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<blockquote data-quote="KRT" data-source="post: 2670788" data-attributes="member: 37355"><p>LOL. when I was thinking of how to introduce this thread the occurance came to mind of a bunch of players who being frustrated by the number of traps in dungeons (I was one of a rotating group of DMs) decided to gather up a bunch of domestic animal to herd ahead of them in the dungeon. They started trying to purchase them in the town market but they wanted lots of animal. I didn't have many traps as the previous DM did, but I didn't want to come out and say don't waste your time and then have the players say WTF when they did indeed fall into a pit trap. So they decided to head out into the wilderness and capture some cattle (cows, goats and sheep mostly). So I random roled from the 1st edition herd animals and got a bunch of wld-Bison like animals that were common in the area. The PCs were delighted because they had already had a fight with one farmer for trespassing and these ones wouldn't be missed. Well the lead Bull had different plans and proceeded to ploy through the party. They could get organized against a charging Bull because they were trying to capture it (to avoid stampeding the herd). Well it killed a PC and then the fireballs came out. And then the local Druid started casting summon animals to drive off the PCs. They retreated and then started plotting against the Druid which lead to about 3 more adventures before they finally got him. They did level up, but half the party lost the level from alignment shift from good to neutral.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="KRT, post: 2670788, member: 37355"] LOL. when I was thinking of how to introduce this thread the occurance came to mind of a bunch of players who being frustrated by the number of traps in dungeons (I was one of a rotating group of DMs) decided to gather up a bunch of domestic animal to herd ahead of them in the dungeon. They started trying to purchase them in the town market but they wanted lots of animal. I didn't have many traps as the previous DM did, but I didn't want to come out and say don't waste your time and then have the players say WTF when they did indeed fall into a pit trap. So they decided to head out into the wilderness and capture some cattle (cows, goats and sheep mostly). So I random roled from the 1st edition herd animals and got a bunch of wld-Bison like animals that were common in the area. The PCs were delighted because they had already had a fight with one farmer for trespassing and these ones wouldn't be missed. Well the lead Bull had different plans and proceeded to ploy through the party. They could get organized against a charging Bull because they were trying to capture it (to avoid stampeding the herd). Well it killed a PC and then the fireballs came out. And then the local Druid started casting summon animals to drive off the PCs. They retreated and then started plotting against the Druid which lead to about 3 more adventures before they finally got him. They did level up, but half the party lost the level from alignment shift from good to neutral. [/QUOTE]

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