Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Better late than never!

The Good:

(1) The undead creatures shambled mindlessly towards the party, not heeding the cloud of spinning daggers that tore them to shreds as they passed. They had no choice. Their hunger was great. The hallway was only five feet across. And their need for live flesh was greater than the need for self-preservation. The effect was not unlike that of a sausage moving through a grinder. The few zombies that survived the gauntlet were quickly dispatched by the dragonborne, halfling, and human who waited at the other end of the hall. It was a slaughter.

The Bad:

(1) The garden of Fall might have been beautiful. Except for the vines that encircled and the massive shambling mound that threatened to crush the party. "Finish the vines," shouted the dragonborne. "I'll take care of this beast." The dragonborne charged the mound, slicing away vegetation with his massive greataxe. Suddenly, the mound expanded its armlike limbs in an embrace. The warrior disappeared within the vegetation.

"What the hell just happened to Ekerrath?" shouted Half-pint.

The Ugly:

(1) The skeleton was surrounded on three sides. It burst into flame, catching all those that surrounded it. "Why.. won't.. you.. DIE!" shouted Rudy as he sliced deep into the creature. It fell to the ground, lifeless. "Nice work, half pint," said Alexander, breathing heavily. "Now let's go get the ---"
His comments were interrupted as four more skeletons entered the room from behind them. They were outmaneuvered.. Outnumbered. "Skeletons! Behind you," barked Ekerrath. All eyes looked towards the door. No one noticed, then, when the flaming skeleton that was crumpled on the ground quietly stood back up and resumed its attack…

"Oh hell," muttered Mara, the only one to catch the motion,.

Player Quotes:

(1) Josh: "The vine hore attacks."
Mike: "The what?"
Josh: "Vine horror! Horror!"
Bob: "Alexander puts his gold away."


(2) Jen (counting on her fingers): "That's a twelve. Plus six. Thirteen. Fourteen. Fifteen. Sixteen. Seventeen. Eighteen."
Josh: "She's a math major and she doesn't know how to add to eighteen. Ask her about infinity, though!"

(3) Josh: You find yourselves before a large auditorium room. The wall in the back has several rows and columns with numbers. A kitchen area is off to the east.
Joel: It's a Bingo hall.
Adam: "There was a dwarf who had a dog and Bingo was his name-o. B-I_N-G-O.."
Jen: "What?"

(4) Josh: "You open the secret door and find a room that looks entirely unused. It is clear the goblins did not find this area. Yet you do see recent prints in the dust leading from the secret door to another door."
Mara: "What do the prints look like?"
Josh: "Boot prints."
Mike: "Can she tell what sort of creature it was?"
Jeff: "A creature wearing boots. Who has a high dungeoneering roll?"

(5) Josh: "The caverns are dark and foreboding. It is difficult to see."
Cuppy's Jr.: "I call forth a ball of light."
Josh: "The catacombs fill with light and you can now see."
Cuppy's Jr.: "I JUST DID A SPELL WITH LIGHT!"

(6) [In the darkened garage with flickering LED lights, Adam rolls a d20.]
Josh: "Roll to see if you hit him."
Adam: "What did I roll anyways? I don't roll any better in the dark."
Josh: "What is it?"
Adam: "It's a.. damn. I mean, it's a natural 20 – yeah, that's it!"

(7) [In the dark garage.]
Joel: "I'll use my flashlight to help you get to the door, Jeff.]
[Jeff walks in the dark to the garage door. The flashlight stops working. The room is dark.]
Joel: "Yup. Lance of Faith is useless just like this flashlight."

(8) Bob: "I'll use my encounter power on the skeleton. This might be the same as killing a fly with a sledgehammer, but this is too cool not to do."
Adam: "Yeah, but do you know what you get when you kill a fly with a sledgehammer?"
Bob: "No. What?"
Adam: "One mushy f*cking fly!"

(9) [Cuppy Jr. casts a force orb that damages some five grouped monsters at the same time.]
Josh: Cuppy Jr. just set the record for the most damage done in a single turn. 102 damage total."
Joel: "Yeah, but he didn't kill anything!"

(10) Bob: "Josh, these candle lights were a great idea. The dim flickering lights really set the stage
for a dungeon crawl. You should have brought in some houseplants into the garage
when we fought the vines in the courtyard."
Jeff: "You get hit – touch the poison ivy!"
Adam: "That's ongoing damage!"

(11) Adam: "We should play in the dark more often. I hit like a mo-fo."
Mike: "That's because none of us can see your rolls and you're making it up!"

(12) Leenia: "Keep an eye out behind us."
Mara: "That's why I'm bringing it up the rear."
Mike: "That's why you're always taking it in the rear."

(???)

(13) Josh: "You could have a +20 if you wear half moon chaps!"

(14) Leenia: "I turn undead." [rolls die]
Leenia: "I rolled a 1."
Adam: "Ekerrath turns into a zombie."

(15) Josh: "Entering the tomb, you feel the tug of Melf's ghost."
Jeff: "I haven't been tugged by a MILF in a while."

(16) Josh: "The wall of fire protecting the priest and the prisoner is 10 feet tall and five feet wide."
Mara: "I pee on it!"

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