RPG Crossings quotes

Life Long Companions

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:11:46 -0400

Dark elves are courteous, urbane folk, and can be very amiable companions when they have no pressing reason to kill you.

— Unknown

Creators

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:46:19 -0400

The creators may die, but the game lives on.

— Digital Doom
quote for Shadowrun after FASA went under and FanPro bought the rights to it.

Writing

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:25:57 -0400

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

— Robert Heinlein

We've All Seen This

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:47:10 -0500

No plan ever survives contact with the enemy.

— Napolean Bonaparte

Love or Practicality?

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:02:50 -0500

Lister: Love is what seperates us from animals
Rimmer: No, Lister. What seperates us from animals is that we don't use our tongues to clean our own genitals.

— Red Dwarf (BBC)

Different...

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:00:02 -0500

I owe Mr.Lister everything sir, if it wasn't for him, I'd be normal.

— Kryten - Red Dwarf (BBC)

Seven kinds of crap

Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:09:03 -0400

And that being the case, and since you, Captain, are invading our country by night, under cover of darkness, and I am a humble civilian, I think there's no rule to stop me from beating seven kinds of crap out of you until you tell me why you came here and when the rest of your mates are going to arrive. And that may take some time, sir, because up until now I have only discovered five types of crap.

— Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment, Sgt. Jackrum

I Just Want to See if I Can Steal Them

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:16:01 -0400

GM: Why on earth would you want his pants?
Rogue: I don't want them, I just want to see if I can steal them.
GM: Okay, Make your roll.
Rogue: *rolls*
GM: You now have his pants.

— "The Gamers"

The Guide on Towels

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:12:52 -0400

A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.

— Douglas Adams, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Famous Last Words

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:11:29 -0400

It's only an Ancient Green Dragon, guys, we can take it!

Giga-what?

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:09:53 -0400

One point twenty-one gigawatts?! What was I thinking?

— Doctor Emmett Brown; Back to the Future part 1

Overreacting

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:04:31 -0400

He wasn't gonna' bite you!

— Said one PC to the other after a powerful vampire is vanquished.

Keep Going

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:00:27 -0400

If you're going through hell, keep going.

— Winston Churchill

Kill a Man...

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:53:29 -0400

Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.

— Jean Rostand

Good 'ole Grimgor

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:49:32 -0400

I'm gonna stomp 'em to dust. I'm gonna grind their bones. I'm gonna burn down dere towns and cities. I'm gonna pile 'em up inna big fire and roast 'em. I'm gonna bash 'eads, break faces, and stomp on da bits dat are left. An' den I'm gonna get really mean.

— Grimgor Ironhide, Black Orc Warboss