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The_Gootch
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posted June 23, 2003 03:37 PM |
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Post Your Memorable RPG Moments
I was playing FTL: 2448 one time a long time ago. Some NPC came up to me and asked me if I wanted to buy some jewelry. He said, and I quote, "This stuff is really hot!"
I though he meant that it was valuable.
Well, 2 days later I was in the hospital from radiation poisoning!
Another time, while playing Palladium Fantasy, my friend and I were trying to escape from some castle(they didn't like Wolfen).
We released some prisoner with really, really long nails and convinced him to attack the Captain of the Guard. We figured he'd be nothing more than a speed bump for the guards.
Well, the DM rolled 2 20s on his strike roll, and rolled max damage for both. He ended up tearing the Captain's throat out.
That's what happens when the DM lets you see his rolls. 
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Vlaad
Admirable
Legendary Hero
ghost of the past
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posted June 23, 2003 04:32 PM |
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This one's not mine actually, but here it goes ( for those who don't know what gazebo is - it's a small building with open sides) :
ED: You see a well-groomed garden. In the middle, on a small hill, you see a gazebo.
ERIC: A gazebo? What color is it?
ED: (Pause) It's white, Eric.
ERIC: How far away is it?
ED: About 50 yards.
ERIC: How big is it?
ED: (Pause) It's about 30 feet across, 15 feet high, with a pointed top.
ERIC: I use my sword to detect whether it's good.
ED: It's not good, Eric. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Pause) I call out to it.
ED: It won't answer. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Pause) I sheathe my sword and draw my bow and arrows. Does it respond in any way?
ED: No, Eric. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: I shoot it with my bow (rolls to hit). What happened?
ED: There is now a gazebo with an arrow sticking out of it.
ERIC: (Pause) Wasn't it wounded?
ED: Of course not, Eric! It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Whimper) But that was a plus-three arrow!
ED: It's a gazebo, Eric, a gazebo! If you really want to try to destroy it, you could try to chop it wih an axe, I suppose, or you could try to burn it, but I don't know why anybody would even try. It's a @#%$*& gazebo!
ERIC: (Long pause - he has no axe or fire spells) I run away.
ED: (Thoroughly frustrated) It's too late. You've awakened the gazebo, and it catches you and eats you.
ERIC: (Reaching for his dice) Maybe I'll roll up a fire-using mage so I can avenge my paladin...
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bort
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Discarded foreskin of morality
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posted June 23, 2003 07:30 PM |
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Guy I know wins major points for "best non-traditional use of a spell." You know that invincible sphere spell in D&D? Defensive spell, right? He cast it around a hill giant and rolled the giant off a cliff.
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Lord_Woock
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Daddy Cool with a $90 smile
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posted June 23, 2003 07:35 PM |
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clap, clap, clap, clap....
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privatehudson
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The Ultimate Badass
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posted June 24, 2003 01:25 AM |
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Well I'll copy mine from this thread
http://heroescommunity.com/viewthread.php3?TID=6843)
Once in our party we had a paladin played by a kid called ben who never went into battle without a suit of full plate mail armour on. When we came across a tower we got in and advanced into the ground floor room. Facing us was 4 basilisks (stone gaze creatures). Ben advanced boldly into battle, only to discover in the confines of the tower when our mage let off a lightning bolt it rebounded off a basilisk, straight into ben, into a wall, then straight back into ben. Being in full plate mail armour the paladin rapidly became something of a dead paladin in a metal tin
We Reseurrected ben and advanced up the stairs to the 1st floor, to find a hydra facing us. Once again ben charged yelling his battle cry. This time he succeeded in actually hitting the enemy, but 2 enemy heads bit huge holes in both him and his armour, leaving the paladin close to death. With only a mage, a rogue and a cleric (me)left the mage launched a fireball at the hydra, only he misjudged the range and set it off to close to ben. Ben Mk II died, this time of flame damage. The cleric proceded to wade in and finish the hydra off.
After we ressurected him AGAIN (we had scrolls) we took the next and final level to find a old black dragon..... This time ben took advice and we surrounded it, attacking from all sides and at the same time. Worse luck though, just prior to death the dragon raised itself up on it's hind legs and was immediately hit by about 4 blows. The dragon died, but Geuss who it fell towards? Yes ben, and this time despite being in perfect health, ben died as he failed to scramble away in time before the body crushed him.
This might not be so amusing, but for the fact that all of this took place in one night within 2 hours. To my knowledge no other character I've played with of D&D has ever been killed 3 times in 2 hours. The DM thankfully decided "Ben" had earnt his spell in the afterlife and refused to let us ressurect him again The player was not amused, but the rest of us were VERY amused.
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violent_flower
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Almost there.
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posted February 19, 2007 07:17 PM |
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Since I have not been around long I would some of you to post some more of your favorite RP’s. PLEASE!!!!!
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DKnight
Adventuring Hero
in Bloodhunting session
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posted December 01, 2007 01:06 AM |
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FFX when Tidus arrives at Besaid for the first time *sigh*old memories...
Kingdom Hearts II when Sora confronts Ansem with Riku.
Star Ocean III when Fayt and his party confront Gabriel Celesta.
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Mytical
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Undefeatable Hero
Chaos seeking Harmony
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posted December 01, 2007 07:27 AM |
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One of my favorites, and funniest moments in all of my rpg experience was a futuristic setting. Me and several other people had made up characters, and had played them for a long time. Some of our characters had very unusual traits thanks to the DM.
One of these characters was named Lucky McGraw. He became 'The luckiest man alive'. Apparantly for a bit, somebody forgot to tell 'fate' that however. Our ship was in a short period of time, hit by asteroids, attacked by another ship, and had some sabotage done to it. That was the bad luck part. Now, the ship could move, but had no shields and we were in the middle of the asteroids. Worse, our sensors were offline and the ship could only move backwards. So, if we moved the ship, we would be moving it blind. If we stayed, the asteroids would finish us.
So Lucky takes the Com of the ship, and starts pioloting it. Blind and backwards. We are all 100% sure we are going to die. Even the DM is 100% sure we are toast. So he rolls the dice. Lucky's 'luck' kicks in. He is able to successfully navigate through a dense asteroid field. We land on a planet (our destination) that is inhabited by a warrior group of females who think of men as little better then cattle. Lucky's 'luck' doesn't hold out, and they decide to make him a prisoner (though if you ask the guy who played lucky, his luck did hold out...after all it was as a concubine). When we left the planet he was being chased by a dozen warrior females....
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executor
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posted December 01, 2007 01:38 PM |
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Edited by executor at 13:41, 01 Dec 2007.
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These are maybe not as amusing as previous, but I'll post htem.
#1. We were playing low-lvl DnD, and our rogue wanted to gain a level of necromancer (or any wizard, but necro and diviner were the only ones in that remote town). Everyone tells GM what their advancement is, this guy says 'I'll pay the damn fee for tutorship and learn'(btw. we were funding this fee..., his share of wealth was not sufficient).
GM: So what do you guys do to entertain yourself while your sneaky fellow is studying intensively for 6 months? Then came an hour of our role play of romances, fun, meditation (my druid) etc., while his character only slept, learned and worked as a slave for the necro(no work - no teaching  )If only you saw this guy's facial expression  .
#2 This time I was the GM (fyi. I rarely cheat with dice), guy mentioned above was an elven fighter(irritating as usual). Another guy, who was rogue, was credited by the party as useless (there have been just one trap(however tough, thet did not know it ) and ~3 locks so far). And it happened that they fought outdoors with some tough monsters, 3 guys are damaged to unconciousness, elven fighter (with 0 hp) - "I fall to the grund and pretend unconcious". Remaining monster (one) moves to remove trapped sorcerer, while rogue (hid in some bushes, did not participate - a good coward role play) aims his crossbow, shots... critical hit + sneak attack = dead monster. Then elven fighter stands up, pats rogue on the shoulder and says "WE have shown them" .
#3 Again I was the GM, the guy above was an elven munchkin (yep - 3 basic and 2 prestige classes...) - really good I must say. It happened they were facing one of my cheesy monsters. Someone casts hold monster, suceeds, they damage the crit heavily, then my champion shrugs the spell off and full attacks the munchkin fighter. A few rolls and:
I: How many HP do you have... let's see...
guy: But I am unharmed and have 40 AC!
I: Good. Then the monster tears your head off with 4th, not 3rd hit.
guy:  ...  ... I really liked this character... 
everyone else:
And I did not cheat .
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baklava
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Mostly harmless
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posted December 02, 2007 10:47 AM |
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This one was several months ago, about 7 of us gathered to play, I took a bard just so that I don't have to do anything except screw around.
This is a loose translation, but you'll get the point.
(an inn was ransacked by some orclike creatures, maybe kobolds, and we go down into the basement)
GM: Alright, you find a hole in the wall, large enough for a man to get in.
A friend of mine: I take a torch and step inside it.
GM: You see a long corridor going down, and finally made into an upward cliff in the end, about 10 meters tall. There are ladders going down.
Me: Wait, so the kobolds entered the inn through the basement?
GM: Obviously, yes.
Me: So they dug that tunnel which goes through the wall?
GM: Mhm.
Me: Well how and why did they dig normally up to some point and then dug UPWARDS for 10 meters?
GM: What do you mean?
Me: They dug upwards for 10 meters. What, gravity doesn't work on kobolds?
GM: Well, um, they climbed on each others' backs and dag up.
Me: But how did they get up?
GM: Well the one at the top threw ladders to them.
Me: But why did they-
GM: JUST GET DOWN THE #%&@* LADDERS!
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money,
you got the blues."
Howlin Wolf
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Mytical
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Undefeatable Hero
Chaos seeking Harmony
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posted December 02, 2007 11:44 AM |
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Edited by Mytical at 12:40, 02 Dec 2007.
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LOL at the one right above me. That was classic... Though all have been entertaining so far
Our group came to a tower. There was two choices, up or down stairs.
To protect the not so innocent, going to call the other players I was playing with N and Other (N short for numbskull).
Other - Lets check up first. Hardly anything dangerous is ever upstairs.
Me - Ok, sure why not.
N - Wait, how tall is the tower?
GM - The top would be roughly 200' above the ground.
N - Ok, lets go up. (Why he asked about the height I never did find out)
GM - You climb up the stairs and arrive at the top of the tower.
Other - Wait, no doors before the top? Nothing to see?
GM - No it was an uneventful trip to the top, but there is a door at the top.
N - Check for traps.
GM (after rolling die) - No traps.
Other - I'll go into the room.
GM - The room has a bed, a dresser, some shutters, and what may be a hope chest. Nothing else is in the room
N - Check the chest for traps.
GM - No traps. (not even rolling die this time)
N - I open the chest.
GM - It is full of women's dresses.
N - Are they expensive looking?
GM - Common household dresses
N - Any jewelry on them?
GM - Nope just dresses.
N - I will check the other exit.
GM - Um, you mean the shutters?
N - Yeah, I will open them
GM - Ok, nice view of outside...
N - I am going through the exit.
GM - You mean the shutters???
N - Yeah.
I will leave the rest to your imagination. Needless to say he was a bit shocked when his character ended up dead....(Maybe because he was 200' up???)
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baklava
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Mostly harmless
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posted December 02, 2007 01:24 PM |
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 wtf lol
Anyways, this one was about a month ago. This time they didn't let me be a bard ("oh for chrissakes why don't you be something USEFUL for a change?") so I was some half-vampire rogue.
Again, a rather loose translation.
So the party (a human mage, a dwarf warrior, a half orc beastmaster, a dark elf warrior and me) arrive at a dark tower. Towers seem pretty popular among GMs. Around the tower there's dark fog and myst. The party hides behind a large rock about 100 meters from the tower.
GM: The entrance is guarded by two dark mages of unknown power.
Dark Elf Warrior: Well, we don't have a ranger, so they might kick our butts before we reach them.
Me: Is there any vegetation around the tower?
GM: (sigh) You have a Plan, don't you?
Me: (nods with a disturbing smile)
GM: There's some bush about 50 meters from the tower.
Me: Since it's dark everywhere, I have a bonus to sneaking, right?
GM: Sort of.
Me: Ok, I sneak to the bush. You guys (talking to the rest of the party) stay where you are. I'll make some noise in the bush - if both guards come to check it out, I'll sneak away and you'll be able to run across the field and enter the tower while they're away. If only one of them comes to see what's happening, you'll be able to take down the other one and then come after this one, since they'll be split.
Half Orc Beastmaster: You thought all that up right now?
Me: (victoriously nodding)
GM: (rolls a dice, obviously pissed off) So the guards didn't see you. What now?
Me: I make a noise in the bush.
GM: (rolls) Both guards come after you.
Me: Alright, I give the sign to everybody to go through the entrance into the tower, as I sneak away.
Everybody: Right, we enter the tower.
GM: (with a smile bigger than Africa) The door's locked. 
In the end, we managed to defeat the mages, though it was close... But anyway, that set the score to:
Me:1 - GM:1
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"Let me tell you what the blues
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money,
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Howlin Wolf
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Mytical
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Undefeatable Hero
Chaos seeking Harmony
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posted December 02, 2007 01:36 PM |
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Edited by Mytical at 13:39, 02 Dec 2007.
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I've played with some doozies. Short little scene. Dungeon, random encounter, forget the actually name of the creature but think it is gelationous cube? (Looks like a huge cube of jello). Again I was not DM. This one the GM was a dunce..
Me : Going to cast flaming arrow(was a mage btw. Most of my good spells had already been used). Staying as far away as possible.
Other : I am going to hide in the shadows and wait for it to pass.
GM : Ok.. (makes some rolls) the fire has gotten it's attention. It passes up the rogue.
ME : (I know that since it uses other means then sight that hiding in shadows won't do much good, but I think I can take it alone). Ok, another Flaming Arrow. Moving back as much as possible after.
Other : I am going to backstab the monster.
GM : Makes some rolls. Ok..the arrow really hurts it. Turning to the rogue. Your backstab kills it..
I didn't bother to explain to the DM, it has no 'back'....let alone the problem with sticking a non-magical dagger into a creature that digests people in full plate sometimes..
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wog_edn
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The Nothingness
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posted December 02, 2007 05:48 PM |
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I can still remember my first rpg (only shorted down version though, not exact conversation) ... where I managed to get my brain cooked within 5 minutes
I will do like Baklava and tell shorted-down story
GM: You walk through the city, everything is in ruins and no people seems to notice that you're there.
Me: Why not?
GM: (ignores me) One of the men walks toward you, but is looking like he looks through you and on something behind you.
Me: Behind who of us?
GM: It doesn't matter, any of you.
Me: Then I throw a stone on one of them to see if they can feel it.
GM: The stone goes through the man and he continue as nothing has happened. You are hungry and enter a tavern nearby. Inside the tavern there are no one, but when you take a closer look you notice a couple of eyes by the bar.
Me: Hey, mr. Eyes, can I get something to drink?
GM: The eyes stares at you without a sound, then turns around and a cup with beer is flying toward you. You grab the cup when you are about to drink, the beer simply disappear.
Me: Wtf?! Give me my money back!
GM: The eyes stare at you.
Other: Maybe we should leave?
Me: No way, I want my money back!
Other: No, we leave.
Me: I throw a chair at the eyes! *throwing chair*
GM: The eyes disappear and the appear again, then they focus at you and cook your brain.
Me: No way that's gonna happen! I want to roll the dice!
GM: Sure.
Me: ...
And you can guess how it ended 
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