{"id":3286,"date":"2002-12-30T15:24:57","date_gmt":"2002-12-30T20:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3286"},"modified":"2014-06-13T17:21:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T23:21:05","slug":"i_waste_him_wit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/12\/30\/i_waste_him_wit-2.html","title":{"rendered":"“I waste him with my longbow!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh. My. God. LotR <\/i>as a bad D&D game<\/a>. This stuff is a hoot.<\/p>\n

PC2: Is this debacle over yet?
\nPC1: Almost, man. It’s really wounded, but I’m down to my last few hit points. We beat each other up swimming for a while, then climbed a bunch of stairs, and now we’re on the top of the mountain.
\nPC2: Oh, brother.
\nDM: It hit you again for… (roll dice, cheat on result) 5 points of damage.
\nPC2: 5 points! It’s supposed to be a balrog!
\nPC1: Shut up. I’m at negative 1. Can I take one last swing?
\nDM: Umm, sure.
\nPC1: Hit! And 8 points of damage! Hoody hoo!
\nDM: Wow – you killed it! It falls off the cliff – 7d6 points of falling damage –
\nPC2, sotto voce: winnnnggggsss…. it has wings!<\/i>
\nDM: – and collapses on the mountain below you.
\nPC1: Yeah! In your face, balrog! I collapse back into the snow.
\nDM: Roll some stabilization checks. (roll, roll) You failed them ALL?
\nPC2: Hah!
\nPC1 (miserable): Yeah.
\nDM: Hey, I know! You get all the balrog’s experience points, right? So that puts you up a level, giving you more hit points, and you don’t die!
\nPC1: YES! Hahaha … I’m unstoppable. Mage with a sword, baby! Balrog-bane!
\nPC2: You guys suck. I’m going home.
\nPC1: I’m putting all my new skill points in animal empathy, ride, and disguise (evil wizard). <\/p>\n

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