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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 546518" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>LATER</p><p></p><p>DM: Roll a tracking check.</p><p>PC1: Crap! A natural 1. I have good bonuses, though...?</p><p>PC3: Ha! You suck, dude.</p><p>DM: He's right, you do suck. Now everyone roll a spot check.</p><p>PC1: 9</p><p>PC3: 2</p><p>PC2: 7</p><p>PC3: 7? What do you mean, 7? You're a freakin' twink elf!</p><p>PC2: Sorry, dude. Fighters get crappy skill points, and elf or not, it's still a cross-class skill.</p><p>DM: Wow. You guys couldn't notice an oliphaunt. Okay, roll listen checks.</p><p>PC2: Dude, if you want us to notice something, just tell us, okay?</p><p>DM: Fine. You don't have to roll listen checks after all. You hear a horse snort!</p><p>PC1: From where?</p><p>DM: From right over that hill.</p><p>PC1: Damn, dude! I hide. I rolled a 24.</p><p>PC3: Nice! </p><p>DM: Okay. A company of 100 men ride over the hill. They have another 1900 men on horses somewhere nearby, too. </p><p>PC1: You telling me that I can track 50 orcs who are 30 miles away by putting my ear to the ground, but I can't notice 2000 horses or 100 guys riding down on me?</p><p>DM: Well, it's not like you failed to notice 10,000 troops assembling outside of your tower, or anything stupid like that.</p><p>PC1: True. That's be <em>really</em> stupid.</p><p>PC2: Let's kill em all and take their stuff!</p><p>PC1: What? No!</p><p>PC3: No, the twink is right. I have no ranks in ride, but it'll suck less than this running heavily laden with a lousy movement rate thing. I say we take 'em.</p><p>PC1: I stand up and make a diplomacy check... 12.</p><p>DM. They surround you guys.</p><p>PC3: I deliberately fail my diplomacy, and act like a jerk. Betcha I can goad him into a fight! Oooh, I like his helmet.</p><p>DM: Yeah? He insults you.</p><p>PC2: Hey, he's some sort of royalty! I bet if you kill him, you get to be prince! I draw an arrow and ready an action to pierce his skull if he tries anything!</p><p>PC1: Shut UP, you dinks! We need this guy. Diplomacy check... DC 22.</p><p>PC2 and PC3: Awwwww.</p><p>DM: He tells you the king is no longer in his right mind.</p><p>PC3: Oh, okay then. We'll kill HIM and take HIS stuff!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 546518, member: 2"] LATER DM: Roll a tracking check. PC1: Crap! A natural 1. I have good bonuses, though...? PC3: Ha! You suck, dude. DM: He's right, you do suck. Now everyone roll a spot check. PC1: 9 PC3: 2 PC2: 7 PC3: 7? What do you mean, 7? You're a freakin' twink elf! PC2: Sorry, dude. Fighters get crappy skill points, and elf or not, it's still a cross-class skill. DM: Wow. You guys couldn't notice an oliphaunt. Okay, roll listen checks. PC2: Dude, if you want us to notice something, just tell us, okay? DM: Fine. You don't have to roll listen checks after all. You hear a horse snort! PC1: From where? DM: From right over that hill. PC1: Damn, dude! I hide. I rolled a 24. PC3: Nice! DM: Okay. A company of 100 men ride over the hill. They have another 1900 men on horses somewhere nearby, too. PC1: You telling me that I can track 50 orcs who are 30 miles away by putting my ear to the ground, but I can't notice 2000 horses or 100 guys riding down on me? DM: Well, it's not like you failed to notice 10,000 troops assembling outside of your tower, or anything stupid like that. PC1: True. That's be [i]really[/i] stupid. PC2: Let's kill em all and take their stuff! PC1: What? No! PC3: No, the twink is right. I have no ranks in ride, but it'll suck less than this running heavily laden with a lousy movement rate thing. I say we take 'em. PC1: I stand up and make a diplomacy check... 12. DM. They surround you guys. PC3: I deliberately fail my diplomacy, and act like a jerk. Betcha I can goad him into a fight! Oooh, I like his helmet. DM: Yeah? He insults you. PC2: Hey, he's some sort of royalty! I bet if you kill him, you get to be prince! I draw an arrow and ready an action to pierce his skull if he tries anything! PC1: Shut UP, you dinks! We need this guy. Diplomacy check... DC 22. PC2 and PC3: Awwwww. DM: He tells you the king is no longer in his right mind. PC3: Oh, okay then. We'll kill HIM and take HIS stuff! [/QUOTE]
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