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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 174222" data-attributes="member: 99">One that comes to mind was an adventure I played in several years ago.&nbsp; We were ridding a town of a werewolf.&nbsp; It turned out that the werewolf was the son of a powerful wizard and a powerful illusionist (wife of the wizard and mother of the werewolf).&nbsp; We slew the werewolf and infiltrated the castle of the wizard and illusionist to bring them to justice for harboring their son (who they knew had been murdering the townfolk).We broke into their private chambers and the monk in our party attacked the illusionist.&nbsp; With a perfect critical hit he knocked her unconscious with a single blow (this was a Rolemaster game).&nbsp; The rest of the party unleashed our attacks on the wizard.Seeing that he was outgunned for the moment, the wizard cast a Fly spell and shot out the window.&nbsp; The only person fast enough to catch him was the monk who leaped out the window, tumbled safely upon reaching the ground and took off after the fleeing wizard.He managed to catch up with him but the wizard was still flying and the monk (being a monk) had no ranged attack weapons.&nbsp; So he attempted to taunt the wizard into a fist fight (!?) by yelling, &quot;Hey, we've got your wife!&quot; (!!??).&nbsp; Surprising to him (but not to any of the rest of us), the wizard didn't descend and duke it out with him.&nbsp; Instead, he unleashed a blizzard of lightning bolts on the monk unlike anything we'd ever seen.The players all sat in anticipatory silence as one critical hit after another was rolled to determine the total damage taken.&nbsp; Fortunately, the dice were relatively kind and he was left (very) unconcious, near death, smoking and bleeding.&nbsp; If the wizard hadn't been afraid that the rest of us were about to show up, he probably would have finished him off.&nbsp; Of course, I'm sure the wizard was as surprised as the rest of us that anyone could have survived the torrent of death that he had unleashed.After the initial shock (hehe) had worn off of us as players, one of the other players says to the player of the monk, &quot; 'We've got your wife?'&nbsp; WTF were you thinking?!&quot;&nbsp; The reply, &quot;Well, I was trying to piss him off.&quot;&nbsp; We all replied in unison, &quot;I'd say you succeeded!!&quot;For years after that, whenever there was a foe we wanted to taunt, we'd always tell that player to yell &quot;We've got your wife!&quot; at them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 174222, member: 99"] One that comes to mind was an adventure I played in several years ago. We were ridding a town of a werewolf. It turned out that the werewolf was the son of a powerful wizard and a powerful illusionist (wife of the wizard and mother of the werewolf). We slew the werewolf and infiltrated the castle of the wizard and illusionist to bring them to justice for harboring their son (who they knew had been murdering the townfolk). We broke into their private chambers and the monk in our party attacked the illusionist. With a perfect critical hit he knocked her unconscious with a single blow (this was a Rolemaster game). The rest of the party unleashed our attacks on the wizard. Seeing that he was outgunned for the moment, the wizard cast a Fly spell and shot out the window. The only person fast enough to catch him was the monk who leaped out the window, tumbled safely upon reaching the ground and took off after the fleeing wizard. He managed to catch up with him but the wizard was still flying and the monk (being a monk) had no ranged attack weapons. So he attempted to taunt the wizard into a fist fight (!?) by yelling, "Hey, we've got your wife!" (!!??). Surprising to him (but not to any of the rest of us), the wizard didn't descend and duke it out with him. Instead, he unleashed a blizzard of lightning bolts on the monk unlike anything we'd ever seen. The players all sat in anticipatory silence as one critical hit after another was rolled to determine the total damage taken. Fortunately, the dice were relatively kind and he was left (very) unconcious, near death, smoking and bleeding. If the wizard hadn't been afraid that the rest of us were about to show up, he probably would have finished him off. Of course, I'm sure the wizard was as surprised as the rest of us that anyone could have survived the torrent of death that he had unleashed. After the initial shock (hehe) had worn off of us as players, one of the other players says to the player of the monk, " 'We've got your wife?' WTF were you thinking?!" The reply, "Well, I was trying to piss him off." We all replied in unison, "I'd say you succeeded!!" For years after that, whenever there was a foe we wanted to taunt, we'd always tell that player to yell "We've got your wife!" at them. [/QUOTE]

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