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<blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 12910" data-attributes="member: 96"><p>My favorite aftermath scene as a DM...</p><p></p><p>This came after insectoid invaders from another dimension had taken over my campaign world. One group of players was preparing to lay seige to the former Imperial capitol (and current central hive of the invaders) with the help of the armies they had rallied.</p><p></p><p>One of the NPCs with them was a lizardman who had been adopted into a clan of highlanders (the Scottish type, not the immortal type). He was, in fact, betrothed to a noted female blacksmith of the clan.</p><p></p><p>He and his comic relief servant Ian (nearly blind, a bit senile, and steadfastly refused to believe that the man who saved him was one of those lizardmen) had been with the group for most of the game.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, they had their siege all set up, the city was surrounded, and they prepared to launch an assault on the walls with the help of their allies inside the city (who were to get the gates open for them). Come time for the battle, and everyting was going according to plan...</p><p></p><p>...until, that is, a reserve strike force of the invaders caught them from behind, tearing through their camp and causing an alarm to be sounded. They had made it out past the beseigers by using the same tunnelling equipment used to create the hive.</p><p></p><p>There was nearly a rout as the assault on the city was broken and the beseigers returned to defend their camp. The attack was fought off (barely), but then they had to assess the damage.</p><p></p><p>Large amounts of their supplies had been destroyed. Their tents were ablaze, their army in disarray - and everyone left behind in the camp had been slaughtered. They found old Ian struck down, clutching a rusty sword, where he had been defending his master's betrothed.</p><p></p><p>The look on my player's faces went from shock to disbelief to horror...and then to determination. I have never seen an NPC's death affect a group so much. Every single one of them felt responsible for what had happened, and it made their eventual victory far more meaningful.</p><p></p><p>J</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drnuncheon, post: 12910, member: 96"] My favorite aftermath scene as a DM... This came after insectoid invaders from another dimension had taken over my campaign world. One group of players was preparing to lay seige to the former Imperial capitol (and current central hive of the invaders) with the help of the armies they had rallied. One of the NPCs with them was a lizardman who had been adopted into a clan of highlanders (the Scottish type, not the immortal type). He was, in fact, betrothed to a noted female blacksmith of the clan. He and his comic relief servant Ian (nearly blind, a bit senile, and steadfastly refused to believe that the man who saved him was one of those lizardmen) had been with the group for most of the game. Anyway, they had their siege all set up, the city was surrounded, and they prepared to launch an assault on the walls with the help of their allies inside the city (who were to get the gates open for them). Come time for the battle, and everyting was going according to plan... ...until, that is, a reserve strike force of the invaders caught them from behind, tearing through their camp and causing an alarm to be sounded. They had made it out past the beseigers by using the same tunnelling equipment used to create the hive. There was nearly a rout as the assault on the city was broken and the beseigers returned to defend their camp. The attack was fought off (barely), but then they had to assess the damage. Large amounts of their supplies had been destroyed. Their tents were ablaze, their army in disarray - and everyone left behind in the camp had been slaughtered. They found old Ian struck down, clutching a rusty sword, where he had been defending his master's betrothed. The look on my player's faces went from shock to disbelief to horror...and then to determination. I have never seen an NPC's death affect a group so much. Every single one of them felt responsible for what had happened, and it made their eventual victory far more meaningful. J [/QUOTE]
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