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Murphies

In the neverending quest for gaming humor, someone posted a few new Murphies in rec.arts.frp.misc, a "Murphie" being a ridiculous gaming system rule:

  • Practice makes perfect
    • In RuneQuest, an untrained assassin with a dagger sneaking up on someone asleep on the floor has a 50% chance of missing completely with the attack.

  • Superman in the street
    • An average man in Golden Heroes will get up and walk away after having a safe dropped onto him from a height of 20 metres. This man would also be capable of throwing a television the same distance.

  • Total superiority
    • In Tunnels and Trolls, after two minutes of melee combat, no matter how large the battle, everyone on one side will always be completely unscathed.

  • Clash of feet
    • In RuneQuest, characters who know martial arts do more damage with a critical hit when kicking than with a critical hit when using a battleaxe.

  • It's tough on kids these days
    • An ordinary adolescent in Rolemaster has around 15 Body (Hit Points) and skill of about +15 in a weapon. Using the Creatures and Treasures supplement, he would easily be defeated by a rat, while an owl would finish several such opponents. Even removing a spider from the bath could result in serious wounds.

  • Cicero's ad diversos by megaphone
    • Civilised nobles in RuneQuest cannot read or write.

  • Dangerous houses/li> Rolemaster requires Movement/Manoeuvre rolls for almost any action a character takes. Using the tables given, the average person will fall down the stairs at home once every 3 or 4 years.

  • Unbalanced combat
    • In AD&D 2nd Edition, a Ranger or Barbarian may use a weapon in each hand. He may use a longsword or a bastard sword in one hand and a shortsword in the other, but may not use two shortswords.

  • Heavy metal dancing
    • In GURPS, the more armour you wear, the easier it is to dodge.

    Chuckling? For more, check out the original Murphy's Rules and Dork Tower and the successor, Joe Genero. Finally, there's the Canonical List of Famous Last Words.

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