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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 5667258" data-attributes="member: 508">Here's my most recent evil DM stunt:In a recent adventure (actually, it was an expanded side-encounter on the way to the "real" adventure), I had the PCs encounter a traveling circus on its way from one small town to another.  Unfortunately, an evil necromancer had just recently attempted - and failed - a ritual to become a lich, and ended up as an amorphous cloud, capable of shooting out bolts of lightning at will.  In addition, he could cause diseased rain which drained the Constitution of those caught in his rainstorm; those slain by the diseased rain were instantly transformed into shambling zombies who reached incredible speeds when they scented prey (and passed on the disease through their bites).  He rained all over the circus, and they spread the disease quite rapidly among themselves.So the PCs are traveling along the road one foggy morning, and out of the mist stumbles these circus workers, with horses (and an elephant, and a hill giant) pulling the wagons and cages of the circus. I described it as if they looked weary, pointing out how they were staggering under their loads.  It was only when they got close enough to see them face-to-face that they realized the entire traveling circus was made up of zombies.They were okay with fighting a group of zombies, even though one of the players gets a little bit freaked at the thought of a zombie horde.  They were even okay with the swarms of zombified flies that attacked them; these were various biting insects that had been attracted to the scent of dead flesh and become zombies themselves shortly after their feast.Then, while they're fighting the various zombies, a little zombie pony races up, snapping at the PCs.  It's pulling a tiny little wagon.  The sides of the little wagon open up, and out pop two zombie clowns in full costume and makeup, the clownish effect somewhat diminished by their bloody teeth and chunks of missing flesh.  The two zombie clowns stagger around, smell fresh meat, and race to attack the PCs.  Then two more zombie clowns pop out of the little wagon and follow suit.  Then two more, and two more after that.  It turns out the little wagon contains an extradimensional space, and is the D&D equivalent of the modern-day "clown car."The players were all pretty much okay having their PCs attacked by a zombie horde.  They were not all entirely okay with having their PCs attacked by zombie clowns.  I'm told there were some real-life nightmares as a result of this encounter.Johnathan</blockquote>

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