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<blockquote data-quote="Samuel Leming" data-source="post: 1872461" data-attributes="member: 16462"><p>Who else here has encountered Stupid Dungeon Master Syndrome(SDMS)? This condition, though rare, is encountered more often than it should be.</p><p></p><p>I was reminded of a disasterous game of a few years ago by this post in Diaglo's rat bastard DM thread:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Our party had encountered a band of urds being lead by a beholder. We were trapped in a narrow corridor with a tall vaulted ceiling so the beholder caught us all with his antimagic eye while the urds flew in from the other side and above us. The beholder then opened fire with all ten of his other eyes... right into his own antimagic cone! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> </p><p></p><p>We tried to tell the DM the beholder's eye rays wouldn't work in the anitmagic field(it's right in the book), but the DM said that was stupid and a beholder's other eyes should be immune to his own antimagic effect. SDMS!</p><p></p><p> <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p></p><p>We decided to drop it and get on with the game. I forget how many of us were killed, but my character failed a save against a stoning ray and spent most of the game as a statue. Everyone else managed to break through the urds and run.</p><p></p><p>The party came back to rescue me, but not before the urds had treated me as pidgeons usually treat a statue. They also removed all my gear even though it was all turned to stone. SDMS!</p><p></p><p>I've removed any names to protect the guilty. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>Sam</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samuel Leming, post: 1872461, member: 16462"] Who else here has encountered Stupid Dungeon Master Syndrome(SDMS)? This condition, though rare, is encountered more often than it should be. I was reminded of a disasterous game of a few years ago by this post in Diaglo's rat bastard DM thread: Our party had encountered a band of urds being lead by a beholder. We were trapped in a narrow corridor with a tall vaulted ceiling so the beholder caught us all with his antimagic eye while the urds flew in from the other side and above us. The beholder then opened fire with all ten of his other eyes... right into his own antimagic cone! :eek: We tried to tell the DM the beholder's eye rays wouldn't work in the anitmagic field(it's right in the book), but the DM said that was stupid and a beholder's other eyes should be immune to his own antimagic effect. SDMS! :( We decided to drop it and get on with the game. I forget how many of us were killed, but my character failed a save against a stoning ray and spent most of the game as a statue. Everyone else managed to break through the urds and run. The party came back to rescue me, but not before the urds had treated me as pidgeons usually treat a statue. They also removed all my gear even though it was all turned to stone. SDMS! I've removed any names to protect the guilty. :) Sam [/QUOTE]
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