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<blockquote data-quote="uberkitty" data-source="post: 259274" data-attributes="member: 5185">&quot;I'd rather light the badger than curse the darkness.&quot;&nbsp; Result of our party's (for reasons I can't remember) first adopting a dire badger and then casting permanent light on him.&nbsp; &quot;Bear Trap&quot;Any really stupid trap/puzzle, or our party's being stupidly stumped by one.&nbsp; Refers to the worst &quot;trap&quot; of all time, a stuffed bear on wheels which rolled toward the party.&nbsp; It took us much too long to figure it out.&nbsp; (The ranger cast charm animal on it, and couldn't figure out why nothing happened.)One PC from that party retired and opened an inn after that adventure.&nbsp; He called it the Bear &amp; Badger, and its lobby features a stuffed badger lamp and a closet marked &quot;Bear&quot; which occasionally terrifies the tourists.&quot;Mount Trouble.&quot;Any failure which has no real repercussions.&nbsp; One of the items on an old critical failure table.&nbsp; It was never applicable to the situation, and it came up every time.&nbsp; &quot;Prepare Yourselves!&quot;Quoted at (embarrassing) anti-climaxes.&nbsp; A PC once heroically flung open a door, turned back to her party, and declaring, &quot;Prepare yourselves,&quot; proceeded to walk smack into a wall.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="uberkitty, post: 259274, member: 5185"] "I'd rather light the badger than curse the darkness." Result of our party's (for reasons I can't remember) first adopting a dire badger and then casting permanent light on him. "Bear Trap" Any really stupid trap/puzzle, or our party's being stupidly stumped by one. Refers to the worst "trap" of all time, a stuffed bear on wheels which rolled toward the party. It took us [I]much[/I] too long to figure it out. (The ranger cast charm animal on it, and couldn't figure out why nothing happened.) One PC from that party retired and opened an inn after that adventure. He called it the Bear & Badger, and its lobby features a stuffed badger lamp and a closet marked "Bear" which occasionally terrifies the tourists. "Mount Trouble." Any failure which has no real repercussions. One of the items on an old critical failure table. It was never applicable to the situation, and it came up every time. "Prepare Yourselves!" Quoted at (embarrassing) anti-climaxes. A PC once heroically flung open a door, turned back to her party, and declaring, "Prepare yourselves," proceeded to walk smack into a wall. [/QUOTE]

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