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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sammael" data-source="post: 2467137" data-attributes="member: 4475">I managed to destroy not one, but two of my campaigns in one fell swoop. This was in 2001, I think. I was running two groups at the time, and I wanted to have a very cool climactic encounter for both groups, so I figured I'd organize one really long session and bring both groups together to have their characters join forces for a dragon-hunt. Baaaaad idea. First, we all met at one of my players' houses (all players, 10 of them, are from the same circle of my friends). Everybody was running late, so we started much later than I'd anticipated. Second, there was booze at the table. First beer, but, as the evening progressed, tequila was mentioned and the next moment, shotglasses were everywhere. Third, nobody was realy into it. One player tried to organize the hunt (it wasn't just a random hunt, both groups had something at stake), but the others really didn't care one way or the other, but weren't willing to let him make up a decent plan. Their debate as to how to enter the dragon's lair took four hours.Needless to say, after four hours of drinking and debating, nobody was really into killing the dragon afterwards. I ran the dragon in a half-arsed manner, forgetting to use roughly 90% of his abilities. The party likewise used the "I charge the dragon" tactic. They managed to kill it pretty easily, and some of them then entered a "feeding frenzy" over the dragon's hoard. I was so disgusted by that whole evening that I never ran either campaign again. I even think I took a 3 month break from role-playing in general.</blockquote>

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