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<blockquote data-quote="Giddeon" data-source="post: 2441242" data-attributes="member: 31047">About 7 years ago I was running a campaign in 2nd edition.&nbsp; The party was 7-9th level so they were pretty upset when I gave them a &quot;cheesy&quot; item.&nbsp; It was a magic item that I created as part of a random treasure.&nbsp; The item was small square of wax about the size of a piece of parchment.&nbsp; Of course I heard the slew of comments on that one.About 3 months into the campaign they discovered the command word and the true nature of this item.&nbsp; Once the command word was spoken, it grew into a mass block of wax 30ft. high, 30ft. long, and 6ft. thick.&nbsp; Again, comments ensued.Shortly after they discovered how to use it, they needed it.&nbsp; Out of sheer stupidity, they wanted to test their skills.&nbsp; I warned against it through subtle role playing of my NPC's.&nbsp; Still determined to do what ever they &quot;thought&quot; they could do, they stumbled into a huge red dragon.&nbsp; Of course fleeing from the dragon was the only option available.&nbsp; They didn't remember the cave from earlier in the campaign where traps and tunnels plagued them before.&nbsp; A sloped passage leading to a very large pit of nasty spikes waited for them or a tasty treat for the dragon.&nbsp; Oh, choices they must make. I was getting wrapped up into the story at this point.&nbsp; Forgetting they had this &quot;worthless&quot; wax thing, one PC decided to use it in a cleaver way.&nbsp; Placing it on the ground near this passage of sure death, the command word spoken, the party waited for the dragon to breath its fire breath to melt the wax.&nbsp; Having set up a 3-D map, the melting wax was flowing into the pit of spikes below.&nbsp; After a few minutes of calculation it was determined that the wax filled the pit to the point where the PC's walked across this pit to their freedom.I think that was the more memorable occasions that I can recall.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Giddeon, post: 2441242, member: 31047"] About 7 years ago I was running a campaign in 2nd edition. The party was 7-9th level so they were pretty upset when I gave them a "cheesy" item. It was a magic item that I created as part of a random treasure. The item was small square of wax about the size of a piece of parchment. Of course I heard the slew of comments on that one. About 3 months into the campaign they discovered the command word and the true nature of this item. Once the command word was spoken, it grew into a mass block of wax 30ft. high, 30ft. long, and 6ft. thick. Again, comments ensued. Shortly after they discovered how to use it, they needed it. Out of sheer stupidity, they wanted to test their skills. I warned against it through subtle role playing of my NPC's. Still determined to do what ever they "thought" they could do, they stumbled into a huge red dragon. Of course fleeing from the dragon was the only option available. They didn't remember the cave from earlier in the campaign where traps and tunnels plagued them before. A sloped passage leading to a very large pit of nasty spikes waited for them or a tasty treat for the dragon. Oh, choices they must make. I was getting wrapped up into the story at this point. Forgetting they had this "worthless" wax thing, one PC decided to use it in a cleaver way. Placing it on the ground near this passage of sure death, the command word spoken, the party waited for the dragon to breath its fire breath to melt the wax. Having set up a 3-D map, the melting wax was flowing into the pit of spikes below. After a few minutes of calculation it was determined that the wax filled the pit to the point where the PC's walked across this pit to their freedom. I think that was the more memorable occasions that I can recall. [/QUOTE]

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