Awesome stuff you've done off the main routes

Meister · 06-17-2007, 05:48 AM

Mainly in PnP games, I guess, but if you've done something awesome not quite intended by the creators in a video game, feel free to share.

I'll start with some D&D stories. My character's an Arcane Trickster, which is basically a rogue with access to spellcasting.

The Deck of Many Things

So we were on this plane where the Big Plot Device was hidden, and we met a trickster along the way who offered to play a game, i.e. drawing from the Deck of Many Things. As usual this turned out beneficial for some of us more than others. Our Ranger, for example, got captured by the trickster and we had to go rescue him.

We eventually found him in a room with the trickster suspended from the floor over a fire - there was a zone of reverse gravity in effect where he "hung", directly beneath a hole in the ceiling which led to the outside. When I say "outside", I mean "actually not quite existing area outside the building we're in which is the only thing that actually exists on this plane." Long story. Anyway, the trickster decided he wanted us to be in his service as well, an idea we didn't take kindly to, so fight we did. It went well until we discovered he could heal himself simply by touching his card deck. So, brilliant as I am, I figured I'd Mage Hand his deck into the fire - it probably wouldn't destroy it, but maybe make him think twice about whether he really wanted to go there.

Of course I'd forgotten all about the reversed gravity.

Basically with that one spell I robbed him of the source of his power. The deck went up to the nonexistant outside and is, presumably, quite thoroughly lost. The fight after that was quite short, although he did escape. The last I heard of him was that he'd bought 2,500 metal spikes.

I think he doesn't like me now.

Coming up: the long story of how we instilled belief in the citizens of the capitol city and got away with far, far more than we should have.

06-17-2007, 05:48 AM	#1
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Awesome stuff you've done off the main routes Mainly in PnP games, I guess, but if you've done something awesome not quite intended by the creators in a video game, feel free to share. I'll start with some D&D stories. My character's an Arcane Trickster, which is basically a rogue with access to spellcasting. The Deck of Many Things So we were on this plane where the Big Plot Device was hidden, and we met a trickster along the way who offered to play a game, i.e. drawing from the Deck of Many Things. As usual this turned out beneficial for some of us more than others. Our Ranger, for example, got captured by the trickster and we had to go rescue him. We eventually found him in a room with the trickster suspended from the floor over a fire - there was a zone of reverse gravity in effect where he "hung", directly beneath a hole in the ceiling which led to the outside. When I say "outside", I mean "actually not quite existing area outside the building we're in which is the only thing that actually exists on this plane." Long story. Anyway, the trickster decided he wanted us to be in his service as well, an idea we didn't take kindly to, so fight we did. It went well until we discovered he could heal himself simply by touching his card deck. So, brilliant as I am, I figured I'd Mage Hand his deck into the fire - it probably wouldn't destroy it, but maybe make him think twice about whether he really wanted to go there. Of course I'd forgotten all about the reversed gravity. Basically with that one spell I robbed him of the source of his power. The deck went up to the nonexistant outside and is, presumably, quite thoroughly lost. The fight after that was quite short, although he did escape. The last I heard of him was that he'd bought 2,500 metal spikes. I think he doesn't like me now. Coming up: the long story of how we instilled belief in the citizens of the capitol city and got away with far, far more than we should have.