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<blockquote data-quote="Christian" data-source="post: 3297103" data-attributes="member: 381"><p>I felt kind of bad adding insult to hit-point damage--but this opportunity was too good to pass up:</p><p></p><p>I was DMing the final round of the 1E AD&D Black Rose II RPGA tournament module at Gen Con XXI. In the 2nd round, a magical shortsword had been found as apparently incidental treasure, which had been included in the equipment of Balkin the gnome for the last round, as he was the only shortsword wielder in the list of pregenerated PCs. It was also the source of a subplot, as the blade was a holy item of an evil cult, who sent an assassin to kill the gnome and recover the item ...</p><p></p><p>The assassin's plan was to infiltrate the party as a victim of the evil bad guys they were chasing. To add verisimilitude, he was found apparently beaten and robbed, but begging to be allowed to join the party and loaned a weapon to try to revenge himself on their mutual enemy. (This only works on characters who never tried to solve the sinister secret of Saltmarsh.)</p><p></p><p>Balkin: "Hey, didn't I just find this magic shortsword last session?"</p><p></p><p>Me: "Um, yes ..."</p><p></p><p>Balkin: "Well, do I still have my old shortsword?"</p><p></p><p>I guess Balkin never played that module.</p><p></p><p>So Balkin arms his murderer, and the party wends its way towards the adventure's climax, a battle with a dragon. As they arrive, they form up their battle lines and make their move!</p><p></p><p>Balkin: "I charge at the dragon and slice at it with my sword!"</p><p></p><p>DM: "The man you rescued charges right behind you!"</p><p></p><p>Balkin: "I roll terribly and miss. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> "</p><p></p><p>DM: "The man stabs you in the back! You take 24 points of damage."</p><p></p><p>I turned to the next PC at the table to adjudicate his action, but Balkin's player interrupts. "Wait, he stabs <em>me</em> in the back?"</p><p></p><p>I respond, "Yes," and again turn to the next player.</p><p></p><p>Balkin's player, eyes goggling: "<em>With my sword!?</em>"</p><p></p><p>Without missing a beat, I turn back, and calmly inform him:</p><p></p><p>"That's right. It's ironic. And very sharp."</p><p></p><p>Twenty years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christian, post: 3297103, member: 381"] I felt kind of bad adding insult to hit-point damage--but this opportunity was too good to pass up: I was DMing the final round of the 1E AD&D Black Rose II RPGA tournament module at Gen Con XXI. In the 2nd round, a magical shortsword had been found as apparently incidental treasure, which had been included in the equipment of Balkin the gnome for the last round, as he was the only shortsword wielder in the list of pregenerated PCs. It was also the source of a subplot, as the blade was a holy item of an evil cult, who sent an assassin to kill the gnome and recover the item ... The assassin's plan was to infiltrate the party as a victim of the evil bad guys they were chasing. To add verisimilitude, he was found apparently beaten and robbed, but begging to be allowed to join the party and loaned a weapon to try to revenge himself on their mutual enemy. (This only works on characters who never tried to solve the sinister secret of Saltmarsh.) Balkin: "Hey, didn't I just find this magic shortsword last session?" Me: "Um, yes ..." Balkin: "Well, do I still have my old shortsword?" I guess Balkin never played that module. So Balkin arms his murderer, and the party wends its way towards the adventure's climax, a battle with a dragon. As they arrive, they form up their battle lines and make their move! Balkin: "I charge at the dragon and slice at it with my sword!" DM: "The man you rescued charges right behind you!" Balkin: "I roll terribly and miss. :( " DM: "The man stabs you in the back! You take 24 points of damage." I turned to the next PC at the table to adjudicate his action, but Balkin's player interrupts. "Wait, he stabs [i]me[/i] in the back?" I respond, "Yes," and again turn to the next player. Balkin's player, eyes goggling: "[i]With my sword!?[/i]" Without missing a beat, I turn back, and calmly inform him: "That's right. It's ironic. And very sharp." Twenty years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. [/QUOTE]
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