, it's requiring that your powers have a meaningful target before they start working."
torrain: "Oh! So it prevents just having a bucket of mice and a potato masher!"Why am *I* supposed to be the sick one, here?