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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 2218219" data-attributes="member: 9254">Several years ago I ran a module out of Dungeon that had a coin-collecting, obsessive-compulsive, LN black dragon that extorted coins from travelers using ventriloquism and an huge mushroom he animated.&nbsp; The players decided they weren't going to pay the &quot;Mushroom King&quot; and launched an attack.&nbsp; I really just intended to beat them into submission and take a few items (they had quiver of ehlonna stuffed with +1 swords and staves) but they decided this was the &quot;boss fight&quot; and were determined to fight to the bitter (and rapidly approaching) end.&nbsp; The kender decided to take a meander into the dragons lair during the fight and was heard to exclaim &quot;Ooooh, lookit all the pretty coins!&quot;The dragon was immediately enraged and hurled the paladin and the psion he'd been chewing on deep into the lair's coin pile, missing the kender by a hair.&quot;My oh my,&quot; the kender cried, &quot;you messed up all your coins!&quot;The dragon begins having a hissy fit and corners the kender, abusing her in a most unkind fashion.&nbsp; The cleric (the same one with the beads of non-force) got a bright idea and created a djinni's whirlwind to mess up the coins while taunting the dragon.&nbsp; The dragon sees red as tens of thousands of coins, sorted by denomination, nationality, quality, color, and metal content are gently lofted around the room.&nbsp; Years of effort are literally dust on the wind.&nbsp; Mind-numbing fury engulfs the dragon along with a total loss of logic and rationality.&nbsp; The dragon breathes a massive, nearly fatal gout of acid over the cleric (takes him to -2).&nbsp; As the dragon stomps over and prepares to masticate the cleric the kender once again pipes up, though this time in a mournful voice.&nbsp; &quot;Oh dear, oh dear.&nbsp; Your coins are melting.&nbsp; How so very sad.&quot;&nbsp; My mind locks in total paralysis.&nbsp; I'd had the dragon attack in blind fury and managed to do infinitely more damage than the cleric had.&nbsp; So had the dragon sink into a catatonic state, blindly staring at the bubbling piles of copper and silver coins.&nbsp; The players quietly grab a handful of items that were on the other side of the lair and head out.&nbsp; The kender does pause to pat the dragon on the tail as she goes.&nbsp; &quot;Poor dragon.&nbsp; Poor, poor dragon.&quot;Yeah, they got bonus XPs for that one.&nbsp; I was pretty proud of that.&nbsp; I was primarily keeping a low profile so I wouldn't outshadow the vamps who were the focus of the game.&nbsp; Most of the powers the vamps were aware of were the &quot;ESP&quot; type senses.&nbsp; I think the only time I used blatant magic was when I was surrounded by a dozen baddies.&nbsp; The paradox sucked when I turned their clothing to steel and silver but those vamps and 'wolves were in worse shape.&nbsp; I had plenty of time to decapitate them and undo the magic before the rest of the party showed.&nbsp; I was just cleaning my boots when the others walked in to a room of beheaded werewolves and rapidly decomposing vampire bodies.&nbsp; It didn't stun the GM but it did startle the crap out of the other players!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 2218219, member: 9254"] Several years ago I ran a module out of Dungeon that had a coin-collecting, obsessive-compulsive, LN black dragon that extorted coins from travelers using ventriloquism and an huge mushroom he animated. The players decided they weren't going to pay the "Mushroom King" and launched an attack. I really just intended to beat them into submission and take a few items (they had quiver of ehlonna stuffed with +1 swords and staves) but they decided this was the "boss fight" and were determined to fight to the bitter (and rapidly approaching) end. The kender decided to take a meander into the dragons lair during the fight and was heard to exclaim "Ooooh, lookit all the pretty coins!" The dragon was immediately enraged and hurled the paladin and the psion he'd been chewing on deep into the lair's coin pile, missing the kender by a hair. "My oh my," the kender cried, "you messed up all your coins!" The dragon begins having a hissy fit and corners the kender, abusing her in a most unkind fashion. The cleric (the same one with the beads of non-force) got a bright idea and created a djinni's whirlwind to mess up the coins while taunting the dragon. The dragon sees red as tens of thousands of coins, sorted by denomination, nationality, quality, color, and metal content are gently lofted around the room. Years of effort are literally dust on the wind. Mind-numbing fury engulfs the dragon along with a total loss of logic and rationality. The dragon breathes a massive, nearly fatal gout of acid over the cleric (takes him to -2). As the dragon stomps over and prepares to masticate the cleric the kender once again pipes up, though this time in a mournful voice. "Oh dear, oh dear. Your coins are melting. How so very sad." My mind locks in total paralysis. I'd had the dragon attack in blind fury and managed to do infinitely more damage than the cleric had. So had the dragon sink into a catatonic state, blindly staring at the bubbling piles of copper and silver coins. The players quietly grab a handful of items that were on the other side of the lair and head out. The kender does pause to pat the dragon on the tail as she goes. "Poor dragon. Poor, poor dragon." Yeah, they got bonus XPs for that one. I was pretty proud of that. I was primarily keeping a low profile so I wouldn't outshadow the vamps who were the focus of the game. Most of the powers the vamps were aware of were the "ESP" type senses. I think the only time I used blatant magic was when I was surrounded by a dozen baddies. The paradox sucked when I turned their clothing to steel and silver but those vamps and 'wolves were in worse shape. I had plenty of time to decapitate them and undo the magic before the rest of the party showed. I was just cleaning my boots when the others walked in to a room of beheaded werewolves and rapidly decomposing vampire bodies. It didn't stun the GM but it did startle the crap out of the other players! [/QUOTE]

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