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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8477368" data-attributes="member: 29398">Counter-example, also from an actual game and strikingly similar - only with a much different outcome:Party of half a dozen PCs averaging 8th-9th level and loaded with magic is trekking through a forest.&nbsp; They're already on edge as I-as-DM had played up the danger aspect, but they haven't yet faced any actual threats.&nbsp; A single Kobold steps out from behind a tree, levels a crossbow at the party, and squeaks &quot;Stand and deliver!&quot; as loudly and impressively (not very!) as it can.Immediate result: two PCs dove for cover in different directions.&nbsp; A third jumped straight up then let his flight ability carry him higher.&nbsp; A fourth cast a self-affecting defensive spell.&nbsp; The others were too far back to see what was going on.And all this because I specifically didn't say anything about having to fight the urge to laugh.&nbsp; I just narrated what the Kobold did and then let the players/PCs react as they would.Once they realized there really only was just the one Kobold, much laughter did then ensue... <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8477368, member: 29398"] Counter-example, also from an actual game and strikingly similar - only with a much different outcome: Party of half a dozen PCs averaging 8th-9th level and loaded with magic is trekking through a forest. They're already on edge as I-as-DM had played up the danger aspect, but they haven't yet faced any actual threats. A single Kobold steps out from behind a tree, levels a crossbow at the party, and squeaks "Stand and deliver!" as loudly and impressively (not very!) as it can. Immediate result: two PCs dove for cover in different directions. A third jumped straight up then let his flight ability carry him higher. A fourth cast a self-affecting defensive spell. The others were too far back to see what was going on. And all this because I specifically didn't say anything about having to fight the urge to laugh. I just narrated what the Kobold did and then let the players/PCs react as they would. Once they realized there really only was just the one Kobold, much laughter did then ensue... :) [/QUOTE]

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