Combination rant+humorous story, i suppose. I tried to keep it short
Ok, so me (20th lvl sorc/aileniest) and my next-door neighbor(20th pally, go figure) both coincidentially find ourselves in financial straits. *hook* Since A) Dragons have lots of money B) Pally's are dumb C) I'm completely insane from all my contact with the outer things....
I Talk my next-door neighbor into comming with me to kill a dragon.
(we are, of course, just between campaigns right now and killing time)
i throw some food into a haversack, grab my iron golem and ghostball familiar, pick up my new friend, and head on south, where i've heard there's a dragon about a certain volcano. Sure enough, we camp out for a few days, and we do indeed see the dragon. A nice, juicy red one. Unfortunately, it sees us as well, goes invis and proceeds to get the drop on us (pally was on guard duty, and had no way to cope with inivs, or even darkness) It's fly-by attacking, breathing flames at us, and using spells and such to make any B.A.D.D. member proud, and the palidin JUST STANDS THERE!!! It's at this point i discover:
-He has no means of aerial locomotion
-He has no ranged attacks
-He expected his horse to be of some good (i'm sure it tasted great)
So i throw a fly spell on him. He promptly charges the dragon, getting his one attack in for something like 70 damage. not bad, i think. finally getting some help here....*DOH* the dragon, on it's init, promptly full round-attacks him into the dirt. I get lucky and manage to get the dragon to retreat and go home to lick my wounds.
What i learned from this expierence: Next tine you find your self in financial straits, and there's a dumb paladin nearby, sacrifice him to a pit fiend for money. In fact, i hear one's taken up residence with a couple of local girls not too far from here.....
Ok, so me (20th lvl sorc/aileniest) and my next-door neighbor(20th pally, go figure) both coincidentially find ourselves in financial straits. *hook* Since A) Dragons have lots of money B) Pally's are dumb C) I'm completely insane from all my contact with the outer things....
I Talk my next-door neighbor into comming with me to kill a dragon.
(we are, of course, just between campaigns right now and killing time)
i throw some food into a haversack, grab my iron golem and ghostball familiar, pick up my new friend, and head on south, where i've heard there's a dragon about a certain volcano. Sure enough, we camp out for a few days, and we do indeed see the dragon. A nice, juicy red one. Unfortunately, it sees us as well, goes invis and proceeds to get the drop on us (pally was on guard duty, and had no way to cope with inivs, or even darkness) It's fly-by attacking, breathing flames at us, and using spells and such to make any B.A.D.D. member proud, and the palidin JUST STANDS THERE!!! It's at this point i discover:
-He has no means of aerial locomotion
-He has no ranged attacks
-He expected his horse to be of some good (i'm sure it tasted great)
So i throw a fly spell on him. He promptly charges the dragon, getting his one attack in for something like 70 damage. not bad, i think. finally getting some help here....*DOH* the dragon, on it's init, promptly full round-attacks him into the dirt. I get lucky and manage to get the dragon to retreat and go home to lick my wounds.
What i learned from this expierence: Next tine you find your self in financial straits, and there's a dumb paladin nearby, sacrifice him to a pit fiend for money. In fact, i hear one's taken up residence with a couple of local girls not too far from here.....
Both a little private I assume--though both having a high Cha. Also interesting that you both run into finantial trouble at the same time. Property taxes go up?
