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<blockquote data-quote="sabrinathecat" data-source="post: 6110005" data-attributes="member: 89838"><p>In true video game style, we ran through several rooms, agroing a bunch of monsters. We slowed down just enough to keep the ones in the back interested. Then lead them into an ambush where the bard had gone with all our gold to hire every townsperson who had a crossbow, spear, halberd, or sword. The town got to fight and solve their own problems.</p><p></p><p>Sailed into a pirate port. Dumped our barely skilled crew on the docks and hired the best trained crew we could.</p><p></p><p>X always played a paladin. His paladins were always cowards of the basest magnitude. They always got killed. But he always insisted on playing a paladin. This looked no different. No. This time, he's doing it. He's rallying the townsfolk to arms. He is getting involved in tactics. He is letting his shiney armor and massive sword be a beacon of hope. The enemy host arrives at the gates. He's around here somewhere. The enemy is trounced. Where was X? He was long gone. With the town treasury. Not a paladin this time: a thief with high charisma.</p><p></p><p>Pick the governor's pocket. Pick pockets to put the treasure into the pouch of an NPC we didn't like. "Excuse me, your Lordship, but I believe that man over there has your property in his back hip pouch."</p><p></p><p>Star Wars game. trying to get to the hero of a TV holovid show. We pull up in a landspeeder. "Hi. Sorry we're late. We're your stunt doubles."</p><p>Also Star Wars. Trying to escape in a corvette from the Star Destroyer. We were going to buzz the ship, fire at it, and try to escape. Pilot said "Ram the bridge." "What?" "Ramming Speed!!!!!!" That was the end of that party. But at least we incapacitated the star destroyer.</p><p>Another star wars game. Y and Z were rebel agents. U was a bounty hunter. Z was being a total (expletive). During the escape, Z was knocked out. U turned him in to the Imps for the bounty.</p><p>Party captured. My character and rebel agent KO'd. Bounty hunter "OK, I have a bounty on you for the ship, and this one is a Rebel agent. Who is this guy?" Wookie pilot "Oh, he's nobody. You can kill him." Bounty hunter shrugs. "OK." blam. Well, that could have gone better...</p><p>Followed by the time the wussy TK pulled the pins from the grenades the warlord wore on bandoliers.</p><p>Explosive decompression onto the VIP lounge of an IMP transport. Watch the bodies float past. Watch the stormtroopers watch the bodies float past.</p><p></p><p>Breaking into a National Guard armory and stealing the stinger missiles while the other half of the party broke into a biker store and made off with tons of biker leather while invisible, playing Sorceror's Apprentice. Then selling the stinger missiles to some bikers in the next town to help them "express their dissatisfaction" to the law and other biker gangs. Thus we perpetrated massive federal manhunt for the biker gang who was out to cheat us anyway. Amazingly, that gang had problems with the National Guard, the FBI, and a couple of other agencies for years. And we profited from their attempt to exploit us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sabrinathecat, post: 6110005, member: 89838"] In true video game style, we ran through several rooms, agroing a bunch of monsters. We slowed down just enough to keep the ones in the back interested. Then lead them into an ambush where the bard had gone with all our gold to hire every townsperson who had a crossbow, spear, halberd, or sword. The town got to fight and solve their own problems. Sailed into a pirate port. Dumped our barely skilled crew on the docks and hired the best trained crew we could. X always played a paladin. His paladins were always cowards of the basest magnitude. They always got killed. But he always insisted on playing a paladin. This looked no different. No. This time, he's doing it. He's rallying the townsfolk to arms. He is getting involved in tactics. He is letting his shiney armor and massive sword be a beacon of hope. The enemy host arrives at the gates. He's around here somewhere. The enemy is trounced. Where was X? He was long gone. With the town treasury. Not a paladin this time: a thief with high charisma. Pick the governor's pocket. Pick pockets to put the treasure into the pouch of an NPC we didn't like. "Excuse me, your Lordship, but I believe that man over there has your property in his back hip pouch." Star Wars game. trying to get to the hero of a TV holovid show. We pull up in a landspeeder. "Hi. Sorry we're late. We're your stunt doubles." Also Star Wars. Trying to escape in a corvette from the Star Destroyer. We were going to buzz the ship, fire at it, and try to escape. Pilot said "Ram the bridge." "What?" "Ramming Speed!!!!!!" That was the end of that party. But at least we incapacitated the star destroyer. Another star wars game. Y and Z were rebel agents. U was a bounty hunter. Z was being a total (expletive). During the escape, Z was knocked out. U turned him in to the Imps for the bounty. Party captured. My character and rebel agent KO'd. Bounty hunter "OK, I have a bounty on you for the ship, and this one is a Rebel agent. Who is this guy?" Wookie pilot "Oh, he's nobody. You can kill him." Bounty hunter shrugs. "OK." blam. Well, that could have gone better... Followed by the time the wussy TK pulled the pins from the grenades the warlord wore on bandoliers. Explosive decompression onto the VIP lounge of an IMP transport. Watch the bodies float past. Watch the stormtroopers watch the bodies float past. Breaking into a National Guard armory and stealing the stinger missiles while the other half of the party broke into a biker store and made off with tons of biker leather while invisible, playing Sorceror's Apprentice. Then selling the stinger missiles to some bikers in the next town to help them "express their dissatisfaction" to the law and other biker gangs. Thus we perpetrated massive federal manhunt for the biker gang who was out to cheat us anyway. Amazingly, that gang had problems with the National Guard, the FBI, and a couple of other agencies for years. And we profited from their attempt to exploit us. [/QUOTE]
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