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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeoneer" data-source="post: 5433519" data-attributes="member: 91777">Last Sunday I ran a Dark Sun session that wound up being entirely RP, no combat.&nbsp; Not sure how the players felt about that.&nbsp; I had fun.&nbsp; It certainly wasn't drama free!The PCs were looking for an NPC halfling who had disappeared.&nbsp; This halfling supposedly had critical information that they needed.&nbsp; Rumor was that he had been taken by slavers.&nbsp; The PCs eventually uncovered an underground slave market - with an auction in full swing!As their halfling came up for bid, they hatched an idea - dispersed throughout the crowd they would make disparaging comments about the quality of the slave to discourage people from bidding on him, and then they'd snatch him up at a bargain price.&nbsp; This wound up working very well - the PCs (level 1) were keeping the price low (around 200 cp) until one of the PCs, who was drunk, biffed his diplomacy roll and called out &quot;1,000 cp!&quot;The auctioneer looked his way and said, &quot;Sold!&quot;In sullen silence the party shelled out pretty much every copper they had.&nbsp; But hey, they got their halfling.In other news, I was impressed with their approach.&nbsp; Right up until the drunken PC's unfortunate gaffe, the players had basically improvised their own skill challenge!&nbsp; I just rolled with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dungeoneer, post: 5433519, member: 91777"] Last Sunday I ran a Dark Sun session that wound up being entirely RP, no combat. Not sure how the players felt about that. [I]I [/I]had fun. It certainly wasn't drama free! The PCs were looking for an NPC halfling who had disappeared. This halfling supposedly had critical information that they needed. Rumor was that he had been taken by slavers. The PCs eventually uncovered an underground slave market - with an auction in full swing! As their halfling came up for bid, they hatched an idea - dispersed throughout the crowd they would make disparaging comments about the quality of the slave to discourage people from bidding on him, and then they'd snatch him up at a bargain price. This wound up working very well - the PCs (level 1) were keeping the price low (around 200 cp) until one of the PCs, who was drunk, biffed his diplomacy roll and called out "1,000 cp!" The auctioneer looked his way and said, "Sold!" In sullen silence the party shelled out pretty much every copper they had. But hey, they got their halfling. In other news, I was impressed with their approach. Right up until the drunken PC's unfortunate gaffe, the players had basically improvised their own skill challenge! I just rolled with it. [/QUOTE]

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