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Message: <blockquote data-quote="krupintupple" data-source="post: 4837517" data-attributes="member: 58300">@roguerogue: I explained the red tiger appeared to be a mountain lion, with vicious eyes and a bloody sheen to its claws, but was the size of a small horse. i also explained it was watching them intently, but didn't appear as if 'on edge' or 'ready to pounce'. this is when someone decided to hurl a hatchet at it.@aboyd: see above; also, the shadows had drained most of the party to the point of barely being able to move. the rogue claimed that he thought all of the shadows were dead (destroyed) and wouldn't pose a threat to him. don't get me wrong, i do appreciate the devil's advocate though <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />also, apparently this is based on real-life, sharks don't like the scent of rotting matter of their own kind, if at a certain advanced stage of decomposition. player tried to make a shark-slurry, so i said make an alchemy check. he didn't have it and said it should just be "add shark to jar. seal. open 2 weeks later" i said he should get someone with alchemy to do it for him. finally, i realized it wasn't worth the argument and let him do it. i've no idea why he got INTO the water with the shark though. he said he saw an epi of Wild Boys where Manny 'trances' a shark. i explained to him Manny is a 9th level druid then <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />the slaughter of the barbarian was something the rest of the group completely did not want to happen. it was in the middle of a long forest seige and noone expected that to happen. it really ruined diplomatic ties and set actions back quiet a bit. imagine an american embassidor shooting a british general in 1944, and claiming it was because he thought he looked like a nazi.@streamofthesky: i have a rough character log, so i may be able to comb through and see if i can conjure up some of the other deaths too. i'll change all names and places, to protect the families of the deceased. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />i think it's fair to say that i retold the deaths favouring me, but there's really not much wiggle room on people being dumb, or ignoring other player's or NPC's advice.i think that ultimately, even if they don't know what they're doing, they should at least be able to see the higher levels somewhat faster than a snail's pace. so i'll add 50% again to the experience that they receive after reach session.</blockquote>

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