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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phlebas" data-source="post: 3863467" data-attributes="member: 23810">The revolt i remember most was in a university game, me as DM, AD&Dafter an adventure in a dungeon which had beat up the PC's fairly bad (they were ~6th level i think, it was towards the end of the first year), and they had missed two treasure rooms so weren't in the best of moods, they dived on a pile of sticks (which was debris from a room that the ogre they killed a while before had redecorated) they insisted on searching through the debris so i started ad-libing what they found including an intricately carved stick (i was thinking of part of a chair back)one person studied it for a while before concluding it wasn't interesting and went to break it in half. another player who wasn't paying attention suddenly shouted - "Stop, its a wand". the rest of the players suddenly started clamouring that they were jumping at the player to stop him, or diving out of trouble. The PC snapping it decided he wasn't going to stop (he was the thug warrior_ and so everybody spontaneously started rolling saving throws to get out of the way (While another player started reading out the damage you received from snapping a wand - i forget what it was but it was enough most players were worried)I started asking everybody in turn what they were doing - and if they said '"Diving out of the way", asked for their saving throw resultone person attempted to grab the "Wand" but rolled a 2 on an attack roll. One person rolled a 1 on the saving throw and everyone was dreading the damage roll.I described the scene as they dove for cover, the unwitting snappee was getting stick from all the players, and then i yelled "Snap" at the top of my voice.SilenceOne player (who rolled the 1 on the save) had already ripped his character sheet in half. evryone turned and looked at me."What happened""Snap""What do you mean snap""The stick breaks with a loud snap, you've all just dived for cover. Thats what happened"At this stage i think i chuckled - next thing I know i was being pelted by dice and leapt on by unfreindly playersShort term result: Session ended, some players didn't see the funny side until the next session when several apologised, some blamed me and i think one congratulated me on the tension i'd built up. Long term result: Group continued for three years (with several DM's taking turns as well as me).Bone chip in my left thumb, which i can still feel, from a viciously hurled d4.Realisation that some people get far too attached to their characters to appreciate DM practical jokes...Ok not a traditional revolt, but still one of my 'finest moments' as a DM (Not)</blockquote>

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