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<blockquote data-quote="Sound of Azure" data-source="post: 3062996" data-attributes="member: 40749"><p>Hello All,</p><p></p><p>After an experience at my last game session, I was wondering if anyone here has had excellent plans that have gone <strong>Horribly, Horribly Wrong (tm), </strong> due to bad luck, miscommunication betwen players, or anything like that?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's what happened to my PC:</p><p></p><p>My character, Father Osman and his young protege Mallik, Mellick the guild thief, and the Guild Wizard Zellyr were delving into an underground complex searching for the spellbook of an important wizard named Yinthross. Not far in, we encountered some Red Wizards of Thay who were looking for the same thing.</p><p>After a close battle we'd defeated two of the wizards, sorely pressed as they had several magic wands and scrolls. Mallik and Mellick donned the robes of the two wizards to try and disguise themselves, while Father Osman and Zellyr went <em>invisible</em>.</p><p></p><p>After some scouting and judicious use of Clairvoyance, we discovered some more Red Wizards nearby, who were coming to investigate the apparent disappearance of two of their brethren on patrol. We hatched a plan to lure them into the room, while Father Osman stole his way down the hall to take care of their leader down the hall. The others would take care of the two Underwizards.</p><p></p><p>Things didn't quite work out. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>The DM's dice were hot, and the lead wizard succeeded on his saves against <em>Hold Person</em> and <em>Clutch of Orcus</em>, and he rolled high on his damage with his retaliatory <em>Magic Missile</em>, leaving Father Osman hurt badly. Then, the clincher. My protege Mallik had gone down the hall after me, and successfully bluffed the Red Wizrd into believing he was truly one of his brethren. Mallik then pointed his wand of <em>Lightning bolt</em> at Father Osman, further adding to the ruse. </p><p></p><p>Thinking quickly, Father Osman made a bluff of his own, faking a casting of <em>Dominate Person</em> on my protege, proclaiming "You are under my power, Peon! Attack your master with the wand and strike him down!", trusting Mallik to help me out. Apparently not. He said 'No! I resist your power!" and let loose with a <em>lightning bolt </em> right through the Father!</p><p> Osman made the save, but since he was already hurt, he went unconscious (at -3 HP). The Red Wizard, then sneered and ordered Mallik to accompany him to assist the other Wizards in their search for the missing patrol.</p><p></p><p>Luckily, the Thief Mellick had also broke with the plan and helped Father Osman (he asked for a favour later) by administering a healing potion.</p><p></p><p>We crept up the hall to discover a full on magical battle between the Guild Mage Zellyr and 2 Red Wizards, their Leader, and our supposed comrade!</p><p></p><p>Talk about a screwed up plan! <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> We managed to succeed, thanks to a well-rolled <em>Fireball</em>, and a judicious use of <em>Wrack</em> on the Leader, thus taking him out of the fight.</p><p></p><p>We actually spared my protege after talking firmly to his Player. Mallik is even more a slave to my PC than he was before. Should create an interesting dynamic next session.</p><p></p><p>So, anyone got any interesting stories of Plans Gone Wrong? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sound of Azure, post: 3062996, member: 40749"] Hello All, After an experience at my last game session, I was wondering if anyone here has had excellent plans that have gone [B]Horribly, Horribly Wrong (tm), [/B] due to bad luck, miscommunication betwen players, or anything like that? Here's what happened to my PC: My character, Father Osman and his young protege Mallik, Mellick the guild thief, and the Guild Wizard Zellyr were delving into an underground complex searching for the spellbook of an important wizard named Yinthross. Not far in, we encountered some Red Wizards of Thay who were looking for the same thing. After a close battle we'd defeated two of the wizards, sorely pressed as they had several magic wands and scrolls. Mallik and Mellick donned the robes of the two wizards to try and disguise themselves, while Father Osman and Zellyr went [I]invisible[/I]. After some scouting and judicious use of Clairvoyance, we discovered some more Red Wizards nearby, who were coming to investigate the apparent disappearance of two of their brethren on patrol. We hatched a plan to lure them into the room, while Father Osman stole his way down the hall to take care of their leader down the hall. The others would take care of the two Underwizards. Things didn't quite work out. :D The DM's dice were hot, and the lead wizard succeeded on his saves against [I]Hold Person[/I] and [I]Clutch of Orcus[/I], and he rolled high on his damage with his retaliatory [I]Magic Missile[/I], leaving Father Osman hurt badly. Then, the clincher. My protege Mallik had gone down the hall after me, and successfully bluffed the Red Wizrd into believing he was truly one of his brethren. Mallik then pointed his wand of [I]Lightning bolt[/I] at Father Osman, further adding to the ruse. Thinking quickly, Father Osman made a bluff of his own, faking a casting of [I]Dominate Person[/I] on my protege, proclaiming "You are under my power, Peon! Attack your master with the wand and strike him down!", trusting Mallik to help me out. Apparently not. He said 'No! I resist your power!" and let loose with a [I]lightning bolt [/I] right through the Father! Osman made the save, but since he was already hurt, he went unconscious (at -3 HP). The Red Wizard, then sneered and ordered Mallik to accompany him to assist the other Wizards in their search for the missing patrol. Luckily, the Thief Mellick had also broke with the plan and helped Father Osman (he asked for a favour later) by administering a healing potion. We crept up the hall to discover a full on magical battle between the Guild Mage Zellyr and 2 Red Wizards, their Leader, and our supposed comrade! Talk about a screwed up plan! :lol: We managed to succeed, thanks to a well-rolled [I]Fireball[/I], and a judicious use of [I]Wrack[/I] on the Leader, thus taking him out of the fight. We actually spared my protege after talking firmly to his Player. Mallik is even more a slave to my PC than he was before. Should create an interesting dynamic next session. So, anyone got any interesting stories of Plans Gone Wrong? :D [/QUOTE]
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