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I died. It sucked. Oh well, time to be reincarnated in another campaign! ^_^

Again, thread necromancy!

So I'm running Second Darkness for my husband and two friends.
The party is:
Trusk - Half-Orc Barbarian female (CG) <--BDF.
Haru - Elven Lore Keeper Oracle of Time (NG) <--The party face. Only character with diplomacy.
"Mad Dog" - Dwarven Ranger (N) <--He has a very racist, mostly negative outlook on life. A "What can the do for me?" character. Not friendly.

So I've had quite a bit of fun toying with the PCs. They often act first and ask questions later, so I simply let them do it. They've been careful not to draw too much blood, often stabilizing NPCs and later handing them off to the Gendarmes.

Well, Larur went missing and they were sent to investigate Smeed.

Haru and MadDog decided to visit Lar's house before heading over. Trusk wasn't a fan and just went straight ahead. MadDog almost killed the squatter, but Haru convinced him to leave for 2 gold.

Meanwhile, Trusk is trying to get in to see Smeed. He won't let her in, as she's one of Saul's thugs. She left a fist-sized dent in the door from "knocking very hard". She decided it wasn't getting her anywhere, and I pointed out that she can reach the back of the building. She went around back, found the cloak and just stuffed it in her backpack.

Haru and MadDog arrived at Smeed's and tried to convince him to let them in. He refused, so Trusk took out her battle ax and began to chop down the door.

Saul was in the back room with Otsk when the PCs break in. He's not looking for a fight, so he's just hiding by the wall. MadDog can't stand dwarf on dwarf violence (Pathfinder-ized stats, etc. so Smeed is a Dwarf), so he charged in shouting about honor and blood and started beating on Smeed. He did not even bother to ask about Lar. He ran right between Otsk and Smeed, so they were flanking him. He dropped unconscious, but Trusk managed to kill Otsk, and knock Smeed unconscious.

Haru and MadDog drag Smeed to the Gold Goblin and then decide to wake him up and question him. (Trusk decided to go eat instead.) Upon realizing Smeed didn't kill Lar, they were upset. Smeed then begins to cry because his pet Otsk was killed, and he "raised him from a wee babby gorilla!" and "Where is the necklace from me mum?" MadDog is incredibly distraught because he barged in on this fellow Dwarf, accused him of terrible acts, and killed his pet.

MadDog cuts Smeed's bonds and Smeed flees. MadDog then goes and prays at St. Castillions, and then sets about righting his wrongs. He even manages to buy a baby gorilla. The party sheepishly give back the weapons and jewelry (but not the gold, they forgot about that.)

So MadDog has gone from a "idgaf" personality to almost a devoted follower of Sarenrae.

I was laughing my butt off playing up Smeed and throwing a fit. My husband, not so much as his bad-a** dwarf is having a moral crisis.