luthais
2014-01-05, 11:24 PM
Ok, so the run down...
At our last session, our group was fighting gargoyles and shadows. The group is lvl 6, consisting of human paladin, human witch variant, firbolg variant warblade(me), nothrogg barbarian, gnome favored soul, catfolk bard, human rogue, human necromancer, and kitsune oracle. After dispatching the gargoyles, the shadows move in. Most are dead now, thanks to having access to deathward. Well, the original idea was we we're going to be attacked by drow. The town has 10ft walls on three sides, a 250ft drop from a cliff on the last side. During the prep stage, we had placed 35 rocks along the cliff with explosives runes on them. Myself, the paladin, and the necromancer knew the command word. They were also rigged to explode on impact. During the last round, the favored soul ran over to grab up the rocks to use. As a joke, I whispered to the dm that I say the command word.... BOOOOOM! The gnome takes the full brunt of the blast, manages to dodge the rocks on the way down, but lands at the bottom of the huge rock pile. Dead as a door nail.
Now, the dm and I both offer to take it back and pretend it never happened.The gnome player laughed and thought it was a brilliant plan, considering we have a running gag of killing the gnome every chance we get. Here's where the trouble starts. The witch's player has a huge problem of playing himself, not the character. Not to mention, metagaming. He has made it perfectly clear he intends to kill my character for what I did. My character wasn't close to anybody when I said it. Couple that with others knowing the command word, and the impact trigger, and there shouldn't be any possible way for him to know I was the one that did it.
The gnome has taken all this in stride, even allowing us to create a custom reincarnation table for him to roll with. The dm even offered to create an entire character for him, and said he could look at it and have customization options as well. But, the witch still thinks he can simply come up and kill me flat out.
Now, I would like some opinions on how to diffuse the situation first. I'm not sure how the witch will react if he dies. Probably badly, knowing him. Failing that, some tips on how to put him down quickly in a fight. I know he loves to use fiery burst and burning hands. He is using a homebrew variant. Also, if anyone has an idea for fire immunity or resistance for cheap, I'd appreciate it greatly.
At our last session, our group was fighting gargoyles and shadows. The group is lvl 6, consisting of human paladin, human witch variant, firbolg variant warblade(me), nothrogg barbarian, gnome favored soul, catfolk bard, human rogue, human necromancer, and kitsune oracle. After dispatching the gargoyles, the shadows move in. Most are dead now, thanks to having access to deathward. Well, the original idea was we we're going to be attacked by drow. The town has 10ft walls on three sides, a 250ft drop from a cliff on the last side. During the prep stage, we had placed 35 rocks along the cliff with explosives runes on them. Myself, the paladin, and the necromancer knew the command word. They were also rigged to explode on impact. During the last round, the favored soul ran over to grab up the rocks to use. As a joke, I whispered to the dm that I say the command word.... BOOOOOM! The gnome takes the full brunt of the blast, manages to dodge the rocks on the way down, but lands at the bottom of the huge rock pile. Dead as a door nail.
Now, the dm and I both offer to take it back and pretend it never happened.The gnome player laughed and thought it was a brilliant plan, considering we have a running gag of killing the gnome every chance we get. Here's where the trouble starts. The witch's player has a huge problem of playing himself, not the character. Not to mention, metagaming. He has made it perfectly clear he intends to kill my character for what I did. My character wasn't close to anybody when I said it. Couple that with others knowing the command word, and the impact trigger, and there shouldn't be any possible way for him to know I was the one that did it.
The gnome has taken all this in stride, even allowing us to create a custom reincarnation table for him to roll with. The dm even offered to create an entire character for him, and said he could look at it and have customization options as well. But, the witch still thinks he can simply come up and kill me flat out.
Now, I would like some opinions on how to diffuse the situation first. I'm not sure how the witch will react if he dies. Probably badly, knowing him. Failing that, some tips on how to put him down quickly in a fight. I know he loves to use fiery burst and burning hands. He is using a homebrew variant. Also, if anyone has an idea for fire immunity or resistance for cheap, I'd appreciate it greatly.