Gazebo attacks man!

[Tetsubo 57]

They ARE dangerous! RUN!!!

http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/erie/Wo...llapsed-gazebo

[Siegel]

The dreaded Gazebo strikes again !

[Morph Bark]

Good thing it did not have spikes, or those workers would have been in a... dire situation.

[Lev]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_and_the_Gazebo

[ashmanonar]

Good thing it did not have spikes, or those workers would have been in a... dire situation.

YEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHH!

[Paladineyddi]

There will come a day when the gazebo's will attack and we will all be either slaves or dead and the nerds are the only ones who saw it coming

[Thurbane]

I always throught the whole gazebo thing was that someone mixed the name up with glabrezu?

[Maerok]

I didn't know it had Improved Grab!

[Shenanigans]

I didn't know it had Improved Grab!

Only the dreaded Tonawanda subspecies of Gazebo has it. :)

[Telonius]

Only the dreaded Tonawanda subspecies of Gazebo has it. :)

Given the toughness that Tonawanda gazebos require to survive the harsh winters, it doesn't surprise me. (I think they appear in Frostburn, don't they?)

[Cieyrin]

I always throught the whole gazebo thing was that someone mixed the name up with glabrezu?

It's actually in reference to an old Knights of the Dinner Table strip about the party having encountered a gazebo and, being trigger happy adventurers who assume it's some monster and not a structure, trying to take it out and finding it to be much more durable than expected.

At least, that's how it was popularized, if not the original source.

[herrhauptmann]

But knights of the dinner table are referencing an older story, Eric and the Gazebo.
Someone's already linked it I believe.
edit:
I think the story I prefer for gaming legend is probably the Head of Vecna though. Partly just because the party ended up killing one another for it.
But the Gazebo, and Lanky's "Worst Dm ever," and Tuckers Kobolds are all awesome.

[Starbuck_II]

But knights of the dinner table are referencing an older story, Eric and the Gazebo.
Someone's already linked it I believe.
edit:
I think the story I prefer for gaming legend is probably the Head of Vecna though. Partly just because the party ended up killing one another for it.
But the Gazebo, and Lanky's "Worst Dm ever," and Tuckers Kobolds are all awesome.

Well, except for Lanky as he was almost killed in hisw second story. So I doubt he found it awesome. But yeah, it was a good reason.

[The Glyphstone]

Well, except for Lanky as he was almost killed in hisw second story. So I doubt he found it awesome. But yeah, it was a good reason.

Third story, technically. Second story was the imposter.

[Thurbane]

Hmm, maybe I just assumed the gazebo/glabrezu confusion then...

[Starbuck_II]

Third story, technically. Second story was the imposter.

Oh, right. I confuse those two.
Has Lanky write a fourth yet?
First was bad DM
Second was Imposter.
third was girlfriend and new friend fight dealing a game session.

[The Glyphstone]

Lanky hasn't logged on in...a long time. I can't even find him on the Members list.

[Kaun]

I think i missed Lanky's third story, does anybody have a link?

[Thrawn183]

I love that the comments on the story mention the gazebo encounter.

[Starbuck_II]

I think i missed Lanky's third story, does anybody have a link?

http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95189

Back to Gazebo:
I wonder how many Gazebos hurt people each year.

[herrhauptmann]

Most of them are probably hurt during construction of the gazebos.

I'd lash out at the guy hammering nails into me, wouldn't you?

[Kaun]

http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95189

Back to Gazebo:
I wonder how many Gazebos hurt people each year.

Wow how did i miss that one.

[avr]

There's a number of people in the UK who go to hospital due to injuries caused by tea cosies - each year. Gazebos have to be more dangerous.

[herrhauptmann]

There's a number of people in the UK who go to hospital due to injuries caused by tea cosies - each year. Gazebos have to be more dangerous.

Supposedly, of all household appliances, the one that puts people in the ER the most often, is the vacuum. For eyeball related injuries.
Bob: "The vacuum seems to be clogged, lemme see if I can see the problem." Looks straight into vacuum hose while trying to angle more light into the nozzle.
Mary: "Anything?"
Bob: "not yet."
Mary: "Keep checking. How about if I put it in reverse?"

[Lhurgyof]

I don't believe I've ever read the second story, link?

And oh boy... Our family friend got a Gazebo. Haven't been there since.

[ToySoldierCPlus]

Link to second story: In which the worst session comes back to haunt him. Sort of. You know, I'll be honest. The way he handled the worst session and its aftermath, and the way he handled this, I'm really impressed with. He was a lot more calm about all of it than I would have been. But the third part irks me, because it could have been avoided if he had just thought, "Hmm, my girlfriend doesn't like it when I flirt with other girls, even in the context of a roleplaying game, maybe I shouldn't do that when she's around." As far as I'm concerned, he definitely deserved a slapping (though never a stabbing) after that one, but this is off-topic.

On-topic: Eric and the Dread Gazebo was one of the first D&D Legends I ever heard. It's arbitrarily my favorite. I'll actually point out gazebos and warn people to be careful around them, basically acting like Durkon does around trees, just because of how much I like the story.

[Jan Mattys]

Most of them are probably hurt during construction of the gazebos.

I'd lash out at the guy hammering nails into me, wouldn't you?

So, Gazebos are Constructs now?

[Starbuck_II]

So, Gazebos are Constructs now?

Yes, but more like natural animated objects: they have Hardness (instead of DR).
Which is why the arrow did nothing.

[herrhauptmann]

Yes, but more like natural animated objects: they have Hardness (instead of DR).
Which is why the arrow did nothing.

Yup, hardness 21+ due to repeated castings of any number of transmutation spells. (I forget which ones raises hardness of metal/wood).
Thought that your adamant shortsword or dagger was a canopener you could hide to get yourself out of anything?? HaHAH! Not anymore. Good luck dealing enough damage to hurt it.

[Cieyrin]

Yup, hardness 21+ due to repeated castings of any number of transmutation spells. (I forget which ones raises hardness of metal/wood).
Thought that your adamant shortsword or dagger was a canopener you could hide to get yourself out of anything?? HaHAH! Not anymore. Good luck dealing enough damage to hurt it.

This is why you build your sunder monkeys with Sense Weakness, so you can reduce and then pierce hardnesses up to 24 with your standard adamantine implement of sequence breaking.