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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vaslov" data-source="post: 5214527" data-attributes="member: 37953">Years ago I was playing in a campaign which was moving along nicely.  The DM had us shipwrecked on a small island which was no more than a volcano.  We wiped out the bad guy temple there and then... writers block struck.  I am not sure if life just got busy for him or if he just wanted a break.  He asked if anyone else wanted to DM for a short while.I had run several 2e games years before and took up the challenge.  I had what I thought was a great idea.  Due to some real life challenges I did not have all the prep time I desired, but I came to the game with a clear game plan.The party had a paladin of Heironeous, Tori I believe.  Another player played his dragon mount.  I decided to try and build the next game around them.  They would run into a ship named Meersalm, a term which has special meaning for Heironeous in GH lore.  I made up a back story it had been long stolen by clerics of their nemesis god Hextor.  I figured they would rush in to save the ship.  The entire plot I had in mind had this as the key.I forgot no plan survives contacts with the players.  The paladin and his mount counting the number of enemies decided to try and sink the ship.  I should of let them in retrospect, but hindsight is always 20/20.They clawed at the bottom of the hull which I countered with a spell pushing them away.  I remember during one flight across the deck one of them said something about how it was a good thing the archers or crossbowmen didn't have a magic projectile that could hit the dragon.  I had of course planed for them to have just that item.  Silence reigned when that came into play.  Yeah.  The game was one big dud.It was so bad I almost didn't go back for the next game I was so embarrassed by how it went.  Luckily it was a fairly forgiving group.  Took years before I got back behind the screen though.  I'd like to think I learned some good lessons from the experience.</blockquote>

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