It's Just a Cow!

[kitsune9]

So I remember back in the day I read in a magazine, Where some adventurers (maybe the Knights of the Dinner Table) were walking along and the GM describes the farm that they were passing and the cow that was grazing in the field.

The adventurers assumed that since the GM put it in their adventure that it was important and started to examine the cow and cast Dispel magic and Remove curse on the poor polymorphed prince or who not. Until the GM finally screams out "It's Just a Cow!" If anyone remembers this and could point me to where I could find that strip that would be awesome.

My group had a "It's just a cow!" moment last night when they met a couple other adventurers who were going the same direction. They thought that since the adventurers wanted to talk about the trade and weapons of choice that they were secretly thieves scoping the group out. A prudent assumption I suppose but they were just there for a bit of roleplay. It still got me thinking of that poor cow though.

Do you have an "It's just a cow!" moment to tell us about?

It was Knights of the Dinner Table and I have that magazine that has those strips. I'll try to go home tonight to find out what specific issue it is, but you may not hear from me in a few days.

 

[kitsune9]

Ooops. Human Target already beat me to the punch. Thanks!

 

[Minicol]

Well, the "En route" series of mini-adventures from Atlas games each featured a "Hellcow" adventure. And all of them are fun.

The first one has stumped my players already twice !

Not just a cow ... a HELLcow !!!

 

[Pseudonym]

Way back in 1st edition Gamma World we had a "cow" moment. We found some ancient technology and were trying to discover what it did. It was a thin black cylinder about six inches long, with a silver band around the center and silver tips on both ends. There was also some ancient writing none of us could decipher written along the side.

We tried to determine what it did, if it had any sort of energy signature etc. when finally one of the PCs pressed down on one of the silver tips. A small protrusion came out of the opposite side. This caused us to drop it like it was a plasma grenade and dive for cover, which was the consensus at the time. After a minute of it not exploding, we went back to it and one brave soul pressed the button again, causing the protrusion to recede in to the cylinder. More discussion ensued, and we eventually decided to take it with us to barter for other ancient tech as this had to be something cool and possibly very destructive, much to the GM's amusement/exasperation. All in all we spent well over an hour fussing over a pen.

 

[Silvercat Moonpaw]

In-world example:

In my first ever D&D game, set in Eberron, the PCs were investigating a room. They found a big-cat-print thong. I had my rather unWisdom gnome keep them because he thought they were probably important.

 

[Sorrowdusk]

In-world example:

In my first ever D&D game, set in Eberron, the PCs were investigating a room. They found a big-cat-print thong. I had my rather unWisdom gnome keep them because he thought they were probably important.

Yeah right, your gnome found panties and just HAD to find a way to profit.

So I remember back in the day I read in a magazine, Where some adventurers (maybe the Knights of the Dinner Table) were walking along and the GM describes the farm that they were passing and the cow that was grazing in the field.

The adventurers assumed that since the GM put it in their adventure that it was important and started to examine the cow and cast Dispel magic and Remove curse on the poor polymorphed prince or who not. Until the GM finally screams out "It's Just a Cow!" If anyone remembers this and could point me to where I could find that strip that would be awesome.

My group had a "It's just a cow!" moment last night when they met a couple other adventurers who were going the same direction. They thought that since the adventurers wanted to talk about the trade and weapons of choice that they were secretly thieves scoping the group out. A prudent assumption I suppose but they were just there for a bit of roleplay. It still got me thinking of that poor cow though.

Do you have an "It's just a cow!" moment to tell us about?

I think they were trying to be a bit too genre savvy.
The Law Of Conservation Of Detail - Television Tropes & Idioms

At the same time though I am reminded of an ACTUAL Cow during a campaign. The ranger's pet wolf had been killed and she went looking for a new pet, and found a "cute" cow in a farmers field and was determined to make it her companion.

She stole it.

And the next day the farmer was looking for it, and the Pally found out about it. He demanded that she give it back, or pay the farmer for it -she killed it without hesitation at the very thought of it being taken away. If she couldnt have it NOBODY would. It was slain instantly and the road ran red with its blood.

The ranger cried.
My barb was pleased we would have meat.
The paladin frowned and reimbursed the famer for his 'missing' animal, without telling him what happened to it.

 

[Zaran]

That's one cold ranger!

 

[TarionzCousin]

not quite "it's a cow," but one group i played with mapped the dungeon they were exploring and became absolutely convinced that there was a secret room in one area because it was a blank hole on their map. I had placed an empty area there just for that reaction, but it backfired on me in a big way when they refused to give up looking for the entrance to the room. [-]i finally told them there was no room there just to get them moving again.[/-] They stayed their until they starved and had to roll up new characters.

This would have been awesome.