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<blockquote data-quote="AZRogue" data-source="post: 4042500" data-attributes="member: 3963">Haha, I can't see that happening at my table, but I'd love if it did. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Player: &quot;The old Hero of Northmarch, Thud, died from falling off a horse? INCONCEIVABLE! He is a HERO! It's impossible for us to die from falling off a horse or, indeed, even from jumping from a tall mountain. I must discover the truth for myself. I put on my Ring of Regeneration and mount my horse. I will fall off my horse over and over again, every waking moment for one week, until my neck breaks. We will discover the truth of this soon enough! The world no longer makes sense to me!!!!&quot;Me: &quot;No need for the experiment. People can, indeed, die from falling off a horse. Would you like to investigate to see if that's what actually happened to Thud? Do you suspect foul play?&quot;Player: &quot;I'm not sure. First, I have to discover if the universe works in this way. Can an actual neck, if it's attached to one of the mighty, be broken by a fall from a mere eight feet off the ground? I begin my test. What do I roll?&quot;Me: &quot;Nothing. This isn't DnD Mythbusters, I already told you how the world works.&quot;Player: &quot;I don't believe you! I must find out for myself!!!&quot;Me: &lt;sigh&gt; &quot;Okay, then. Get out your d20 and roll initiative.&quot;Player: &quot;Why?&quot;Me: &quot;Because, you've annoyed the Gods as much as you have annoyed me and Moradin, Pelor, and Bahamut have all appeared to kill you.&quot;All the other Players: &quot;Kill him. We need to get this thing moving. We work tomorrow.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AZRogue, post: 4042500, member: 3963"] Haha, I can't see that happening at my table, but I'd love if it did. :) [B]Player[/B]: "The old Hero of Northmarch, Thud, died from falling off a horse? INCONCEIVABLE! He is a HERO! It's impossible for us to die from falling off a horse or, indeed, even from jumping from a tall mountain. I must discover the truth for myself. I put on my Ring of Regeneration and mount my horse. I will fall off my horse over and over again, every waking moment for one week, until my neck breaks. We will discover the truth of this soon enough! The world no longer makes sense to me!!!!" [B]Me[/B]: "No need for the experiment. People can, indeed, die from falling off a horse. Would you like to investigate to see if that's what actually happened to Thud? Do you suspect foul play?" [B]Player[/B]: "I'm not sure. First, I have to discover if the universe works in this way. Can an actual neck, if it's attached to one of the mighty, be broken by a fall from a mere eight feet off the ground? I begin my test. What do I roll?" [B]Me[/B]: "Nothing. This isn't DnD Mythbusters, I already told you how the world works." [B]Player[/B]: "I don't believe you! I must find out for myself!!!" [B]Me[/B]: <sigh> "Okay, then. Get out your d20 and roll initiative." [B]Player[/B]: "Why?" [B]Me[/B]: "Because, you've annoyed the Gods as much as you have annoyed me and Moradin, Pelor, and Bahamut have all appeared to kill you." [B]All the other Players[/B]: "Kill him. We need to get this thing moving. We work tomorrow." [/QUOTE]

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