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<blockquote data-quote="John Doom" data-source="post: 5164529" data-attributes="member: 75353"><p>I wanted to create a little thread where we DMs can comiserate about the mistakes we've made that are so blatant that the players themselves know you've screwed up. I also thought it would be fun to talk about some of the little evils we commit as DMs to our players. </p><p></p><p>This weekend I began Act 2 of the Part 2. I believe I was bad-karma repaid for a bit of tension I threw at them earlier. </p><p>As the players were crossing the bridge (2:1 - BridgeFort) I had them roll perception checks. Our Elf Ranger threw damn near 35 and I decided to give him some tension. </p><p>Me: "All of you hear the natural sounds of the river crossing below you some 10 feet down." *to the elf* "You hear a glopping noise like some kind of suction or swallowing at random intervals every couple of seconds." </p><p></p><p>None of the other players could hear it, so they hurried away from that section waiting for me to pop a troll or something onto the map. Of course, that is a natural sound of water going around a bridge support. </p><p></p><p>Later, the players were just coming into the Shrine of Annaiarial (sp) and I had a nice big goof. I put the map out, and started setting all of the monsters onto the map and then read, "round two, they pop outta the graves". Whoops. Remove all monsters and smile. </p><p></p><p>Its so much less fun when they know about the ambush! </p><p></p><p>Does anyone else have anything?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Doom, post: 5164529, member: 75353"] I wanted to create a little thread where we DMs can comiserate about the mistakes we've made that are so blatant that the players themselves know you've screwed up. I also thought it would be fun to talk about some of the little evils we commit as DMs to our players. This weekend I began Act 2 of the Part 2. I believe I was bad-karma repaid for a bit of tension I threw at them earlier. As the players were crossing the bridge (2:1 - BridgeFort) I had them roll perception checks. Our Elf Ranger threw damn near 35 and I decided to give him some tension. Me: "All of you hear the natural sounds of the river crossing below you some 10 feet down." *to the elf* "You hear a glopping noise like some kind of suction or swallowing at random intervals every couple of seconds." None of the other players could hear it, so they hurried away from that section waiting for me to pop a troll or something onto the map. Of course, that is a natural sound of water going around a bridge support. Later, the players were just coming into the Shrine of Annaiarial (sp) and I had a nice big goof. I put the map out, and started setting all of the monsters onto the map and then read, "round two, they pop outta the graves". Whoops. Remove all monsters and smile. Its so much less fun when they know about the ambush! Does anyone else have anything? [/QUOTE]
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