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Trafaldi
Learned Scribe
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 Posted - 15 Oct 2003 : 17:12:30
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What are some of the weird and or funny ways you have died in a game.
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Some believe there is something more after death, if you really want to find out... go kill yourself and stop pestering me. |
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 15 Oct 2003 : 17:57:48
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| Well, While I myself did not die this way, it was hilarious none the less. We were travelling from town to town, as we usually did after... umm 'helping' the locals... when a young copper dragon who decided to errr... umm.. 'reward' us for our efforts in 'saving' the town from pirates... I guess he thought to get our attention with his flame breath.. but he uhhh miscalculated the path of his flame... lucky most of us were able to dive out of the way.. I uhhh 'heroically' ran to the woods to uhhh do something important, our gnome illusionist was not as lucky. Before you could say ka-bob, he was lit up like a christmas tree. The DM had him roll saving throws for all his magic items..all fifteen of them fail and blew up... the fact that he was the party's packer of molotov cocktails did not improve the situation... the Ground shook and groaned and a black plume of smoke and dust could be seen i think a mile away, that's how far I had appearently umm 'jogged' from the party. We never saw Nick again... we found some slime though and gave that a proper burial... we worked it out to -392hp when all was said an done. Of course it happened again about a month later (although not to such an extent) since the party thought that having the cocktails were worth the risk. |
It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
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Trafaldi
Learned Scribe
264 Posts |
Posted - 15 Oct 2003 : 22:08:18
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| Now that is a funny way to go out. I would have loved to seen the reactions to the dice rolls. |
Some believe there is something more after death, if you really want to find out... go kill yourself and stop pestering me. |
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
933 Posts |
Posted - 15 Oct 2003 : 22:33:52
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Not once...but TWICE...on different continents...I was eaten by a Grey Render. The DM thought it was AWFUL funny, because I wasn't even supposed to engage the renders...it just happened that way...
I was not a happy bard that day... |
My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm |
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Jander Sunstar
Learned Scribe
Turkey
275 Posts |
Posted - 15 Oct 2003 : 22:42:17
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In my game a curious barbarian looked to the dark priests who are protecting their temple from attacks(that was they were doing and they were detected). He showed himself and upps a hold spell broke lose. Although he was on the top of a roof(he was thinking himself as he was safe),they summonned a big vermin and the spiders ate him alive. HAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAA.
Do u think it isn't funny, well it is for me(great DM)
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Punish me if you will, for my hands are not clean. But deny me not my revenge!"
-Jander Sunstar |
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2003 : 07:34:37
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The Spiders were a cruel Nice touch.
As for the render, I sympathize. I too was eaten by a creature although i remember not the name, they were lizard-like and BIG..not dragons but just as well... we were hunting from a huge cash of gold and were actually digging for this buried treasure.. well these two creatures showed up ( I guess attracted by our digging) I do remember they could spit lightening. Anyways while my partner decided to go high and hide in the trees I thought If I were underground it would be better... This was my own stupidity ( a bad effect that seems to happen at the most horrible moments).Lacking a cave a ran to the roots of these huge trees and attempted to burrow... I only got about three feet down when it spotted me digging... I was a midday snack...
As for the reaction to the rolls, with the exception of me, everyone else ( who didn't take a brisk jog far away) had to roll a saving throw for the explosion... SHOCK AND AWE... well for my friend playing the gnome it was more like AAAAWWWWWWWWW!!!!! |
It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
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Vallandar
Acolyte
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 Oct 2003 : 08:41:37
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| A 2nd level thief in one of my games was exploring a ruined [and deserted] temple when he entered a large room and observed a rat running across the floor. Eager for the xp he chased it and when the rat ran under a door he broke it down and cornered the rat. At this point I looked up 'rat' in the monstrous manual alarming my player who had been injured by a poison trap earlier and had not realsied that rats could fight back. The thief fled, the rat gave chase, hit and did 2hp damafe- enough to kill him. |
'The sinews of war, unlimited money'
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Trafaldi
Learned Scribe
264 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2003 : 17:22:51
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| killed by a rat, now that is good, i havent seen that in quite some time. |
Some believe there is something more after death, if you really want to find out... go kill yourself and stop pestering me. |
Edited by - Trafaldi on 24 Oct 2003 16:37:19 |
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Arivia
Great Reader
Canada
2965 Posts |
Posted - 16 Oct 2003 : 21:47:21
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| I believe your creature is called a behir, Deimos. A rogue of mine once saw a curtained area, and jumped in blindly...right into, and down the toilet. If the 300' drop hadn't killed me, the aboleth at the bottom would have. |
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 18 Oct 2003 : 06:03:21
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 Vallander, I think yours takes the cake. Now that was funny! |
Hell hath no fury like all of Candlekeep rising in defense of one of its own.
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
829 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2003 : 07:57:08
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I agree with Bookwyrm,talking about the hunter becoming the hunted. |
Courage isn't the lack of fear but rather believing in and doing what you know is right even though fear is present.
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 19 Oct 2003 : 16:07:36
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Ok, You have it my friend, I've never nor have I ever heard of someone falling to a fearsome rat.... You may now hang your head in shame with good reason |
It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
829 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2003 : 04:55:10
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Can you imagine the thief in the next life, wherever that is for him
and someone asks him how he died.
Not even a Cranium rat at that Cardinal. |
Courage isn't the lack of fear but rather believing in and doing what you know is right even though fear is present.
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2003 : 06:31:48
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Don't mention Cranium Rats to me.... I hate those bloody things...
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It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
829 Posts |
Posted - 22 Oct 2003 : 15:10:56
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Originally posted by Cardinal Deimos
Don't mention Cranium Rats to me.... I hate those bloody things...
He he he he,I figured as much, I like them about as much as were-rats
myself. *shivers at the thought of them.* |
Courage isn't the lack of fear but rather believing in and doing what you know is right even though fear is present.
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Jander Sunstar
Learned Scribe
Turkey
275 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2003 : 11:22:42
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a rat can really kill someone. I saw one big as a dog, that fella can easily devour a cutie catty.I think that was a dire rat
I don't like cats though, but I don't prefer rats for them. |
Punish me if you will, for my hands are not clean. But deny me not my revenge!"
-Jander Sunstar |
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
829 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2003 : 11:39:51
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Originally posted by Jander Sunstar
a rat can really kill someone. I saw one big as a dog, that fella can easily devour a cutie catty.I think that was a dire rat
I don't like cats though, but I don't prefer rats for them.
A rat the size of a dog??? Let me see what you are drinking!!!
Smells of the contents of Jundar's glass
Just as I thought..Wild Turkey. |
Courage isn't the lack of fear but rather believing in and doing what you know is right even though fear is present.
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Jander Sunstar
Learned Scribe
Turkey
275 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2003 : 13:36:26
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A little dog I wanted to say not a pitbul or doberman. Maybe it was bigger than a terrier( ý m not sure that ý wrote these right)
Hey I did't drink anything, I saw it in the middle of the day.You don't believe me well then come and see our well fed sewer rats.
But I don't recomend it if you are a potential tourist.
Wild Tukey you love this turkey joke don't you
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Punish me if you will, for my hands are not clean. But deny me not my revenge!"
-Jander Sunstar |
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
829 Posts |
Posted - 25 Oct 2003 : 05:46:19
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I can't resist the jokes about Turkey.But i'll make it up to you and invite you to my home Nov.27 for dinner its our Thanksgiving Holiday and I want you there for dinner.
I am glad you realize I am joking.
As far as the huge rats,I have seen some really big ones myself.Makes my skin crawl thinking about them. |
Courage isn't the lack of fear but rather believing in and doing what you know is right even though fear is present.
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2003 : 06:21:54
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Originally posted by William of Waterdeep
I can't resist the jokes about Turkey.But i'll make it up to you and invite you to my home Nov.27 for dinner its our Thanksgiving Holiday and I want you there for dinner.
Woo!
Oh, and take a look here for some interesting rat facts; many surprising things, and many I'm sure you didn't want to know. (Like the FDA regulation on how many rodent hairs are allowed in how much peanut butter. I didn't know that was an issue . . . .)
It also gives the weight of the largest rat ever caught. Not the size, though, which is what I was looking for. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 : 06:33:56
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That's an interesting link Bookwyrm.
And you are right, there are some things described on there that are not generally know. For example, the exact frequency of a female's squeal...interesting.
What's more interesting is the fact that some of this material could be translated into gameplay.
I've got some tinkering to do...
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2003 : 07:42:09
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| Yes, I had that exact thought. Think of the possibilities for wererats and other ROUSes. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2003 : 08:02:57
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Actually, 'cranium rats' will be featured heavily in Wednesday night's game. The ideas that I have been thinking about, since reading this site could make the Primes adventure in Sigil all the more interesting....
Or maybe something from the Far Realm...
I'm not really sure about wererats though. I very rarely use any creatures of the were- type in my campaigns.
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2003 : 08:22:36
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| Don't worry. I just used that as an example, since it's the usual "rat" creature in D&D. At least as anything other than scene-discription. (A rat scurries among the debris, frightened by the party's approach . . . .) |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 : 08:30:35
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That's true. CRPG's are well know for that as well. I remember that Eye of the Beholder used that description more than once. So much so in fact, that I came to think that rats were the only inhabitants beneath Waterdeep...
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Edited by - The Sage on 26 Oct 2003 08:31:44 |
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2003 : 08:41:01
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| No, there were kobolds, kuo-toa, drow patrols, and a single beholder who, for some strange reason, kept a spike trap in his room . . . . |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
829 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2003 : 10:22:24
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Originally posted by Sage of Perth
Actually, 'cranium rats' will be featured heavily in Wednesday night's game. The ideas that I have been thinking about, since reading this site could make the Primes adventure in Sigil all the more interesting....
Or maybe something from the Far Realm...
I'm not really sure about wererats though. I very rarely use any creatures of the were- type in my campaigns.
Save those cranium rat tails Sage and Bookwym,a good income source if you need a little jink. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 26 Oct 2003 : 11:31:15
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Hmm...I hadn't thought of that . I think they are also used as a spell component, at least according to some of the homebrew spells from the D&D forums at WotC.
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Jander Sunstar
Learned Scribe
Turkey
275 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2003 : 12:53:14
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Originally posted by William of Waterdeep
I can't resist the jokes about Turkey.But i'll make it up to you and invite you to my home Nov.27 for dinner its our Thanksgiving Holiday and I want you there for dinner.
I am glad you realize I am joking.
As far as the huge rats,I have seen some really big ones myself.Makes my skin crawl thinking about them.
Well I must accept that you are successful
Thanks for your invitation but well I have an important exam that day, and I don't know my private plane can make it, since they banned concorde I am having a litte problem such as a dinner in Paris. You eat Turkey don't you, bone petite then I would like to taste your special thanks giving turkeys. |
Punish me if you will, for my hands are not clean. But deny me not my revenge!"
-Jander Sunstar |
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Master Dresdinn
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 27 Oct 2003 : 03:19:26
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Although he didn't like it much I got a kick out of what happend to one of my players. He kept making stupid comments about other characters, and getting into trouble were he wasn't supposted to. He even was responsible for a few innocent deaths in a local village. When a few of my other players had finally had enough of him. It was pretty good how they did it, I myself didn't realize what they were doing until it was to late.
They were ambushed by a band of theives as they moved from one village to another, near a rope bridge. They came up with a plan to cross the bridge one at a time while every one elts provided cover with their bows & magic. They made this player cross last, and cut one of the two support ropes just as he was half way across (increasing the balance check to 15). then they waited patiently for him to almost make it back to the other side, the whole time listening to him beg for his life. Then they droped the bridge completely. |
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