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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 3154489" data-attributes="member: 3400">I like the quirky personal interactions that come up and you'll never see them in a computer RPG, at least not easily.Playing Oriental Adventures, 1st edition. Party members include a LE samurai, a LG monk, a wu jen/ninja, and a demon hunter (adapted from Mythic China), as well as a couple of other less-frequently played PCs.The samurai had a set of daisho called Blades of Excellent Damage (from Ochimo: Spirit Warrior). They were evil blades that always did max damage. I made sure to include a fumble chart in this game so that the blades would have a distinct disadvantage as well (injuring self/ally being one potential result). After a couple of NPC allies bit the dust due to use of the blade and the demon-hunter getting kind of spooked about the evil swords, the monk and demon hunter conspired to steal the swords. Trying to cross a river infested with poisonous snakes, the samurai fell unconscious and the conspirators saw their chance. They fished out the samurai and tossed his blades back in the muck, saying they were lost in the crossing.The wu jen was aware of this and liked the samurai and his effectiveness enough not to take this lying down. So he retrieved the blades long after dark and returned them to the samurai, who kept them hidden for a while to see how this was all going to turn out. The only players who knew of this recovery were the wu jen's and the samurai's.When they eventually returned to the samurai's homeland, the samurai took out the daisho and said "Well, now that I'm home, I can't be seen without these," and strapped them on.The monk asked, "Where... where did you find those?!?"The samurai answered, "They found me!"The monk player's jaw dropped open. It was hysterical.</blockquote>

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