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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 19622" data-attributes="member: 99">Once, playing Rolemaster, we had signed on to do some work for the city guards by clearing out a pocket of the local thieves guild in a sewer.&nbsp; The trick was that we had our own reasons for confronting the thieves that ran somewhat counter to the interests of the city guard.&nbsp; Several of the party members were paranoid about the possibility that the guards would find out what we were up to and turn on us.&nbsp; I confidently assured them that the only way that was going to happen was it they had a high level Mentalist (Psion) who could mind scan us to find out our true intentions.We went to meet (for the first time) the contact with the city guards who would tell us where to find the thieves.&nbsp; He stepped forward and shook my character's hand and said, &quot;Hi, I'm Captain Mental.&quot; (The GM delivered this line with a perfectly straight face.)We (the players) all burst out laughing, saying, &quot;Well, I guess we're busted.&quot; between gales.&nbsp; The GM kept staring at us with a confused look, clearly not getting the joke.&nbsp; We discovered that he had read the name &quot;Captain Mentil&quot; right out of his notes, not realizing that it sounded like the name of a superhero with astounding powers of mind reading.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 19622, member: 99"] Once, playing Rolemaster, we had signed on to do some work for the city guards by clearing out a pocket of the local thieves guild in a sewer. The trick was that we had our own reasons for confronting the thieves that ran somewhat counter to the interests of the city guard. Several of the party members were paranoid about the possibility that the guards would find out what we were up to and turn on us. I confidently assured them that the only way that was going to happen was it they had a high level Mentalist (Psion) who could mind scan us to find out our true intentions. We went to meet (for the first time) the contact with the city guards who would tell us where to find the thieves. He stepped forward and shook my character's hand and said, "Hi, I'm Captain Mental." (The GM delivered this line with a perfectly straight face.) We (the players) all burst out laughing, saying, "Well, I guess we're busted." between gales. The GM kept staring at us with a confused look, clearly not getting the joke. We discovered that he had read the name "Captain Mentil" right out of his notes, not realizing that it sounded like the name of a superhero with astounding powers of mind reading. [/QUOTE]

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