AkumaWolf
2007-05-05, 07:46 PM
Another story from a fellow DM... but I don't know if it's taken from a Dragon Magazine or something. (I've been proved wrong before) :smallcool:
Anyway... this one particular DM ran two campaings for two parties of different people, both in the same world...
One was a good party and one was an evil party... and they interacted with each other in this world... sometimes they would face off and fight head-to-head... other times (when the other party wasn't playing) they would see what influences the other party had in the world during their induvidual campaings (quest they've completed... honour they've gained... moster they've defeated est.)
But all in all... it was a fun game to see what one party could do to skrew the other party over...
Then the good party had a plan... (and since the evil party actually fell for it, meant they deserved what was coming for them... cause they're so stupid)
Okay... so the good party found a dungeon and cleared it of all baddies... then they found a suitable place in the dungeon that looked like an altar room of some sort (someplace that you'de find a powerful artifact)...
Then... they placed a random human skull (one they just found laying around in the dungeon) and put it in this room...
They then made *sure* that the evil party would find out about this and would get someone to convince them that the skull is a uber-powerful artifact... but there's a catch... in order to use this powerful skull artifact... they have to first cut off their own head and replace it with the skull...
This didn't discourage the evil party one bit... and off they went to the dungeon to claim their prize... :smalltongue:
Apparently... the druid in the evil party got greedy, and decided to go on ahead and see if he could claim the prize for himself... and he did actually find it... but then he had a problem...
Now that he was alone, how was he going to cut off his own head and replace it with a skull?
A few moments later, he came up with and breakthrough!
He would summon a monkey... give it his simitar... and try to get it to lob his head off and replace it with the skull...
It worked! (partially)
When the rest of the evil party came to the artifact room... they found a headless druid and a curious looking monkey with a simitar in it's hands... skull still on it's pedestal.
But of course... then came the arguments... the arguments of who rightfully deserves it that their heads be cut off.
Yes... these people actually argued over who get's to lose their head...
Finally, it was decided who get's to wear the skull... and so went forth the barbaric ritual that involved cutting off your allies head and replacing it with a skull...
But wait a minute... it didn't work :smalltongue:
So they tried the next guy in line...
Didn't work either...
Eventually... there was only one party member left.... but he wasn't gonna give up!:smallamused:
He divised a crazy plan that allowed him to lob his own head off and let the skull fall gently in it's place...
And *much* to his surprize... NOTHING HAPPENED! :smalltongue:
And that's how the good party got the evil party to kill themselves...
Now... I've always thought this story as fake.... cause no one can be that stupid....
But then again.... there are some D&D players.... :smallwink:
EDIT: I think this is the 'head of vecna' thing I hear so much about... is that correct?
Anyway... this one particular DM ran two campaings for two parties of different people, both in the same world...
One was a good party and one was an evil party... and they interacted with each other in this world... sometimes they would face off and fight head-to-head... other times (when the other party wasn't playing) they would see what influences the other party had in the world during their induvidual campaings (quest they've completed... honour they've gained... moster they've defeated est.)
But all in all... it was a fun game to see what one party could do to skrew the other party over...
Then the good party had a plan... (and since the evil party actually fell for it, meant they deserved what was coming for them... cause they're so stupid)
Okay... so the good party found a dungeon and cleared it of all baddies... then they found a suitable place in the dungeon that looked like an altar room of some sort (someplace that you'de find a powerful artifact)...
Then... they placed a random human skull (one they just found laying around in the dungeon) and put it in this room...
They then made *sure* that the evil party would find out about this and would get someone to convince them that the skull is a uber-powerful artifact... but there's a catch... in order to use this powerful skull artifact... they have to first cut off their own head and replace it with the skull...
This didn't discourage the evil party one bit... and off they went to the dungeon to claim their prize... :smalltongue:
Apparently... the druid in the evil party got greedy, and decided to go on ahead and see if he could claim the prize for himself... and he did actually find it... but then he had a problem...
Now that he was alone, how was he going to cut off his own head and replace it with a skull?
A few moments later, he came up with and breakthrough!
He would summon a monkey... give it his simitar... and try to get it to lob his head off and replace it with the skull...
It worked! (partially)
When the rest of the evil party came to the artifact room... they found a headless druid and a curious looking monkey with a simitar in it's hands... skull still on it's pedestal.
But of course... then came the arguments... the arguments of who rightfully deserves it that their heads be cut off.
Yes... these people actually argued over who get's to lose their head...
Finally, it was decided who get's to wear the skull... and so went forth the barbaric ritual that involved cutting off your allies head and replacing it with a skull...
But wait a minute... it didn't work :smalltongue:
So they tried the next guy in line...
Didn't work either...
Eventually... there was only one party member left.... but he wasn't gonna give up!:smallamused:
He divised a crazy plan that allowed him to lob his own head off and let the skull fall gently in it's place...
And *much* to his surprize... NOTHING HAPPENED! :smalltongue:
And that's how the good party got the evil party to kill themselves...
Now... I've always thought this story as fake.... cause no one can be that stupid....
But then again.... there are some D&D players.... :smallwink:
EDIT: I think this is the 'head of vecna' thing I hear so much about... is that correct?