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<blockquote data-quote="Soul Stigma" data-source="post: 7157205" data-attributes="member: 6887393">From another thread I got the idea to feature an enchanted door in a dungeon, one originally intended as a trap and poser of riddles, but which had gained sentience over centuries.&nbsp; The door was bored, having performed this function for so long and then spending ages without even a visitor.&nbsp; When the party found it, the door was so bored with its existence that it relished the conversation and had no desire to lure them into traps or even prevent their passing through.&nbsp; From my perspective it was intended as a quirky RP opportunity and I expected them to &quot;befriend&quot; the door enough to move on.Instead, the sorceress got the idea to make a deal with the door: in return for letting them pass, they would remove the door from its hinges, put it in their bag of holding and proceed to show it the world through their travels... Since the door had never known anything other than the corridor it guarded, this was an amazing opportunity for it.The Bag of Holding has a mouth diameter of two feet, and I decided that being stretched into an extreme oval was close enough to handle the door's width (because putting an enchanted door in the bag to show it the world is a lot more interesting than &quot;no it won't fit&quot;).&nbsp; So they indeed the party began carrying the door around.&nbsp; They asked it its name and it replied, &quot;I don't have a name.&nbsp; What name would you call me if you were naming a door?&quot;&nbsp; His name is now Jim.&nbsp; As in Jim Morrison, because he's a door, lol.So how about other DMs - what kind of weird curveballs have you been thrown by your players?&nbsp; Alternatively, if you're a player, what weird ideas have you come up with that the DM didn't see coming?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Soul Stigma, post: 7157205, member: 6887393"] From another thread I got the idea to feature an enchanted door in a dungeon, one originally intended as a trap and poser of riddles, but which had gained sentience over centuries. The door was bored, having performed this function for so long and then spending ages without even a visitor. When the party found it, the door was so bored with its existence that it relished the conversation and had no desire to lure them into traps or even prevent their passing through. From my perspective it was intended as a quirky RP opportunity and I expected them to "befriend" the door enough to move on. Instead, the sorceress got the idea to make a deal with the door: in return for letting them pass, they would remove the door from its hinges, put it in their bag of holding and proceed to show it the world through their travels... Since the door had never known anything other than the corridor it guarded, this was an amazing opportunity for it. The Bag of Holding has a mouth diameter of two feet, and I decided that being stretched into an extreme oval was close enough to handle the door's width (because putting an enchanted door in the bag to show it the world is a lot more interesting than "no it won't fit"). So they indeed the party began carrying the door around. They asked it its name and it replied, "I don't have a name. What name would you call me if you were naming a door?" His name is now Jim. As in Jim Morrison, because he's a door, lol. So how about other DMs - what kind of weird curveballs have you been thrown by your players? Alternatively, if you're a player, what weird ideas have you come up with that the DM didn't see coming? [/QUOTE]

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