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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 5712299" data-attributes="member: 40176">In one game, our party had encountered a badly wounded character who was in need of expert attention beyond just a few Cure spells. I, playing a dwarven cleric named Gimlet, called out "Let me do it, I have high Heal!"Despite the crystal clarity of that statement, my fellow players somehow managed to misconstrue it, and he was forevermore known as Gimlet the high-heeled dwarf.In an egyptian-themed game, I was playing Ismalith, a warlock of a noble family, and another player was playing his half-sister Nephirteta, a priestess. It had been a running joke that Ismalith would frequently try to undercut his sister's aloof and serene attitude by spreading gossip about how she used to do time as a temple prostitute before she got her current job.We were exploring some ancient tombs, as you do, which were of course occupied by more than one sarcophagus, and these last were the subject of our current discussion. Out of the blue, Ismalith remarked to the others, "We really should stop using that word around Nephirteta - she's very sensitive, and it gives her flashbacks to the things she had to do when she started out in the temple."It took a few moments, but the penny finally dropped, and ever since then, none of us has ever been able to maintain a straight face when someone mentions the word "sarcophagi".</blockquote>