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<blockquote data-quote="eris404" data-source="post: 1884824" data-attributes="member: 5338">Alright, to set the record straight:I was running a D&amp;D game set in 1870s Earth (alternate reality, magic exists with technology, yadda, yadda, yadda). The party was in India and at this point in the adventure, were looking for a ruined temple hidden in the jungle. They encountered a rakshasa disguised an old human hermit who told them that in order to open the temple, they needed to perform a special ceremony and gave them a list of items they needed for the ritual, including milk. Now, all of the players in the group except one are native to the United States and so, when they heard &quot;milk,&quot; they assumed &quot;cow's milk&quot; (any milk would have been OK). They had no idea where to find a cow in the jungle or where the nearest village was even and besides, time was short. This ritual was only supposed to a minor puzzle, so I would have accepted any number of reasonable ideas (I probably would have given the hermit a goat if they were really stuck), but then someone remembers the druid.Now, the player of the druid was not present for that game. Up until that point, the character was more or less forgotten, until the wise-guy asks me if the druid shapechanges into a cow, could the party milk her. Of course, the player of the druid is also female, which meant that we sat around the table snickering like fourteen year olds for about a half hour.In the end, I decided their second idea (using summon nature's ally to summon a cow) was more acceptable.We never, ever told the druid's player about that incident.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eris404, post: 1884824, member: 5338"] Alright, to set the record straight: I was running a D&D game set in 1870s Earth (alternate reality, magic exists with technology, yadda, yadda, yadda). The party was in India and at this point in the adventure, were looking for a ruined temple hidden in the jungle. They encountered a rakshasa disguised an old human hermit who told them that in order to open the temple, they needed to perform a special ceremony and gave them a list of items they needed for the ritual, including milk. Now, all of the players in the group except one are native to the United States and so, when they heard "milk," they assumed "cow's milk" (any milk would have been OK). They had no idea where to find a cow in the jungle or where the nearest village was even and besides, time was short. This ritual was only supposed to a minor puzzle, so I would have accepted any number of reasonable ideas (I probably would have given the hermit a goat if they were really stuck), but then someone remembers the druid. Now, the player of the druid was not present for that game. Up until that point, the character was more or less forgotten, until the wise-guy asks me if the druid shapechanges into a cow, [I]could the party milk her.[/I] Of course, the player of the druid is also female, which meant that we sat around the table snickering like fourteen year olds for about a half hour. In the end, I decided their second idea (using summon nature's ally to summon a cow) was more acceptable. We never, ever told the druid's player about that incident. [/QUOTE]

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