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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 3063870" data-attributes="member: 704"><p><strong>I have posted this story before...</strong></p><p></p><p>Back in a 2nd edition Birthright game, an Orog warlord by the name of Rourc had come to power and seized power in the kingdom of Ghoere. The players encountered a patrol of humanoids and defeated them. It was at this point that the players came up with a great plan.</p><p></p><p>They tied a bugbear to a tree, beat it nearly to death, knocking all its teeth out, and wrote a message that they tied to his neck. The note was a challenge to the Orog to an 'honorable' 4 on 1 duel. They kept an eye on the tree, and in a few days, a 2nd patrol found the remains of the first, untied the Bugbear, and left. A day or two later, the patrol returned and posted a response on that tree, accepting the challenge.</p><p></p><p>The players follwed the directions on that note, and made way to the encampment of the Orog Warlords army. The humanoids were hostile, but did not throw anything worse than harsh language at the players. They met the Orog lord, who was large and imposing, but polite. He welcomed the players, and told them to prepare themselves, donning armor, etc. A fateful exchange of dialog ensued:</p><p></p><p>Rourc: "Why are you not donning armor. Are you a mage?"</p><p>Elven Wizard: "You will find out."</p><p>Rourc: "You will die first."</p><p></p><p>Combat began, and Rourc was true to his word. In the first round, he dropped the mage to zero. In the 2nd round, he dropped another player. The players were becoming worried at this point. The next character in line to die was the party tank, who had plenty lf HP and a very high AC. The party Rogue started trying called shots to his eyes. He finally manged to score a hit, and when he was knocked down, the pulled off his breastplate and carved his chest to ribbons.</p><p></p><p>The players were cheering at this point, and it took me a while to get their attention to tell them the following.</p><p></p><p>"As your tearing out his intestines and he lays bleeding, he is laughing." The players stopped cheering not understanding what was coming. "As he is laughing, he fades away, but you still hear the laughing. Rourc steps out of his tent, laughing, accompanied by a short older man. 'That was fun. This is my personal illusionist. Just what kind of fool do you think I am? My god you are stupid. You challenge ME to on honorable 4 on 1 duel? I am an Orog warlord. I did not get to this position of power by being honorable.' He gestures to the eager looking soldiers that encircle you, 'kill them'."</p><p></p><p>At this point, I was chased out of the apartment, and had to hop out a window (apartment was on the first floor) to avoid impending bodily harm at the hands of my players. Once thigns settled down, the fight started again, and the 'slain' players had to make system shock rolls or die from the illusion as per 2nd Edition rules. The wizard stayed dead. Rourc plus his army then pulled a TPK on the party, but left them alive with his symbol carved into his chest.</p><p></p><p>END COMMUNICATION</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord Zardoz, post: 3063870, member: 704"] [b]I have posted this story before...[/b] Back in a 2nd edition Birthright game, an Orog warlord by the name of Rourc had come to power and seized power in the kingdom of Ghoere. The players encountered a patrol of humanoids and defeated them. It was at this point that the players came up with a great plan. They tied a bugbear to a tree, beat it nearly to death, knocking all its teeth out, and wrote a message that they tied to his neck. The note was a challenge to the Orog to an 'honorable' 4 on 1 duel. They kept an eye on the tree, and in a few days, a 2nd patrol found the remains of the first, untied the Bugbear, and left. A day or two later, the patrol returned and posted a response on that tree, accepting the challenge. The players follwed the directions on that note, and made way to the encampment of the Orog Warlords army. The humanoids were hostile, but did not throw anything worse than harsh language at the players. They met the Orog lord, who was large and imposing, but polite. He welcomed the players, and told them to prepare themselves, donning armor, etc. A fateful exchange of dialog ensued: Rourc: "Why are you not donning armor. Are you a mage?" Elven Wizard: "You will find out." Rourc: "You will die first." Combat began, and Rourc was true to his word. In the first round, he dropped the mage to zero. In the 2nd round, he dropped another player. The players were becoming worried at this point. The next character in line to die was the party tank, who had plenty lf HP and a very high AC. The party Rogue started trying called shots to his eyes. He finally manged to score a hit, and when he was knocked down, the pulled off his breastplate and carved his chest to ribbons. The players were cheering at this point, and it took me a while to get their attention to tell them the following. "As your tearing out his intestines and he lays bleeding, he is laughing." The players stopped cheering not understanding what was coming. "As he is laughing, he fades away, but you still hear the laughing. Rourc steps out of his tent, laughing, accompanied by a short older man. 'That was fun. This is my personal illusionist. Just what kind of fool do you think I am? My god you are stupid. You challenge ME to on honorable 4 on 1 duel? I am an Orog warlord. I did not get to this position of power by being honorable.' He gestures to the eager looking soldiers that encircle you, 'kill them'." At this point, I was chased out of the apartment, and had to hop out a window (apartment was on the first floor) to avoid impending bodily harm at the hands of my players. Once thigns settled down, the fight started again, and the 'slain' players had to make system shock rolls or die from the illusion as per 2nd Edition rules. The wizard stayed dead. Rourc plus his army then pulled a TPK on the party, but left them alive with his symbol carved into his chest. END COMMUNICATION [/QUOTE]
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