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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 1877211" data-attributes="member: 9254">D&amp;D The heroes are wandering through an equatorial grassland (think Kenya) at night (to limit exposure to the heat) and approach a water hole.&nbsp; The lead riders encounter a strange massive ox with flat-sided, forward curving horns and almost rhinocerous-like hide (Dire cape buffalo).&nbsp; &nbsp; They try to shoo it off while still riding straight for it.&nbsp; Melee ensues as the cape buffalo proceed to slaughter their horses.&nbsp; One guy decides to try an unusual gambit and tosses a thunderstone, but the target doesn't stun.&nbsp; Three rounds later, though, the buffalo suddenly decide to flee in a direction away from the waterhole.&nbsp; The horses begin getting antsy and the rogues begin hearing thunder in the distance.&nbsp;&nbsp; The cleric (high wisdom that he has) realizes it's a stampede of some fashion, tosses up a wall of stone and dives behind it.&nbsp; The others begin doing the same.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Except for the spellsword.&nbsp; She goes to save her horse, a horse she just bought that session for this mission, a horse that's quite a distance from the wall of stone she is currently standing next to.&nbsp; A horse that she just manages to get to before the herd of gazelle slam into the party.&nbsp; The ogre-paladin, caught on the wrong side of the wall, just barely survived at -8hp while the spellsword and her horse are reduced to a jelly-like consistency.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The cleric brings her back to life, they wander on, and three in-game hours later the player smacks himself in the head as he realizes he was wearing boots of springing and striding and never marked the speed increase on his character sheet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 1877211, member: 9254"] D&D The heroes are wandering through an equatorial grassland (think Kenya) at night (to limit exposure to the heat) and approach a water hole. The lead riders encounter a strange massive ox with flat-sided, forward curving horns and almost rhinocerous-like hide (Dire cape buffalo). They try to shoo it off while still riding straight for it. Melee ensues as the cape buffalo proceed to slaughter their horses. One guy decides to try an unusual gambit and tosses a thunderstone, but the target doesn't stun. Three rounds later, though, the buffalo suddenly decide to flee in a direction away from the waterhole. The horses begin getting antsy and the rogues begin hearing thunder in the distance. The cleric (high wisdom that he has) realizes it's a stampede of some fashion, tosses up a wall of stone and dives behind it. The others begin doing the same. Except for the spellsword. She goes to save her horse, a horse she just bought that session for this mission, a horse that's quite a distance from the wall of stone she is currently standing next to. A horse that she just manages to get to before the herd of gazelle slam into the party. The ogre-paladin, caught on the wrong side of the wall, just barely survived at -8hp while the spellsword and her horse are reduced to a jelly-like consistency. The cleric brings her back to life, they wander on, and three in-game hours later the player smacks himself in the head as he realizes he was wearing boots of springing and striding and never marked the speed increase on his character sheet. [/QUOTE]

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