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<blockquote data-quote="Tarangil" data-source="post: 2706679" data-attributes="member: 34763"><p><strong>1) </strong> A favourite of mine was a player who's <strong>greed always got the better of him</strong>. If I ever wanted to test a trap, I just put a gold piece on the floor, and I wouldn't be able to finish the description of what's around it before he blurts out, "I grab it". Usually after bitten once or twice you'd learn... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> This Thief ALWAYS sprung the traps on himself because of that and didn't successfully Disarm a trap until he was Lvl 9.</p><p></p><p><strong>2)</strong> Had a dumb player join us, and the group was ambushed on the road. Surrounded by bow wielding orcs in the bushes, he gets a couple of arrows in him and decides to hide...by lying down on the dirt road and burying himself in full view of everyone. Hard packed earth cannot bury a boot, but all he would do is try and try and try...until he got killed.</p><p></p><p><strong>3)</strong> Remember the first room in the <em>UNDERMOUNTAIN</em>? You know the one with the two orcs in it? The clerk/mage, wild mage, and Barbarian (Player from (1)) These guys went into UM at first level, scuffled with the orcs and one got away. Then they decided to camp out. About 15 orcs returned and started bashing the door open. (Think LOTR with the Door being busted in the Tomb), Everyone is ready for the onslaught...</p><p></p><p>Blankor (B1) "Where'd the Wizard go?"</p><p></p><p>Trose (C1/M1) "What?!?!" -looks at player 3 in shock-</p><p></p><p>The wild mage <em>Slick 50 </em> had decided to sneak out the secret door behind them run back to the well and be lifted back up before the door was busted in leaving his friends. After cat and mouse, some smart surviving Trose and Blankor survived, went back up to the yawning portal to find their <em>Friend</em> enjoying a round of drinks. We all know what would happen next. The Roaring Barbarian who never liked wizards picked up the skinny Slick 50 and threw him down the well. Mr Wild mage used a wild surge to make spider climb while falling and made it 200% effective, stuck out his hands and touched the well wall as he fell the 240'....</p><p></p><p>To this day his hands are still sticking to where he touched the wall. The rest of him after his wrists dislocated and popped off, fell the rest of the way leaving a long greasy smear all the way down.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>The Moral</strong>-</em> If you're a wizard and in a party with a magic suspicious Barbarian...Don't betray the party.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tarangil, post: 2706679, member: 34763"] [B]1) [/B] A favourite of mine was a player who's [B]greed always got the better of him[/B]. If I ever wanted to test a trap, I just put a gold piece on the floor, and I wouldn't be able to finish the description of what's around it before he blurts out, "I grab it". Usually after bitten once or twice you'd learn... :D This Thief ALWAYS sprung the traps on himself because of that and didn't successfully Disarm a trap until he was Lvl 9. [B]2)[/B] Had a dumb player join us, and the group was ambushed on the road. Surrounded by bow wielding orcs in the bushes, he gets a couple of arrows in him and decides to hide...by lying down on the dirt road and burying himself in full view of everyone. Hard packed earth cannot bury a boot, but all he would do is try and try and try...until he got killed. [B]3)[/B] Remember the first room in the [I]UNDERMOUNTAIN[/I]? You know the one with the two orcs in it? The clerk/mage, wild mage, and Barbarian (Player from (1)) These guys went into UM at first level, scuffled with the orcs and one got away. Then they decided to camp out. About 15 orcs returned and started bashing the door open. (Think LOTR with the Door being busted in the Tomb), Everyone is ready for the onslaught... Blankor (B1) "Where'd the Wizard go?" Trose (C1/M1) "What?!?!" -looks at player 3 in shock- The wild mage [I]Slick 50 [/I] had decided to sneak out the secret door behind them run back to the well and be lifted back up before the door was busted in leaving his friends. After cat and mouse, some smart surviving Trose and Blankor survived, went back up to the yawning portal to find their [I]Friend[/I] enjoying a round of drinks. We all know what would happen next. The Roaring Barbarian who never liked wizards picked up the skinny Slick 50 and threw him down the well. Mr Wild mage used a wild surge to make spider climb while falling and made it 200% effective, stuck out his hands and touched the well wall as he fell the 240'.... To this day his hands are still sticking to where he touched the wall. The rest of him after his wrists dislocated and popped off, fell the rest of the way leaving a long greasy smear all the way down. [I][B]The Moral[/B]-[/I] If you're a wizard and in a party with a magic suspicious Barbarian...Don't betray the party. [/QUOTE]
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