Originally Posted by
Friv
We played a mid-level game of D&D once in which we got into a fight with a high-level fighter and just absolutely wiped the floor with him. At the end of the fight, we had him defeated, stripped off his magic armor and sword, and then decided to let him go. He asked what we wanted, and we just shrugged and said that if he came back after us again, he'd better bring more nice magic items for us to take off him.
Later, we ended up working on the same side, and our fighter loaned this guy his own sword back for the duration of the fight.