| Jor, the Hunter |
Setting: a five-story-tall watchtower filled with human mercenary soldiers who had just tried to stiff us on payment for a rather dangerous job.
Party: One elf mage, one dwarf cleric, one dwarf barbarian, and one human ranger/rogue (me).
Plan: Get to the top of the tower by any means necessary.
After managing to talk our way through the first two floors and killing our way through the next two, the last enemy in our way is a guy in VERY heavy armor, just waiting for us to come up the stairway so he can cut us down one by one.
After a bit of planning, I head out the window and use my grappling hook to get up to the top floor. At the same time, I tie another rope to one of my arrows and pass the other end to the rest of the party. I climb to the top, pass my stealth check, and somehow pull off a critical for my sneak attack roll that not only hits the guy, but puts the arrow right through his chest and out the other side. He's hooked, and best of all, he has no idea what the hell just happened.
Cue the rest of the party pulling as hard as they can on the other end of the rope. Long story short, the mercenary captain gets pulled right off the edge of the tower, plummeting five stories to his immediate and very messy end.
Boss fight over. Needless to say, the GM was NOT expecting that.