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<blockquote data-quote="Rabelais" data-source="post: 3626376" data-attributes="member: 2969">Well done!Now for mine...Once upon a time there was a Paladin dedicated to Aethena, Goddess of Wisdom and Justice.&nbsp; His name was Galen Atlanta.&nbsp; Through many adventures, his party worked to overthrow a dark god bent on world domination.&nbsp; The gaming group had a love hate relationship with Paladins but let me play one because I had a pretty good backstory developed for him.&nbsp; One of the players was playing a rogue.&nbsp; Between battles we would discuss ethics and philosophy, along the mercy-revenge-justice spectrum.&nbsp; The other players would't really mock the conversation, but would groan whenever we started roleplaying it.&nbsp; Over the course of a couple of months worth of sessions we'd gotten pretty good at the give and take of law vs. free will.&nbsp; Until...Our party found itself on a ship full of pirates and slavers who were going to kidnap a bunch of schoolchildren.&nbsp; Our party fought our way onboard, freed the children and were trying to fight our way off again.&nbsp; We were all pretty low on HP, pretty much spelled out... there was no way we were going to win the battle, but we managed to create a bottleneck that would allow most of the party to escape.&nbsp; One of us though, had to stay behind to be the cork.Galen volunteered.&nbsp; The GM gave me a moment to compose Galen's farewell speech.&nbsp; I thought it came off pretty well, so the GM gave me a +1 to all of the attack related rolls and checks.&nbsp; The party escaped with the kids, Galen fought bravely, until he was tackled by one of the pirates.&nbsp; Out of nowhere the Rogue blindsided the pirate.&nbsp; I'll never forget this moment... He said.&nbsp; &quot;Ok, you convinced me&quot;&nbsp; He renounced the god he had been worshiping, and voluntarily converted to Aethena on the spot.&nbsp; We fought bravely side by side, but were finally overcome by the enemy.Together, we broke the back of the Sinister Slavers, resuced the children, and saved the rest of the party from a certain TPK.&nbsp; The GM and players actually cheered, it was pretty Epic as far as I am concerned.Best. Game. Session. EVAR.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rabelais, post: 3626376, member: 2969"] Well done! Now for mine... Once upon a time there was a Paladin dedicated to Aethena, Goddess of Wisdom and Justice. His name was Galen Atlanta. Through many adventures, his party worked to overthrow a dark god bent on world domination. The gaming group had a love hate relationship with Paladins but let me play one because I had a pretty good backstory developed for him. One of the players was playing a rogue. Between battles we would discuss ethics and philosophy, along the mercy-revenge-justice spectrum. The other players would't really mock the conversation, but would groan whenever we started roleplaying it. Over the course of a couple of months worth of sessions we'd gotten pretty good at the give and take of law vs. free will. Until... Our party found itself on a ship full of pirates and slavers who were going to kidnap a bunch of schoolchildren. Our party fought our way onboard, freed the children and were trying to fight our way off again. We were all pretty low on HP, pretty much spelled out... there was no way we were going to win the battle, but we managed to create a bottleneck that would allow most of the party to escape. One of us though, had to stay behind to be the cork. Galen volunteered. The GM gave me a moment to compose Galen's farewell speech. I thought it came off pretty well, so the GM gave me a +1 to all of the attack related rolls and checks. The party escaped with the kids, Galen fought bravely, until he was tackled by one of the pirates. Out of nowhere the Rogue blindsided the pirate. I'll never forget this moment... He said. "Ok, you convinced me" He renounced the god he had been worshiping, and voluntarily converted to Aethena on the spot. We fought bravely side by side, but were finally overcome by the enemy. Together, we broke the back of the Sinister Slavers, resuced the children, and saved the rest of the party from a certain TPK. The GM and players actually cheered, it was pretty Epic as far as I am concerned. Best. Game. Session. EVAR. [/QUOTE]

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