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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Look_a_Unicorn" data-source="post: 1882889" data-attributes="member: 11886">I'll try to use spoiler tags (sorry if I stuff it) because it relates to the Standing Stone module<spoiler>I was DM'ing this module, and had done a reasonable job of painting the Cuckoo/Sorcerer/evil group as being slightly odd people who were genuinely helping a town in trouble... I really wanted to play up the "resolving allegiances in this mystery" aspect of the campaign, and my players were really into it- after games they'd sit around and discuss who they thought they should trust etc etc)... right up until the point that the Cuckoo is helping the party explore... the Ghost Paladin attacks.. and- in my words- "The Vrock lifts his croaky voice in a mocking tune that lifts your spirits..."(for those unfamiliar, the Cuckoo is a Vrock, pretending to be a human Bard to get the PC's to do his dirty work)</spoiler>(this is a player-stupidity story, but meh)In the first campaign I played in, the party had just emerged into forested area after travelling through dwarven mines where we had successfully gotten the Stumpies to agree to help the kingdom of Tardaleen repulse the invading enemy army.Some green and brown cloaked humans (we'd been told once that these were the colours of Tardaleen, I'd forgotten- to me it sounded like a description of bandits!) were being chased off by some dark-plated horsemen. I thought, "sweet, Tardaleen cavalry.. in dark plate armour... with spikes... they'll help!" (alright, I use the term *think* loosely here). As they canter back down the road towards where we watched they pulled up & asked us our business. My paladin-wannebe (2nd ed, didn't have the stats, based the character round it) happily stepped forward and announced that "We are allies of the Dwarven King, here to help mighty Tardaleen!"Fortunately we had a very forgiving DM, so the 20 odd cavalry didn't immediately annihilate us- (they had a pressing mission that couldn't be delayed any longer)- and the Captain just extracted some info which my PC was happy to share. However when they left to depart, and my PC ran along behind asking how we could get to Tardaleen, could we double up on horses, etc etc the Captain drew his sword and knocked him down in one blow before spitting on me and cantering off... about then the light dawned just how much info on the dwarven forces I'd given away... and I realised why the other players were laughing uncontrollably around me *sheepish grin*</blockquote>

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