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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Glen" data-source="post: 6694761" data-attributes="member: 6800327">So after reading a long conversation about Gandalf being an epic  level fighter, it has been brought to my attention that Boromir was  killed not as a plot device, but because he was getting too close to the  DM's girlfriend. The facts are quite obvious for all to see, those in  the gaming community have seen it far too often. One PC gets all the  DM's favoritism, the closer they are to the DM the more good stuff they  get. Poor Boromir got too close to Frodo, so he had to die. It's  apparent Frodo is being played by the DM's girlfriend. All the signs of  favoritism are there. Frodo gets picked to be the Chosen One. At level  one he's given not just the epic level artifact, but on top of it all he  even gets gifted a substantial amount of money in Bilbo's house. So  he's now the heir to Bilbo's fortune, who was obviously the DM's old  character. After that it's all about Frodo, the Nazgul at the watchtower  attack only him, causing drama centered on Frodo as he's rushed to the  elves. Once there he's immediately gifted magic armor and weapons by the  DM's old character. In Moria he gets a get out of death free card when  the DM suddenly remembers that mithril chain would somehow absorb all  the force of the troll's spear, where anybody else would have crushed  ribs as well. In the final fight, not one Uruk Hai finds and attacks  Frodo, despite the rest of the party being swarmed by them. Now  look at poor Boromir. Boromir was the nicest one to Frodo. When Gandalf  forgets just because he's a high level fighter with tons of hit points  and can survive climbing a mountain without assistance, Boromir points  out Frodo's freezing to death. When Gandalf falls to what seems to be  his death, again Boromir is there for the Frodo. When Frodo is grieving  heavily outside Moria the taskmaster Aragorn wants to keep the party  moving to the next encounter, but Boromir wants to give Frodo's player  time to roleplay her grief. Finally the DM's had enough. Boromir has to  die. The signs start almost immediately. When Galadriel gives out gifts  most of the party gets magical weapons or artifacts. Boromir gets a  belt. Not even a magical one. Not even important enough to be included  in the movie. Sure Gimli gets only three hairs, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE ASKS  FOR. Every other member of the party without a magic weapon gets one,  except Sam who gets a magic rope which comes in quite useful not to far  into the story. So the party gets to Amon Hen, that's when it all  comes to a head. Clearly the DM has been talking to his girlfriend  because Frodo is suddenly hostile to Boromir, who has been nothing but  supportive this entire adventure and been the shoulder to cry on. When  the Uruk Hai finally attack, look at how the monsters are paired against  the heroes. About half a dozen each head for Aragorn, Legolas and  Gimli, while a full three dozen at least make a bee line for Boromir,  Merry and Pippin while none go after Frodo and Sam. You've got at least  five dozen Uruk Hai and you give two members of the party a pass in the  big fight? That reeks of favoritism. So you've got Boromir facing down  forty fighting Uruk Hai with Merry and Pippin along side him. Except  none of the Uruk Hai go after the hobbits, they all concentrate on  Boromir. The hobbits have to forcibly engage the Uruk Hai because none  are attacking them, despite taking fire from the hobbits. No, every  single one of them go for Boromir. When Boromir wipes out the entire  first wave, he blows his horn to let the others know his situation. This  also draw all the other Uruk Hai, which for some reason don't attack  Aragorn unless he attacks first. All them go straight for Boromir.  Finally after Boromir has completely exhausting himself killing more  Uruk Hai than the rest of the party combined, then the boss shows up and  easily takes down Boromir as he's low on hit points by this time.   Seriously Lurtz?  Three straight confirmed criticals?  Not suspicious at  all. Once Boromir is down, Lurtz can't hit Aragorn to save his  life. Every attack either misses or Aragorn shakes off easily. The fight  takes just long enough for Boromir to bleed out, as Gimli and Legolas  are still nowhere to be seen. So the DM gets his wish and kills off the  character of the one guy that was nice to the DM's girlfriend. The DM  then makes sure nobody else will get a chance to be the next Boromir by  sending Sam and Frodo off on a side quest, far away from the rest of the  party. Boromir's player quits the game in disgust and the party  splinters into three groups. The DM made his life so much more difficult  out of sheer jealousy.</blockquote>

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