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    Bugbear in the Playground
     
    PaladinGuy

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    Default (Any) Killing a Player

    No, really. It almost happened.

    And no, I don’t mean the player’s character. I mean the actual player, due to something that occurred in game, had a brush with death.

    Scenario:

    The group has just defeated a large number of Sahaguin raiders on the open ocean, though they know this is not their normal habitats. They have managed to capture the Sahaguin baron who had been leading the attacks and were interrogating him. After finally getting the information they were looking for, they released him. He glanced over his shoulder as he dove off the boat, bared his teeth, and said “Since you were honest with me, I’ll give you one last piece of information, since it will do you no good. We weren’t the attack. We were the distraction.”

    The Event:

    DM (me): As the monstrous creature dives off the edge and hits the water, you have a dark sense of unease. Those of you looking over the side of the boat see a dark, massive shape beneath the waves. It isn’t long before one of the sailors on the ship sees the same shape and his reaction bring a chill to your blood…for his reaction is to run screaming towards the captain, crying out the name of the beast every sailor fears – “KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN”.

    Player 1: ::chokes on pizza, keels over and hits the floor::

    Player 2: ::uses experience as an EMT to quickly solve choking problem::

    Player 1: ::gasping for air:: Are you (expletive) kidding me? A (expletive) kraken?!

    I feel like I win a DM trophy for this.
    "We speak for the dead. We are all they have when the wicked steal their voice. But we do not owe them our lives."

    Roy Montgomery, NYPD Sgt., Castle

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    Barbarian in the Playground
     
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    Default Re: (Any) Killing a Player

    'last game, the bard died. that's why you're here.'
    'huh? if you needed another guy why didn't you resurrect him?'
    'it's not that simple...'

    but is he ok?
    Last edited by the humanity; 2010-08-30 at 01:36 PM.
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    Barbarian in the Playground
     
    Kaww's Avatar

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    Default Re: (Any) Killing a Player

    Quote Originally Posted by the humanity View Post
    'last game, the bard died. that's why you're here.'
    'huh? if you needed another guy why didn't you resurrect him?'
    'it's not that simple...'

    but is he ok?
    Are you joking?

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    Titan in the Playground
     
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    Default Re: (Any) Killing a Player

    The best I've ever done is made people laugh until we all got worried because they couldn't breathe (they were fine after a few minutes of panting).
    Peanut Half-Dragon Necromancer by Kurien.

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    Ettin in the Playground
     
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    Default Re: (Any) Killing a Player

    Quote Originally Posted by AtwasAwamps View Post
    No, really. It almost happened.

    And no, I don’t mean the player’s character. I mean the actual player, due to something that occurred in game, had a brush with death.

    Scenario:

    The group has just defeated a large number of Sahaguin raiders on the open ocean, though they know this is not their normal habitats. They have managed to capture the Sahaguin baron who had been leading the attacks and were interrogating him. After finally getting the information they were looking for, they released him. He glanced over his shoulder as he dove off the boat, bared his teeth, and said “Since you were honest with me, I’ll give you one last piece of information, since it will do you no good. We weren’t the attack. We were the distraction.”

    The Event:

    DM (me): As the monstrous creature dives off the edge and hits the water, you have a dark sense of unease. Those of you looking over the side of the boat see a dark, massive shape beneath the waves. It isn’t long before one of the sailors on the ship sees the same shape and his reaction bring a chill to your blood…for his reaction is to run screaming towards the captain, crying out the name of the beast every sailor fears – “KRAAAAAAAAAAAAAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN”.

    Player 1: ::chokes on pizza, keels over and hits the floor::

    Player 2: ::uses experience as an EMT to quickly solve choking problem::

    Player 1: ::gasping for air:: Are you (expletive) kidding me? A (expletive) kraken?!

    I feel like I win a DM trophy for this.
    You, sir, deserve a GIANT cookie.
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    Ettin in the Playground
     
    Kobold

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    I saw a player knock out the GM's tooth once. Not a good way to end the night.

    Also, Lanky.
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    Titan in the Playground
     
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    Quote Originally Posted by dsmiles View Post
    You, sir, deserve a GIANT cookie.
    …Just don't choke on it.
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    I define [optimization] as "the process by which one attains a build meeting all mechanical and characterization goals set out by the creator prior to its creation."
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    Titan in the Playground
     
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    Default Re: (Any) Killing a Player

    Quote Originally Posted by Greenish View Post
    …Just don't choke on it.
    lol... I'm rather glad I wasn't eating when I read this post.
    Peanut Half-Dragon Necromancer by Kurien.

    Current Projects:

    Group: The Harrowing Halloween Harvest of Horror Part 2

    Personal Silliness: Vote what Soulknife "Fix"/Inspired Class Should I make??? Past Work Expansion Caricatures.

    Old: My homebrew (updated 9/9)

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