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<blockquote data-quote="JeffK1966" data-source="post: 212527" data-attributes="member: 4662">stupidity of some players...Well, back in 2E days, I was involved in a fairly high level, high magic campaign “Play Yourself” campaign.&nbsp; Our party was mainly fighters, however, and we hooked up with a dwarven caravan through the Underdark on the Realms.&nbsp; Since it was Play Yourself and we were a group of gamers zapped into the Realms, we could use our book knowledge in game.One day on our journey, the dwarves start retreating in terror, hopping up on the wagons, etc – shouting out something like “devils” or similar.&nbsp; The DM then describes to us an incoming small beast scurrying along at a good clip, looked like an armadillo with large antennae coming out.I blanked out on what it was, but I took a swing at it and my sword melted to nothing.&nbsp; Realizing I was in trouble, I hopped out of the way.The next guy in our group then took out his precious +3 battle-axe and swung at it.&nbsp; It melted away.&nbsp; He then pulled out his spare +1 battle-axe and swung away.&nbsp; That battle-axe melted away.&nbsp; Finally, he gives up on weapons and decides to use fisticuffs, as he has gauntlets of ogre power on – so +3 to hit and +6 to damage in the old 2E days.&nbsp; Unfortunately, gauntlets are mostly metal and those melt away upon contact as well.Finally, my PC wore the creature down with a wooden staff… but, the guy who had taken on demons and dragons was stripped of his most powerful magic items by a lowly rust monster.&nbsp; It wasn’t that he had lost one item and then ran away, like me, realizing it was a rust monster,.&nbsp; he kept going at the thing again and again, losing item after item.&nbsp; I would have helped, but I was dealing with other emergencies at the time.&nbsp; The rust monster was a distraction, basically.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JeffK1966, post: 212527, member: 4662"] [b]stupidity of some players...[/b] Well, back in 2E days, I was involved in a fairly high level, high magic campaign “Play Yourself” campaign. Our party was mainly fighters, however, and we hooked up with a dwarven caravan through the Underdark on the Realms. Since it was Play Yourself and we were a group of gamers zapped into the Realms, we could use our book knowledge in game. One day on our journey, the dwarves start retreating in terror, hopping up on the wagons, etc – shouting out something like “devils” or similar. The DM then describes to us an incoming small beast scurrying along at a good clip, looked like an armadillo with large antennae coming out. I blanked out on what it was, but I took a swing at it and my sword melted to nothing. Realizing I was in trouble, I hopped out of the way. The next guy in our group then took out his precious +3 battle-axe and swung at it. It melted away. He then pulled out his spare +1 battle-axe and swung away. That battle-axe melted away. Finally, he gives up on weapons and decides to use fisticuffs, as he has gauntlets of ogre power on – so +3 to hit and +6 to damage in the old 2E days. Unfortunately, gauntlets are mostly metal and those melt away upon contact as well. Finally, my PC wore the creature down with a wooden staff… but, the guy who had taken on demons and dragons was stripped of his most powerful magic items by a lowly rust monster. It wasn’t that he had lost one item and then ran away, like me, realizing it was a rust monster,. he kept going at the thing again and again, losing item after item. I would have helped, but I was dealing with other emergencies at the time. The rust monster was a distraction, basically. [/QUOTE]

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