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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 5727754" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>I do it a lot like this:</p><p></p><p>Player: "I am going to try to talk the guard into letting me in to see the prisoners. I say, 'Hi there, o handsome and loyal soldier! I come with this sack of potatoes and onions for the unfortunates in the cells. </p><p>Surely a little old lady like myself is no danger to your security. Perhaps you can make an excepttion to the rules so that I might take them this food? Surely you know that I wouldn't be able to cause any trouble for him! Why, compare our arms- yours are like oaken logs while mine are like twigs of frail grass! Not to mention that I'm unarmed and you have a large mace.' I'm trying to pass my staff off as just an old woman's walking stick."</p><p></p><p>DM: "Okay, make a Bluff check."</p><p></p><p>Player: "Ah, crap, I get a.. er... 4."</p><p></p><p>DM: "Okay, you approach the guard. 'Hi there, handsome!' you screech with a smile, failing to note the guard's disgusted regard. 'I have the best food in town for the murderers, they gotta eat too, right? Even though it's against the law and you'll get executed, you don't mind if I bring them some oak logs and trouble for you, do you?' With a leer, you add, 'My, what a big... stick... you have!'"</p><p></p><p>DM: "The guard replies, 'Away, hag! There are prettier prospects than you in the cells themselves!'"</p><p></p><p>It's the difference between how you think you'll sound and how you actually sound.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 5727754, member: 1210"] I do it a lot like this: Player: "I am going to try to talk the guard into letting me in to see the prisoners. I say, 'Hi there, o handsome and loyal soldier! I come with this sack of potatoes and onions for the unfortunates in the cells. Surely a little old lady like myself is no danger to your security. Perhaps you can make an excepttion to the rules so that I might take them this food? Surely you know that I wouldn't be able to cause any trouble for him! Why, compare our arms- yours are like oaken logs while mine are like twigs of frail grass! Not to mention that I'm unarmed and you have a large mace.' I'm trying to pass my staff off as just an old woman's walking stick." DM: "Okay, make a Bluff check." Player: "Ah, crap, I get a.. er... 4." DM: "Okay, you approach the guard. 'Hi there, handsome!' you screech with a smile, failing to note the guard's disgusted regard. 'I have the best food in town for the murderers, they gotta eat too, right? Even though it's against the law and you'll get executed, you don't mind if I bring them some oak logs and trouble for you, do you?' With a leer, you add, 'My, what a big... stick... you have!'" DM: "The guard replies, 'Away, hag! There are prettier prospects than you in the cells themselves!'" It's the difference between how you think you'll sound and how you actually sound. [/QUOTE]
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