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<blockquote data-quote="MaxKaladin" data-source="post: 3358230" data-attributes="member: 1196">A &quot;non-Joe&quot; story.&nbsp; This was a 2e game as well.&nbsp; For some reason, all my stupid player stories seem to be from 2e.&nbsp; There was a relatively new player who we'll call &quot;Fred&quot;.&nbsp; Fred was playing a big, hulking fighter.&nbsp; Somewhere along the line, he'd aquired an item called a &quot;Vampiric Ring of Regeneration&quot;.&nbsp; Now, what these did was heal you whenever you did damage in combat.&nbsp; I believe it was one point of healing for every two points of damage you inflicted.&nbsp; Anyway, I forget what they were doing but they had an encounter and he somehow managed to end up one hit point below maximum.&nbsp; He asked the party cleric for healing, but it was refused.&nbsp; The cleric reasoned that he'd easily heal that point back overnight andthere wasn't any point in using a healing spell for 1 point when they might get attacked in camp that night.&nbsp; To this day, I don't know why but this drove Fred into a single-minded quest for something he could kill that had at least two hit points so he could heal that one hit point back.&nbsp; He was not going to let it go.&nbsp; Unfortunately, he didn't have much luck finding suitable wildlife he could catch and was getting really antsy.&nbsp; Eventually, they approached the local druid's grove and Fred decided to find a small critter to smash and get his hit point back.&nbsp; Now, it was obvious that this was a druid's grove and the other players tried to warn him off but Fred wouldn't listen.&nbsp; He figured they were probably wrong and, even if they weren't, the druid wouldn't miss one little critter.&nbsp; The other players really tired to talk him out of it, but no luck.Fred squashed a critter.&nbsp; Needless to say, the druid missed his critter.&nbsp; I don't remember all the details anymore, but he spent a couple of days mercilessly hounding Fred.&nbsp; I distinctly remember Fred nearly drowning while hiding from a swarm of bees in a pond.&nbsp; I also remember him getting hit with Call Lightning.&nbsp; The party immediately turned on him.&nbsp; The moment it became clear that the druid knew what had happened, they started shouting Fred's guilt for anyone to hear and proclaiming their own respect for nature.&nbsp; They also made Fred stay at least 100 yards from the party until they reached the next town so as to not get hit by the druid's revenge.&nbsp; When Fred objected, they pointed out that they'd told him so and weren't going to suffer the consequences for his behavior.&nbsp; They nearly threw him out of the party permanently when he begged to borrow one of the other PC's horse on the theory the druid wouldn't attack him while he was riding it.&nbsp; The wilderness was like a massive deathtrap for Fred until they reached the next town.&nbsp; He was never actually killed, but only because I took mercy on the player who was so attached to the character.&nbsp; I let him stumble into town with single-digit hit points instead.&nbsp; When they finally reached the next town, Fred had learned never to mess with a druid's grove again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MaxKaladin, post: 3358230, member: 1196"] A "non-Joe" story. This was a 2e game as well. For some reason, all my stupid player stories seem to be from 2e. There was a relatively new player who we'll call "Fred". Fred was playing a big, hulking fighter. Somewhere along the line, he'd aquired an item called a "[I]Vampiric Ring of Regeneration[/I]". Now, what these did was heal you whenever you did damage in combat. I believe it was one point of healing for every two points of damage you inflicted. Anyway, I forget what they were doing but they had an encounter and he somehow managed to end up one hit point below maximum. He asked the party cleric for healing, but it was refused. The cleric reasoned that he'd easily heal that point back overnight andthere wasn't any point in using a healing spell for 1 point when they might get attacked in camp that night. To this day, I don't know why but this drove Fred into a single-minded quest for something he could kill that had at least two hit points so he could heal that one hit point back. He was [I]not [/I] going to let it go. Unfortunately, he didn't have much luck finding suitable wildlife he could catch and was getting really antsy. Eventually, they approached the local druid's grove and Fred decided to find a small critter to smash and get his hit point back. Now, it was obvious that this was a druid's grove and the other players tried to warn him off but Fred wouldn't listen. He figured they were probably wrong and, even if they weren't, the druid wouldn't miss one little critter. The other players really tired to talk him out of it, but no luck. Fred squashed a critter. Needless to say, the druid missed his critter. I don't remember all the details anymore, but he spent a couple of days mercilessly hounding Fred. I distinctly remember Fred nearly drowning while hiding from a swarm of bees in a pond. I also remember him getting hit with [I]Call Lightning[/I]. The party immediately turned on him. The moment it became clear that the druid knew what had happened, they started shouting Fred's guilt for anyone to hear and proclaiming their own respect for nature. They also made Fred stay at least 100 yards from the party until they reached the next town so as to not get hit by the druid's revenge. When Fred objected, they pointed out that [I]they'd told him so [/I] and weren't going to suffer the consequences for his behavior. They nearly threw him out of the party permanently when he begged to borrow one of the other PC's horse on the theory the druid wouldn't attack him while he was riding it. The wilderness was like a massive deathtrap for Fred until they reached the next town. He was never actually killed, but only because I took mercy on the player who was so attached to the character. I let him stumble into town with single-digit hit points instead. When they finally reached the next town, Fred had learned never to mess with a druid's grove again. [/QUOTE]

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