ever hear the "Head of Vecna" story?
actually had that one happen in a group i played in way back in the day...
cost us our wizard and our priest...
Hahahaha Fooled YOU!!!
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Goliath Strongarm
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Had a group that consisted of a human mind mage, an elven life force mage (who had spent several thousand years in suspended animation), a gosai assassin (well, sort of.. he went into a coma the previous campaign, and they kept him around.. they found his body useful), a human assassin, a ratling necromancer, and an elven longbowman.
I put these guys through Hell on Palladium. They backed themselves into corners left and right, and had to cut deals to get out of them. Well, of course, the piper came calling for payment (literally.. one of the guys they owed was a bard, who was really really good at playing pipes). The group was given a "simple" job to do.. go into the local woods, DIG up a buried high priest of Bob (dont ask...), said high priest having been dead for over 200 years. They are then to take his mace, buried with him, and return the mace to the local Church of Bob. Thats it. Plain, cut, and dried. Of course, the players are seeing all sorts of "evil wicked things" that (according to them) are going to occur.
Nothing special was part of it. It was as simple as it appears on the surface. I knew they'd overthink it (and maybe even sorta kinda encouraged panic, a bit). Wool pulling number one.
Of course, because they saw this as a 'trap', instead of taking the mace to the Church of Bob, they took it to the Church of Ra, figuring "Ra's a good god. And he's a rival of Bob, so, we need to take this to the god we KNOW is good". They end up turning the weapon over to this corrupt low level priest who uses the claiming of the enemies holiest weapon, as a way to boost himself in the church.
The players are then called up by EVERYONE else that they owe favors to. Except for 2 people. They are told they WILL reclaim the mace, and return it to the Church of Bob. So, the players, fearing for their lives, run to obey. And they almost have it- when they encounter the two people who havent called in favors yet.
Now, the PCs have been 'positive' from moment one, that these guys are members of the church of Bob. High ranked members was the belieif. Turns out, they are high ranked members of the Church of Ra. Wool pulling number 2.
These players so worked themselves into the middle of the politics between the two churches, it led to several more adventures. And left the PCs actually having their characters look forward to death. They didnt race after it, but they looked forward to it.
Then, death finally came for them, all at once (partially my fault.. they had amazing luck, which was something I took into account when working on the games... well, one night, luck failed everyone at a crucial moment). I let them start cheering and relaxing... and then one of the guys noticed that I still had my notes out.. Wool pulling number 3. They waited.. and then I explained that, just as death had claimed them, they had been claimed FROM him, and they could hear two distinct Gods arguing over who was getting their souls... The Utu ended the argument, but shoving them all into new bodies.... was HILARIOUS
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GS
I put these guys through Hell on Palladium. They backed themselves into corners left and right, and had to cut deals to get out of them. Well, of course, the piper came calling for payment (literally.. one of the guys they owed was a bard, who was really really good at playing pipes). The group was given a "simple" job to do.. go into the local woods, DIG up a buried high priest of Bob (dont ask...), said high priest having been dead for over 200 years. They are then to take his mace, buried with him, and return the mace to the local Church of Bob. Thats it. Plain, cut, and dried. Of course, the players are seeing all sorts of "evil wicked things" that (according to them) are going to occur.
Nothing special was part of it. It was as simple as it appears on the surface. I knew they'd overthink it (and maybe even sorta kinda encouraged panic, a bit). Wool pulling number one.
Of course, because they saw this as a 'trap', instead of taking the mace to the Church of Bob, they took it to the Church of Ra, figuring "Ra's a good god. And he's a rival of Bob, so, we need to take this to the god we KNOW is good". They end up turning the weapon over to this corrupt low level priest who uses the claiming of the enemies holiest weapon, as a way to boost himself in the church.
The players are then called up by EVERYONE else that they owe favors to. Except for 2 people. They are told they WILL reclaim the mace, and return it to the Church of Bob. So, the players, fearing for their lives, run to obey. And they almost have it- when they encounter the two people who havent called in favors yet.
Now, the PCs have been 'positive' from moment one, that these guys are members of the church of Bob. High ranked members was the belieif. Turns out, they are high ranked members of the Church of Ra. Wool pulling number 2.
These players so worked themselves into the middle of the politics between the two churches, it led to several more adventures. And left the PCs actually having their characters look forward to death. They didnt race after it, but they looked forward to it.
Then, death finally came for them, all at once (partially my fault.. they had amazing luck, which was something I took into account when working on the games... well, one night, luck failed everyone at a crucial moment). I let them start cheering and relaxing... and then one of the guys noticed that I still had my notes out.. Wool pulling number 3. They waited.. and then I explained that, just as death had claimed them, they had been claimed FROM him, and they could hear two distinct Gods arguing over who was getting their souls... The Utu ended the argument, but shoving them all into new bodies.... was HILARIOUS
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Veknironth
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Well, I think this is the greatest role-playing moment ever for us. We had a player who had crossed the Theives Guild in Old Timiro by running his own racket. They told him to stop, he didn't, after the escalation and failed hits, there was a 10,000 gp price on his head.
A new PC enters the game. He is an assassin. He joins the guild, he finds out about the mark on this other PC (mind mage). The assassin makes an attempt on the mind mage, but it's unsuccessful. However, the attempt was run with the GM acting out the roles of a pre-planned attack and the assassin PC rolling the dice - just to speed things up.
After this, the assassin is invited to the group by the mind mage PC. He waits and at the end of a pitched battle, while invisible, he backstabs the mind mage after slipping the GM a note. The mind mage PC never knew it was the assassin PC. He thought it was an NPC we encountered earlier. Months later, the mind mage PC bemoans the fate of his beloved mind mage and is disabused of his notion that the GM was picking on him. Hysterical.
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"The adventure was the one with the warlocks wrecking ships by moving an island around."
A new PC enters the game. He is an assassin. He joins the guild, he finds out about the mark on this other PC (mind mage). The assassin makes an attempt on the mind mage, but it's unsuccessful. However, the attempt was run with the GM acting out the roles of a pre-planned attack and the assassin PC rolling the dice - just to speed things up.
After this, the assassin is invited to the group by the mind mage PC. He waits and at the end of a pitched battle, while invisible, he backstabs the mind mage after slipping the GM a note. The mind mage PC never knew it was the assassin PC. He thought it was an NPC we encountered earlier. Months later, the mind mage PC bemoans the fate of his beloved mind mage and is disabused of his notion that the GM was picking on him. Hysterical.
-Vek
"The adventure was the one with the warlocks wrecking ships by moving an island around."
Somewhere before I've heard of a situation between a guy named Dave and his lust for a large sword...
Unfortunately, I've run into too many situations where I fooled or stumped players. They aren't the most astute bunch when it comes to puzzles and riddles. On the other hand, it's a great way to slip an extra half hour in to make gameplay seem longer.
Unfortunately, I've run into too many situations where I fooled or stumped players. They aren't the most astute bunch when it comes to puzzles and riddles. On the other hand, it's a great way to slip an extra half hour in to make gameplay seem longer.