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<blockquote data-quote="WampusCat43" data-source="post: 3249078" data-attributes="member: 12027">As the near-constant DM, my screwups (compounded by a bad memory and liberal applications of bourbon) are approaching legendary status.&nbsp; Last week, we started much later than usual (Xmas) and I had a pretty good buzz going.&nbsp; The party was in its 2nd go-round in the Whispering Cairn (Age of Worms) and ran into the Earl of Coalchester, a chatty noble salamander who had been bound to guard this tomb for years and was bored silly.My players, more of the &quot;Nuke first, ask questions later&quot; style, actually held up for a moment...Earl:&nbsp; &quot;Greetings!&nbsp; Welcome to my home!&quot;Them:&nbsp; &quot;What are you doing here?&quot;Earl:&nbsp; &quot;I've been bound here, blah, blah, blah...&quot;Them:&nbsp; &quot;That's too bad.&quot;(Silence)&nbsp;&nbsp; :\ (Silence - DM breaks out in flopsweat.)&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh&nbsp; &nbsp; :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> (Silence - DM totally unable to come up with any kind of segue that would lead to the NPC giving up all the information it was willing to impart.)&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid&nbsp; &nbsp; :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> (Silence)Them:&nbsp; We attack.Me:&nbsp; (Thank god)&nbsp; Roll for initiative.&nbsp;&nbsp; <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=":o" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :o"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WampusCat43, post: 3249078, member: 12027"] As the near-constant DM, my screwups (compounded by a bad memory and liberal applications of bourbon) are approaching legendary status. Last week, we started much later than usual (Xmas) and I had a pretty good buzz going. The party was in its 2nd go-round in the Whispering Cairn (Age of Worms) and ran into the Earl of Coalchester, a chatty noble salamander who had been bound to guard this tomb for years and was bored silly. My players, more of the "Nuke first, ask questions later" style, actually held up for a moment... Earl: "Greetings! Welcome to my home!" Them: "What are you doing here?" Earl: "I've been bound here, blah, blah, blah..." Them: "That's too bad." (Silence) :\ (Silence - DM breaks out in flopsweat.) :heh: (Silence - DM totally unable to come up with any kind of segue that would lead to the NPC giving up all the information it was willing to impart.) :uhoh: (Silence) Them: We attack. Me: (Thank god) Roll for initiative. :o [/QUOTE]

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