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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 3904678" data-attributes="member: 704">Most recent:I have a running sub plot in my current game.  In the 1st session, the players met an imperious nobleman, Giovanni de la Roche, who demanded the players give him their horses.  The party refused, and in the ensuing fight, killed him.  The mans hired henchmen returned the mans body to his family.2 sessions later, they encountered Antonio de la Roche.  That encounter started with "Hello.  My name is Antonio de la Roche.  You killed my father.  Prepare to die."  Well, Antonio died.  Later after that, they encountered Ricardo de La Roche, who said "Hello.  My name is Ricardo de la Roche.  You killed my Uncle, and my cousin.  Prepare to die."  A reward was also placed on their heads.  A good time was had by all.  Well, Ricardo survived and was locked up and a ransom demand was issued.The players were paid a Ransom by Vincent de la Roche.  4000 gp, paid in four 1000 gp letters of credit.  However, only one of the letters of credit was legitimate.  The others were for only 50 gp, and has Firetrap cast on them.  I brain farted though, and should have used explosive runes.  Still, the de la Roche family is still a factor in the game.  More is yet to come of this.  The players recently hired a Bard to spread a bunch of lies and slander against them.Now, less recently:In a 2nd edition game run back in 1998, an Orog Warlord called Rourc had come into prominance.  The players intercepted a patroll, wiped it out, and left a prisoner tied to a tree.  They then carved a challenge into a survivors chest, challenging the warlord to an honorable 4 vs 1 duel.  They then moved off, and kept watch for a few days.  A few days later, a 2nd patrol found the first, and took the survivor down from the tree.  A day after that, a patrol returned and left a response on the tree, giving the players a time and a location.  Their challenge had been accepted.The players then entered the warlords camp.  The warlord had a pretty large army, all wanting to kill the players.  But not a hand was laid on them.  They warlord, an impressive half Orc / half Ogre stepped out and greeted the players.  He told them to go ahead, and get their armour on.  When the mage did not armour up, the following exchange took place.Rourc:  "I see you are not donning armour.  Are  you a mage?"Greg:  "You will find out."Rourc:  "You will die first".Anyway, initiative was rolled, and the fight started.  Round 1:  Rourc drops Greg in 1 round, gives Garret a vicious smile.Round 2:  Rourc drops Garret in 1 round.  Gives Derrick a vicious smile.So now half the party is dead, and Rourc and the party tank are squaring off.  Rourc is doing big amounts of damage, and he has soaked up some heavy attacks.  Derrick has a retarded AC, and plenty of HP, but he was not going to hold out for long.  Charlie was just throwing out called shots (from 2nd Edition Combat and Tactics), and pretty much figured he was dead.  But the players scored a the kill.  One of Charlies called shots caused Rourcs armour to be damaged, and Rourc's hp gave out.  It was a classic D&D moment, with a hard fought victory.  The players were cheering and giving one another high fives.  Than I told them the following (not word for word exactly, but the gist).<As charlie was basically eviscerating Rourc>  Rourc falls down, and as you tear his intestines out, he is laughing.  As he is laughing, he fades from view, but you still hear laughing.  "That was fun!".  Rourc steps out of his tent laughing, accompanied by a man in blue robes.  "This is Targ, my Illusionist.  My god, you guys are retarded.  You challenge me to an honorable[/] 4 vs 1 Duel?  What the hell do I care for honor.  I am an Orog warlord, not some idiot human knight."  Rourc looks at his massive army that you are now in the middle of.  "Ok.  Lets get em boys."At this point, the game went on hold as my players charged me en mass.  After a few minutes, things settled down.  Greg's character failed the system shock roll, and stayed dead.  The rest of the fight was pretty quick, and the players went down, but were kept alive, and stripped of gear, and tied to a tree with Rourc's brand carved into their chest.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

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