| From: | Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com |
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| Subject: | [OT?]Re: Totems vs Dragons |
| Date: | Wed, 7 Jul 1999 00:14:00 EDT |
docwagon101@*****.com writes:
> > > If a shaman died would his totem avenge him?
> >
> > IMO, NO!!! This opens the door to massive game play abuse. Reminds
> me of the terrible rule in AD$D concerning "Divine Intervention" and a
> nasty situation involving "Ares" and a Priest of Athena who had *WAY*
> to much time on his hands....
> > -K
>
> Woah, K! Don't leave us hanging, boy! Spill!! :)
In a game that a player of mine was GMing for AD&D about 8 years ago or so,
he had allowed a player to use a Glyph of Warding that he was taking for his
priestly spell allotment and place it upon a piece of sancristy paper. This
was then taken and placed in a book (special tablet) the player had made sure
his character aquired when possible.
One day, several games later...MANY GAME WEEKS LATER...the priest and those
he is adventuring with are in a big bloody fight against overwhelming odds
(you know the kind where the Goblin Kings of the Land decide *YOU* must
die?). Well, in the middle of the fighting, one of the other players (whose
character is about to meet the ultimate in demisement) makes a God call for
divine intervention and save their butts. His god is a God of Combat and
such...the die rolls are made...and they land in the player characters'
behalf. The diety shows up, performs a Cure spell (either Critical or Heal
type thing)...then, seeing the battle, decides to stick around and wade into
combat for the fun of it.
The GM (who made the above ruling for the first being to stick around in the
first place), decides that the *other* side should be allowed to make the God
Call as well, and low and behold....Ares shows up (don't ask where his
stupidity for this situation came from, I had quit LONG before this point).
Ares goes on rampant warpath, slays anything that gets near him (funny how
the other diety was no where to be found at this time).
The Priest of Athena looks up and sees Ares, THE ARES, standing right there
slaying the innocents around him. Immediately ceases his fighting the others
(switched modes) and goes stalking up, book in hand, with him. Upon
confronting him, *DEMANDS* the surrender of Ares against the greater Wisdom
of Athena.
Ares Laughs, draws back spear...Priest drops book...
Small thermonuclear-type detonation (about 30' in diameter...AD&D vs.
Paranoia??? Who said magical definition was unclear?) occurs. All the
glyphs, carefully planned out, were triggered all at once.
GM, for yet another reason, goes into brain-death mode. Can't believe
*anyone* would do this. Calmly tells the player "you're character will die
too"...Player responds with "...yes, but my character is *VERY* devout to
Athena..."
Several moments of silence, the GM (his name was David btw... ;-) says that
Ares has been disrupted.
Stunned silence rules from the group I was told for several long minutes.
Then, calmly, one of the remaining (surviving) player-characters asks "the
Heavens"...."How much XP is a God worth?"
-K (realizes that this is NOT actually possible, but loves it when people who
call him *munchkinous and powermad* (as David did right as we were breaking
up) then go and make utter hypocrtits of theirselves)
