Strange Things you've encountered?
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Nathan P. Mahney
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One of my first ever DMs ran an adventure where an NPC walked up to one of the PCs and said, "Excuse me, I'd like to eat you horse." We were all 1st level, so naturally the player was pretty possessive of his horse, and freaked out. The NPC turned into a gold dragon, ate the horse and the PC, and flew away.
Another time, we played with a complete novice DM. He uttered this phrase which has achieved immortality in our group as the benchmark for poor DMing:
"You hear a rustle in the bushes: six green dragons jump out!"
Oh yeah, my character killed the last Gobbledok, as well.
Another time, we played with a complete novice DM. He uttered this phrase which has achieved immortality in our group as the benchmark for poor DMing:
"You hear a rustle in the bushes: six green dragons jump out!"
Oh yeah, my character killed the last Gobbledok, as well.
Ralif Redhammer
Legend
Weirdest thing one of my gaming groups came across was a "ring of rubber," or at least that's what we called it. It made you immune to physical attacks, but sent you bouncing with the slightest hit. I think it was only used for one adventure before the PC got tired of the schtick.
As a DM, I'm guilty of throwing the party up against a snow golem. They were pretty incredulous, but hey, it was a winter-themed adventure in a castle of ice.
As a DM, I'm guilty of throwing the party up against a snow golem. They were pretty incredulous, but hey, it was a winter-themed adventure in a castle of ice.
GenkiZero
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EanLikeBean is wrong in his thoughts ! There was a chart... Albeit a brief chart that didn't quite list enough options (I did come up with some on the spot.) The 'Belt of Cool' was just fun.
Another group of items that my PCs came across were 20 or so globes of star constellations. The globes caused a different emotional effect on each character. We had one character who became disabilitatingly depressed when he held a globe... For whatever reason, after a victory in battle, he would pull his globe out and cry...
Another group of items that my PCs came across were 20 or so globes of star constellations. The globes caused a different emotional effect on each character. We had one character who became disabilitatingly depressed when he held a globe... For whatever reason, after a victory in battle, he would pull his globe out and cry...
Henry
Autoexreginated
I ripped it off from an old Dragon Magazine module, but in 2E my players found a Teddy Bear of Protection +3. It was a normal plush stuffed animal, and so long as you held it tucked under your arm, you gained a +3 to armor class and saving throws.
There's nothing like watching a grown man playing a fighter, wrestling with whether or not he wants the image of his character to be irrevocably changed for the sake of something that could save his life; kinda like watching someone wrestling with going into battle wearing a baby bib.
There's nothing like watching a grown man playing a fighter, wrestling with whether or not he wants the image of his character to be irrevocably changed for the sake of something that could save his life; kinda like watching someone wrestling with going into battle wearing a baby bib.
Pants
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Back in an old one-shot 2e game, I encountered the following 'treasure:'
A talking chamber pot and his 'friend,' an effeminate talking polearm. Can't remember their names though, but I think the chamber pot was named Steve.
Same adventure:
We had to go into this 'castle' that turned out to be a living castle of some sort. Inside the... uhhh living castle, we encountered Bill, the Swashbuckling Wizard with a peg leg, who lived inside the living castle.
A talking chamber pot and his 'friend,' an effeminate talking polearm. Can't remember their names though, but I think the chamber pot was named Steve.
Same adventure:
We had to go into this 'castle' that turned out to be a living castle of some sort. Inside the... uhhh living castle, we encountered Bill, the Swashbuckling Wizard with a peg leg, who lived inside the living castle.
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Evilhalfling
Adventurer
Umm.
2 sessions ago the party got sucked into an extradimesional space inside the sorcerers pockets. They finally made their way out- after fighting thread, and an animated sword, but avoiding most encounters and even leaving treasure unclaimed. The Robe now functions as a Robe of Useful Items. Instead of gems the Robe has the sorceres pocket money, each coin now weighing 10 lbs.
in CoC - a scroll written on human flesh. next to a skinless body. I read it. At the end of the adventure my skin peeled off and rolled itself into a scroll, strange writting suddenly appearing on it.
As Brian VanHoose would say, regarding CoC "Burn all the books, you will be better off. "
2 sessions ago the party got sucked into an extradimesional space inside the sorcerers pockets. They finally made their way out- after fighting thread, and an animated sword, but avoiding most encounters and even leaving treasure unclaimed. The Robe now functions as a Robe of Useful Items. Instead of gems the Robe has the sorceres pocket money, each coin now weighing 10 lbs.
in CoC - a scroll written on human flesh. next to a skinless body. I read it. At the end of the adventure my skin peeled off and rolled itself into a scroll, strange writting suddenly appearing on it.
As Brian VanHoose would say, regarding CoC "Burn all the books, you will be better off. "
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