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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Baramay" data-source="post: 2749701" data-attributes="member: 38158">I have to say Athas provided the best atmosphere for foolish play.  It was our start to playing and the three of us each made up three characters.  Play started with us being slaves in a huge rolling prison being taken to Tyr to work ourselves to death building a ziggurat for the insane sorcerer king.  Elves attacked and the massive building stopped.  The three of us worked together to free ourselves of the restraints.  We chose not to free anyone else.  (Athas has two suns and in the open desert the most precious commodity is water.)  We waited until the fighting had stopped for a while to go topside.  After searching for a while we found some hidden water,one waterskin each.  All weapons and armor had been stripped from the dead by the elves.  As we were enjoying our find, desert raiders can upon us and demanded our water.  They had patchwork leather armor and broken weapons(basically not quite as good as a non-broken), if memory serves me correctly there were about six of them.  Not wanting to gamble my new found freedom, I tossed the open waterskin across the floor.  The raiders scuttled after it not wanting to lose a precious drop.  I ran out the door.  Another character feeling this was the way to go did the same with the same result.  The third guy, I can only guess, felt confident in his high strength or the fact that we were 3rd level.  He turned wild-eyed and challenged the raiders.  Later we found him in a pool of his own blood.  Fortunately for him rounds were longer at that time and thus it took longer to die.  What happened next is was not stupid but it was funny so I will include it here.  He went to get a view from a high vantage point, in doing so we saw a lush area of plants and water in the distance.  Since I was stronger I was carrying the wounded guy and the other player ran to get water.  As he entered the oasis the plants wrapped around him and started to drain his blood.  I heard his scream and ran to help.  When I saw what was happening, I asked the DM what my chances of getting in without getting attacked would be.  He had me roll an intelligence check and succeeding he told me "almost impossible."  I picked up a flower, tossed towards the struggling ally and said goodbye old friend.  Later that night as I was helping the conscious but helpless injured guy across the desert, a huge snake with eyes of a fly appeared.  I dropped the injured guy to run.  The snake proceeded to fanged him and carry him off into the night.  From then on my character chose the path of survivor and is still alive today.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I now feel the need to include my own stupid act.  Funny how it is harder to remember ones own fauz pas.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />  Recently, as a matter of fact, we were told that a business in the city was owned by an ogre and a sign in front read "elves and halflings will be axed on sight."  The person who told us about it also said he was keeping the fact a secret from an elven epic friend. A short time later we had asked the elf to help us on a diplomatic mission.  While traveling to our destination, I was at a loss for conversation so I blurted out "what do you think of that place with the elves will be axed sign?"  I quickly realized my blunder but she would not let it drop until I told her everything.  I think subconsciously my love of elves wanted these racists dead.  Of course, everyone has an excuse.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  In the end she sent us to the place polymorphed into elves.  We beat them up but did not kill anyone.  In the end we could only hope that being defeated by those of the pointed ear was embarassing enough to change them.</blockquote>

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