Kerrick
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We've had a few... all of the below were with the same DM (Ralts).
#1: Rifts, a few years ago. Our patron (who also happened to be a really powerful D-Bee) wnated us to go to the ruins of Dachau (specifically the old showers) and recover an item there. He was gathering artifacts steeped in evil and horror so that he could gain godhood.
So, we go to Dachau. Turns out there's a huge base set up in a valley there - several canals lined with mines, bots guarding the fences, the whole nine yards. I suggested: "hey, why don't we scout around the ridge, see what we can see?" So we go scouting the ridge, which is a good half-mile from the base - no one really pays attention to us.
And what do we find? The old showers. The base below was the NEW Dachau. We found the item quite easily and went home without a fight. Despite being a little miffed that we wouldn't be getting involved in a potential ass-beating, the DM was qutie proud of us and gave us a ton of XP.
#2: Modern. One of the players, Matt, turned out to be a Modern god - he is the only person I know who can out-think Ralts when it comes to Modern. He's playng a fast hero named Winter Jackson, who has a big black Ford F-150, tricked out. His Drive skill is maxed out, even though we're only something like 1st level.
The situation: We were working for the government (one of those small, covert agencies like Dep't 7). We got the call about some technozombies who were shooting up the town in Dallas (or it might have been Austin, I don't recall). The cops had been involved in a shootout with them for something like an hour and a half; the zombies were wearing body armor, and were zombies.
We happened to be in the area, so we all pile into Winter's truck (all four of us), armed to the teeth, and cruise down Main Street. We find the police blockade, drive through the gap, and race down the street toward the zombies. Ralts is expecting us to stop and open fire on them. Noooo... Matt accelerates. He whips the wheel around, slewing the truck sideways (natural 20 Drive check) and slams into all three zombies (natural 20s again - we all saw it). Wiped out the zombies in one fell swoop. Then he jams on the gas and drives down a side street. The whole encounter took, in real time, less than a minute.
Ralts looks at Matt, looks down at his notes, opens his mouth, then closes it, then looks back up at Matt and said, "I hate you." We all drove back to base, mission complete, and Ralts thought of something else for us to do.
#1: Rifts, a few years ago. Our patron (who also happened to be a really powerful D-Bee) wnated us to go to the ruins of Dachau (specifically the old showers) and recover an item there. He was gathering artifacts steeped in evil and horror so that he could gain godhood.
So, we go to Dachau. Turns out there's a huge base set up in a valley there - several canals lined with mines, bots guarding the fences, the whole nine yards. I suggested: "hey, why don't we scout around the ridge, see what we can see?" So we go scouting the ridge, which is a good half-mile from the base - no one really pays attention to us.
And what do we find? The old showers. The base below was the NEW Dachau. We found the item quite easily and went home without a fight. Despite being a little miffed that we wouldn't be getting involved in a potential ass-beating, the DM was qutie proud of us and gave us a ton of XP.
#2: Modern. One of the players, Matt, turned out to be a Modern god - he is the only person I know who can out-think Ralts when it comes to Modern. He's playng a fast hero named Winter Jackson, who has a big black Ford F-150, tricked out. His Drive skill is maxed out, even though we're only something like 1st level.
The situation: We were working for the government (one of those small, covert agencies like Dep't 7). We got the call about some technozombies who were shooting up the town in Dallas (or it might have been Austin, I don't recall). The cops had been involved in a shootout with them for something like an hour and a half; the zombies were wearing body armor, and were zombies.
We happened to be in the area, so we all pile into Winter's truck (all four of us), armed to the teeth, and cruise down Main Street. We find the police blockade, drive through the gap, and race down the street toward the zombies. Ralts is expecting us to stop and open fire on them. Noooo... Matt accelerates. He whips the wheel around, slewing the truck sideways (natural 20 Drive check) and slams into all three zombies (natural 20s again - we all saw it). Wiped out the zombies in one fell swoop. Then he jams on the gas and drives down a side street. The whole encounter took, in real time, less than a minute.
Ralts looks at Matt, looks down at his notes, opens his mouth, then closes it, then looks back up at Matt and said, "I hate you." We all drove back to base, mission complete, and Ralts thought of something else for us to do.
