* * * Wizards Community Thread * * * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thread : Good Gaming Tales... Started at 12-13-04 05:27 PM by vechron Visit at http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=351078 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 1] Author : vechron Date : 12-13-04 05:27 PM Thread Title : Good Gaming Tales... Anyone have any funny or amazing gaming tales to relate? Impossible odds beat by players, hillarious accidents or actions taken or an awesome quote? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 2] Author : Torack Date : 12-14-04 03:54 AM Well, I'm currently DM'ing a group through the Sunless Citadel, and there hasn't been a trap yet they haven't triggered. Somehow the whole idea of searching a room is lost to them. Quite amusing I must say. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 3] Author : dndgameupdate1 Date : 12-14-04 06:58 AM Thread Title : Funny Combat NPC cook, had a wooden spoon in each hand, apron, that's about it. :) A ninth level ranger tried to sap him with the flat of his sword. :mad: The cook was not surprised, roll initiative. :cool: Cook wins initiative and does two called shots with the spoons, one to each eye. He rolls a nat 20 and 17! :D The ranger stumbles backwards, holding his hand up to his face! :weep: The entire gaming table shouts as I the horrible DM do the pee pee dance of death! :eek: The npc cook then shouts out, "Sorry!" :rolleyes: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 4] Author : 3Man20 Date : 12-14-04 12:32 PM Party attacked by a group of Stirges, one of which successfully hits and attaches itself to the Dwarven fighter. Next round. Dwarf attempts to kill Stirge with his axe, while Female Fighter standing next to him attempts to kill the same Stirge. Dwarf has highest initiative. Swings, rolls a nat 1 and fumbles, nearly cutting his arm off. Other fighter swings, rolls a nat 1, fumbles, and does max damage to the Dwarf. Poor Dwarf goes from 16 HP to -4 in a split second, while the Halfling Thief doubles over with laughter at the Dwarf's misfortune. I really don't ever recall seeing two players roll consecutive 1's, but this party is rather adept at rolling them... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 5] Author : MadBall Date : 12-15-04 08:59 AM Category Unlucky Rolls: I played an Half-Elf Ranger/Bard and I was very fond of having a very stylish Arquebus. But I managed it to date to only fire 4 shots of it, which every shot to be a 1! THAT is no Joke! It was not 4 ones in a row. It was rather 4 shots at 5 or 6 evenings in variuos separate situations. I am now a bit frightened to fire this gun again. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 6] Author : WizO_Randal Date : 12-16-04 12:14 PM Friend of mine had been playing a wizard who liked knives. Armed to the teeth with knives this mage was ready to bear. One problem, one we worked out real early, Friend was fond of rolling nat 1's. In one combat alone, we saw him put all 5 daggers, a shortsword, three broken daggers and a broken arrow into the same tree.... He aint ever gonna live that one down ;) Randal PS dont ask me about my wild mage and wizard teaming up... wild surged grease and fireball spell combo is nasty -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 7] Author : codeman Date : 12-16-04 12:44 PM I have alot of good tales in my many yearsog gaming but one of my favorites is a 4th level paarty beating the following.... 1 abyssal demon 2 oriental dragons 3 tarrasques and a paraelemental destroyed my kitty ummm... kitty is another story for another time.. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 8] Author : MadBall Date : 12-17-04 07:31 AM Category most unlucky shot: We were tavelling by sea in a sailing ship and came under attack by a Priate Ship. I was playing a Ranger and decided to shot some fire arrows as soon as the enemy ship comes in range. I managed to land some excellent shots on the ship and it soon began to burn. Unluckily we all did not noticed that there were some people on the enemy ship that did the same, so we all ended up in the water in full gear and hardly managed to stay alive because no one did take swimming as a proficiency -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 9] Author : MadBall Date : 12-17-04 07:55 AM Category DoNots: One guy in our group allways managed it to cause something which spells imidiate doom on our group. He... - simply looked into the deep sea saying: Better check for Sahuagin attacks, therefor the DM rolled a dice to see wether there could be an attack and second after that we were assaulted by Sahuagin. - simply looked into a hole leading to a large dark cavern saying: I wonder how deep this goes, and throws a stone into the pit. As a result the group found itself imprisoned by Drow a few minutes and lots of cursing, swearing and running around later... - simply burned in the writhing flames of a dragons breath shouting: Die, Dragon, my Faith shields me! forgetting that he should rather put faith in his shield then vice versa... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 10] Author : failhelm Date : 12-17-04 09:43 AM Thread Title : Action Jackson "A Cavalier's Story" The Cavalier (of roman decent) decided that he needed to find some action. So he went down the docks at night looking for trouble. The cavalier was sore thumb on the docks with his newly found wealth (see giant) and nice armor, he was an easy target. I had pre-rolled city encounters to occurr @ certain times when players were in the city. That's right, it was time for a night encounter in the city; Wererats - 9 of them. This cavalier even though only 3rd level had slain a Stone Giant and the Giant Wasp people from FF, so he felt pretty tough and accomplished. He was lured into the alley and jumped him (he knew it was a trap, can you say ego). He was fine until they turned into wererats, and he realized he was in big trouble for being so arrogant. Long story short (too late!) he defeated them and returned to the Halfling for healing, all the while starting to feel very sick. The halfling diagnoses the Cavalier with a dangerious disease that had already started to work itself on the cavaliers now weakened state. She begins to tend to him when the Halfling rememberd that they had picked up an unmarked Elixer in their travels, being curious she took a sip to see if it might be an Elixer of Health or something. Keep in mind that due to STR loss the cavalier was unable to do anything for himself. Elixer of Madness - I roll 1-10, so the halfing went berserk for 1 round. The halfling put her dagger through his neck and sword into his chest cavity. I then rolled for the halfling again on the madness and she wandered away fro 1 turn. When the fighter retunred to the Inn, he discovers the body, just as a guard is coming down the hallway. He is taken into custody for murder. They eventually find the halfling and determain cause of death. Is that Magical Manslaughter? The party pulls a favor with a magic-user whom places the halfling into a sepia snake sigil and they return her body to her village until they can return to heal her madness. The cavalier still can't believe that a halfling cleric of a healing god dropped him in one round. P.S. he learned his lesson (I hope) The end. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 11] Author : shadowelf Date : 12-18-04 10:52 AM This was from a Runequest game. I was playing a nervous character, new to the party, and I was left on watch. So purely in a role-playing spirit I decided that the grass was waving in the breeze and shouted out "There's somethng out there!" One of the other PCs responded by casting "Detect Enemies" and discovered six cretures - the DM's carefully prepared trollkin ambush. In the opposite direction to the one I'd been looking. The DM eventually forgave me. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 12] Author : vechron Date : 12-18-04 12:09 PM Thread Title : Honor amongst thieves I was running a game once in a dungeon of my own creation; it was a crypt created to hold the master thief Shadowblade's body and treasure. Having passed several nasty traps, the party came upon a flight of steps with a door at the bottom. The cleric and paladin sat down for a rest while the two(not so friendly) thieves decided to check out the door. One thief wandered down the steps to the door and proceeded to examine it for traps. The other, not trusting of his fellow thief, followed down the steps, triggering the trap; a weight tripped step set to go off after a second person stepped on it. From the top of the steps, a large block was pushed out by a mechanism, teetered dangerously on the edge and then began a quick slide down the stairwell. As the other thief reached the bottom step, they found the door steel plated an unable to hack through. As they turned and were deciding to try and stop the massive 3 ton block together, they spied a small crevice only big enough for one; the cat fight ensued as the massive block gained speed down the stairwell. A quick roll for DEX and a strength test allowed one the crevice, while the other stared at the block now flying towards him. In a moment fuel with revenge and humor, the soon-to-be-flat thief grabbed the other thief by the arm, leaving his appendage out in the hall as the massive block swept by smashing the vengful thief and removing the limb of the "lucky" thief. As the block slid bye and knocked down the fake steel plated door, the "lucky" thief ran up the stairs in a state of panic ran back to the fountain clearly marked with a sign reading "Fountain of Healing". Two things were learned that day: *There is no honor among theives. *Never drink from a fountain labeled "Fountain of Healing" in a thief's crypt. The fountain was pure poison; if he had taken a moment to address the skeletons in the bottom of the fountain, the thief would have learned this minus the failed saving throw. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 13] Author : MadBall Date : 12-21-04 11:02 AM Category most useless Character: I once played a human Ranger using the Falconer Kit and received a very good Falcon, because I assumed having a Falcon would gave me a bit more to do within the group then just tracking and backing up the wizard or thief. So our group setup to save someones day and nearly all locations which were involved were indoors, so I was forced to leave my falcon nearly 90 percent outside and the few moments where I was able to use the Falcon I either fumbled rolls or did not let loose the falcon in fear that he would be smashed by someone (-4 on all rolls for several weeks!)... I dearly loved my character and the Falcon but it was the most useless character career I have yet encountered. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 14] Author : DmJoeSolarte Date : 12-21-04 09:45 PM We were playing the classic Marvel Super Hero game back in 1992 or so. In our campaign, we had one campaign done with a major group of us, where either myself or this other guy GM'd. If I was not gming, I played my character, Merlin (imagine a magic user in the Marvel Universe- I converted the 1st Edition ADnD spell list for Marvel use). If it was just me and my brother playing, he DM'd and in our world, the Fantastic Four were cowardly hero's (and actually villains in the shadows, but never in the open). Anyway, I wanted to do a version where General Zodd and his cronies were going to come to earth and threaten all. In our campaign, btw, at this time, the Avengers consisted of generally speaking of Iron Man SuperMan Thor Merlin a character that was essentially Ryu or Ken from Street Fighter 2 a Green Lantern a few others. I put them on a campaign where they were out in a different galaxy or dimension to keep them away from earth for a time. Back on earth, when my brother and I would play on our own, we did it where either 5 or 7 Kryptonian villains escaped from the Phantom Zone. They came to earth, started to take on the world and the Avengers were off planet and had no clue to what was going on. The Fantastic Four in our world, which among other things consisted of "The Real Iron Man" which was Lex Luthor using his own version of Iron Man armor (in our campaign he hated both SuperMan and Iron Man) as well as then Child Actor Corey Haim (was Magneto) and Gary Coleman (was DonkeyKong). They at first wanted to cooperate with the Kryptonians in one of their world conquest plots, but when they realized they had to help the Kryptonians publically (and thus mess up their image) they tried to fight back but got their butt's kicked on national TV. They forced the Fantastic Four to go with them as they st arted trying to draw the Avengers out into the open. Anyway, eventually the Avengers returned. We had our big gaming session and we were all playing on a big table. The battle commenced, we were using the maps that came with the MSH set. it came down to where Superman and Non (the big Kryptonian) were going to get into a big wrestling match. They rolled, it was a draw in the test of strenth. Iron Mans turn- My brother declares he is going to use his jet pack and rocket straight up 10 area's, to get elevation. His Plasma cannon was most effective in damage at th at range. He get's up there, which is next to a building. Even though at this point, I think the Avengers were not doing so good in the battle (I think She Hulk and Ryu had been KO"d), the Fantastic Four were on site but were not helping cause they did not want to risk being on the losing side. My brother declared he was charging his plasma cannon. Superman's turn, he and Non make resisted Strength rolls and both roll red, meaning it is a draw. I declare "Gary Coleman is up there watching on the 10th floor, watchin Superman vs Non, Right where Iron Man is, right?" The GM is like "sure" so I smile, since we have had two draw rounds between Superman and Non. I go "Gary Coleman is all watching, and he looks at Iron Man floating up there on the 10th story. He goes "Oh look! The Big One is Just as Strong as Superman!!! in the same tone that the one bimbo in Superman 2 the movie said during the battle. We all broke out laughing when I did that. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Downloaded from Wizards Community (http://forums.gleemax.com) at 05-10-08 08:15 AM.