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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Samothdm" data-source="post: 1520451" data-attributes="member: 5473">Two things that have become long-running jokes in our campaign.  Like most "campaign jokes", they're really only funny to the particular group involved at the time.1) Very first session with a group of mostly newbies but a couple of veterans.  One of the vets is playing a 1/2 orc fighter with lots of metal armor (this is important later) and a greatsword.  The group is in an underground cellar investigating a murder.  The cellar has no natural light source, so they're using torches.  Eventually, they hear noises on the floor above them: someome is trying to open up the cellar door above their heads.  The group calls for quiet and all get into position in order to capture whoever it is.  The 1/2 orc fighter guy crosses over to the bottom of the ladder leading down from the cellar door and stands next to it.  Half-Orc Player: "I'm taking out my greatsword, and standing next to the bottom of the ladder.  When the guy climbs down, I'll hit him with my sword.  Everyone, extinguish your torches!"Me: "Are you sure you want to stand at the bottom of the ladder, right underneath the door?"1/2 Orc Player: "Yes!"Me: "The door creaks open, and light pours into the room, illuminating a 1/2 orc fighter in metal armor standing at the bottom of the ladder.  You see a face peer over into the room, startled by seeing the huge armored warrior at the bottom.  He immediately slams the door shut, and everything falls into darkness again."1/2 Orc Player: "That's not what I meant!"Maybe not that funny, but 3 years later the player still gets tormented about this.  2) Other veteran player with the absolute best stats in the group decides to play a Paladin.  But, he wants him to be a pacifist and so decides that he will only carry a quarterstaff and will spend a full round praying at the start of each combat to find a "peaceful solution".  This quickly becomes a bad idea, and the party constantly gets wasted, forcing the player to wade in during battle.  In the second or third combat of the campaign, he chased after somebody, caught up to the person and hit the guy with his quarterstaff.  He rolled a crit, confirmed it, and did max damage plus his strength bonus, killing the NPC with one hit.  Paladin: "I'm like that guy Mani from that movie Brotherhood of the Wolf!  Have you seen it?  You know that first scene when it's raining?  That's what I'm like!"Other Player: "But, we're indoors."So, now, the big joke is that the paladin can't do anything unless it's raining.  Again, a 3-year running gag.</blockquote>

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