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<blockquote data-quote="Felix" data-source="post: 1509842" data-attributes="member: 3929"><p>Why don't you just <em>beseech</em> him?</p><p>...and...</p><p>The handled-halfling shield.</p><p>...and...</p><p>The barbarian actually <em>drew his sword???</em></p><p></p><p>[3.5e] The first one pertains to the efforts of the party bard when negotiating with some really stuck-up elves. His halforc cohort had been arrested and taken away and the human bard was trying to get him back... none of the elves would hear of it, and eventually they got fed up with him bringing up the subject. So he interrupted the queen of the elves and said: "I beseech you, how can I get my companion back? And if you can't tell me, who can I beseech?" The rest of the table cracked up laughing at him because his frustration was so earnest that he didn't know how ridiculous he sounded (you really did, Mark <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 :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />). Now when PC are trying to get things from NPCs that don't want to give them away, the table encourages the player to, "Beseech him, dude! Beseech him!"</p><p></p><p>[3e] We had this one guy who, if there were halflings in this world, would be one. Or maybe a kender. So this player was flighty and perhaps too energetic. Well he was having a bad session one day when we stormed the keep that had been invaded by dopplegangers and their minions. The halfling rogue/wizard cast Shield on himself. One of these minions was a cleric, and so began casting a spell. His potential targets were the hulking barbarian/ranger, the shiny paladin, and the diminuitive halfling. The DM had always randomly rolled who was targeted by spells until the PCs gave the NPCs a reason to target them, so he rolled a d6. The halfling's number came up, and he was <em>Held</em>. The halfling's player was pissed, and I can see why... he wasn't a big threat. So then the clerics started shooting at us. I, the barbarian, decided I wasn't going to let the <em>Shield</em> spell go to waste, so I picked the halfling up and held him in front of me as I charged the clerics. Heh heh. For sessions afterwards we were suggesting that the halfling have a handle fitted to his leather armor.</p><p></p><p>The last one makes fun of my barbarian/ranger who is smarter than the others give him credit for. This means that he won't just charge head first into death unless he has a good reason for it. So we were in this big fight with suped-up mega-orcs when the Paladin goes down. Then the ranger bites it. That leaves me. And I have about 6 hp left... so I do the smart thing and get the hell out of dodge. Rather I retreat to bow range and pelt the orc until he died. Not once did I want to close to melee with those guys, so I had always had my bow out. The next time was us invading a giant wasp hive. We had walked down this entryway covered in wasp-paper when we hear this noise coming from in front of us. So I throw my bottles of oil down the hall, get ready to throw my torch, and tell everyone to fall back. Nobody does. So I wait for everyone to fall back. Nobody does. Meanwhile they're tangling with giant wasps. And I'm yelling for them to fall back so I can burn them all. And they never do. Tsk. So the barbarian was in the back, sword sheathed, for the first few rounds of this killer combat. The group still looks at me in suprise when I say my character "draws his sword." <em>What??? No way!</em> Heh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Felix, post: 1509842, member: 3929"] Why don't you just [i]beseech[/i] him? ...and... The handled-halfling shield. ...and... The barbarian actually [i]drew his sword???[/i] [3.5e] The first one pertains to the efforts of the party bard when negotiating with some really stuck-up elves. His halforc cohort had been arrested and taken away and the human bard was trying to get him back... none of the elves would hear of it, and eventually they got fed up with him bringing up the subject. So he interrupted the queen of the elves and said: "I beseech you, how can I get my companion back? And if you can't tell me, who can I beseech?" The rest of the table cracked up laughing at him because his frustration was so earnest that he didn't know how ridiculous he sounded (you really did, Mark :)). Now when PC are trying to get things from NPCs that don't want to give them away, the table encourages the player to, "Beseech him, dude! Beseech him!" [3e] We had this one guy who, if there were halflings in this world, would be one. Or maybe a kender. So this player was flighty and perhaps too energetic. Well he was having a bad session one day when we stormed the keep that had been invaded by dopplegangers and their minions. The halfling rogue/wizard cast Shield on himself. One of these minions was a cleric, and so began casting a spell. His potential targets were the hulking barbarian/ranger, the shiny paladin, and the diminuitive halfling. The DM had always randomly rolled who was targeted by spells until the PCs gave the NPCs a reason to target them, so he rolled a d6. The halfling's number came up, and he was [i]Held[/i]. The halfling's player was pissed, and I can see why... he wasn't a big threat. So then the clerics started shooting at us. I, the barbarian, decided I wasn't going to let the [i]Shield[/i] spell go to waste, so I picked the halfling up and held him in front of me as I charged the clerics. Heh heh. For sessions afterwards we were suggesting that the halfling have a handle fitted to his leather armor. The last one makes fun of my barbarian/ranger who is smarter than the others give him credit for. This means that he won't just charge head first into death unless he has a good reason for it. So we were in this big fight with suped-up mega-orcs when the Paladin goes down. Then the ranger bites it. That leaves me. And I have about 6 hp left... so I do the smart thing and get the hell out of dodge. Rather I retreat to bow range and pelt the orc until he died. Not once did I want to close to melee with those guys, so I had always had my bow out. The next time was us invading a giant wasp hive. We had walked down this entryway covered in wasp-paper when we hear this noise coming from in front of us. So I throw my bottles of oil down the hall, get ready to throw my torch, and tell everyone to fall back. Nobody does. So I wait for everyone to fall back. Nobody does. Meanwhile they're tangling with giant wasps. And I'm yelling for them to fall back so I can burn them all. And they never do. Tsk. So the barbarian was in the back, sword sheathed, for the first few rounds of this killer combat. The group still looks at me in suprise when I say my character "draws his sword." [i]What??? No way![/i] Heh. [/QUOTE]
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