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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1068841" data-attributes="member: 99">How can I resist after I've been called out like this?It's Rolemaster.  I'm playing a Halfling Runemage.  We're in our room at the inn where we're supposed to wait for the captain of the guard to come talk to us about some murders that have taken place in the town.  All of us are highly suspicious that we're about to be accused of these murders that we most certainly didn't commit.  In an effort to appear to be the sort of Halfling that isn't going to take a lot of accusatory crap from some backwoods sheriff, I pull out my Rod of Firebolts and assume my most intimidating posture:"My character hops up on the bed and begins casually polishing his rod."To this day, nobody remembers what happened after that.Another unintentional funny happened in a later Rolemaster campaign.  Our party was comprised of characters who had flirted with the wrong side of the law for most of their careers.  But now the local constabulary had some dirt on us and we were being leaned on to help them root out a nasty band of thieves or face the consequences.Not being the types to take blackmail laying down, we were contemplating double crossing the city guards as soon as we could.  One of the more cautious members of the party was afraid that the guards might be scrying on us and discover our intended double cross.  I caustically berated this character, sarcastically saying something like, "Oh yeah.  These thugs that call themselves the city guard are really a bunch of mind readers."Moments later, our contact from the city guard shows up to brief us on the plan for attacking the thieves stronghold.  "Good day.  I'm Captain Mental."All of us sat there with our eyes the size of saucers, staring at the GM.  "What?" he says.  "CAPTAIN FREAKIN' MENTAL!!" we replied.  Then he starts laughing.  Turns out that the NPC is named "Captain Mentil" and any resemblance to a mind reader was entirely unintended.Hilarity ensues.</blockquote>

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