Moe Ronalds
First Post
Have your players ever done something that you didn't expect? Be it smart or dumb, yeilding results either great or catostrauphic? If so, post 'em!
A few of mine...
Okay, PCs are walking through the first basement level of a fiend-infested dungeon, with walls made out of some sort of obviously evil vegetation. In one room, they come across a man that is gagged and bound, and obviously starving. He looks up at juicy fruits hanging above him ravenously. The fruits are growing out of the walls. I don't know why, but for whatever reason I didn't expect them to feed him the fruits. They did, of course, and of course the fruits were poisonous (5d6 con. damage. Them's some baaad apples.) Then, party samurai who has recently discovered a new, magic weapon, decides to test it out on the corpse of the old man they just killed. The old man, being at -5 constitution, turns into goo.
Same group, I'm player now- one of the other players is GM. We're walking along, and someone has the bright idea of trying to bash a hole in the floor so that we can see if there is a basement. Since the character was a monk, he used his bare hands. Result? Owwwwwww.
Another time, veteran player (the DM in the above example (and, I will add, the guy who suggested they feed the old man the fruit (and, the guy who's character (despite a 12 intelligence) does not wear armor even though his lack of such has gotten him killed already.))) walks into a room. Alone. (Yes, there was a rogue in the party. But aren't barbarians the best scouts? What with the screaming and the greatexes? But I digress) Inside the room he sees a mirror, and the skeletons of several animals littering the floor, apparently in pairs. Now, the player knew what it was, but in a wonderful display of non-metagaming checked himself out in the mirror. Nothing happens, but when the barbarian exits he is literally beside himself. Samurai who had recently turned a man into goo, decides to do as the cryptic voice in his head tells him and go for the one on the right. Who, unfortunately, was the real barbarian. Anyway, the party knocks out both barbarians and decided to inspect their feet and their eyes. This I had completely not anticipated, so I decided to be nice and reward such effort. The un-real barbarian had clean feet, the other barbarian (due to lack of shoes) had filthy feet. Also, due to a long and bloody life, the real barbarian's eyes were very weary. Due to just about no life whatsoever, unreal barbarian's eyes are just kinda glazed.
A few of mine...
Okay, PCs are walking through the first basement level of a fiend-infested dungeon, with walls made out of some sort of obviously evil vegetation. In one room, they come across a man that is gagged and bound, and obviously starving. He looks up at juicy fruits hanging above him ravenously. The fruits are growing out of the walls. I don't know why, but for whatever reason I didn't expect them to feed him the fruits. They did, of course, and of course the fruits were poisonous (5d6 con. damage. Them's some baaad apples.) Then, party samurai who has recently discovered a new, magic weapon, decides to test it out on the corpse of the old man they just killed. The old man, being at -5 constitution, turns into goo.
Same group, I'm player now- one of the other players is GM. We're walking along, and someone has the bright idea of trying to bash a hole in the floor so that we can see if there is a basement. Since the character was a monk, he used his bare hands. Result? Owwwwwww.
Another time, veteran player (the DM in the above example (and, I will add, the guy who suggested they feed the old man the fruit (and, the guy who's character (despite a 12 intelligence) does not wear armor even though his lack of such has gotten him killed already.))) walks into a room. Alone. (Yes, there was a rogue in the party. But aren't barbarians the best scouts? What with the screaming and the greatexes? But I digress) Inside the room he sees a mirror, and the skeletons of several animals littering the floor, apparently in pairs. Now, the player knew what it was, but in a wonderful display of non-metagaming checked himself out in the mirror. Nothing happens, but when the barbarian exits he is literally beside himself. Samurai who had recently turned a man into goo, decides to do as the cryptic voice in his head tells him and go for the one on the right. Who, unfortunately, was the real barbarian. Anyway, the party knocks out both barbarians and decided to inspect their feet and their eyes. This I had completely not anticipated, so I decided to be nice and reward such effort. The un-real barbarian had clean feet, the other barbarian (due to lack of shoes) had filthy feet. Also, due to a long and bloody life, the real barbarian's eyes were very weary. Due to just about no life whatsoever, unreal barbarian's eyes are just kinda glazed.
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