Do any of you know of any crazy off the wall things to put PC's through that will make them stop and say "what the???????"
Without chasing them off.
Like Erik Mona's Exploding dog from his Return to Castle Bristol article in Dungeon #120
Grab some of the Diskworld books by Pratchet and start reading.
That should give you and your players enough laughs for some time.
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I dunno ... as a side-adventure for my players of 12th level pcs, the advanced size huge weasels in the adventure by Andy Collins in Dungeon #100 made them remark, "Kobolds? You're kidding, right? And weasels? Weasels! Oh, my god - the WEASELS!!!"
Snicker - they were happy to go back to Hellgate Keep after that ...
Fiendish Dire Poultry every time...
Do any of you know of any crazy off the wall things to put PC's through that will make them stop and say "what the???????"
Without chasing them off.Evangalists who carry their god in a box. They'll let the player characters see him for a small fee.
A gnomish sage, swinging an enlarged butterfly net, in search of elemental air.
Anything with accordians or bagpipes. Caber-tossing pixies come to mind.
Orc underground cavalry who use roller skates.
Giant spider can-can dancers.
Tom Huddle's Green milking cows! - If you can find it, try and get hold of Willies 'Huddle Farm' adventure in Dungeon #12, great memories!
Are you still out in Dublin Willie?
Tom Huddle's Green milking cows! - If you can find it, try and get hold of Willies 'Huddle Farm' adventure in Dungeon #12, great memories!Are you still out in Dublin Willie?
Hi Richard. Glad to meet someone who didn't bite through his pencil and tear up his character sheet after playing that one...
I don't want to hijack another thread, so if you'd like to comment on the endurance course which was WW adventures, please take a peek at http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/dungeon/generalDiscussion/dungeon37 where the tale is already told. (Someone tell me how to make a clickable link?)
I'm still in Dublin, yes.
Great, I'll do that Willie, you should write a sequel! - send my regards to Big Jack Charltons bar.
If you mean surprising them with the ol' bait-and-switch:
Advance the heck out of something innocuous. Like a single Goblin Monk 9, with a dozen or so Monk 2-3 followers. Give him a 32 point buy, the Vow of Poverty feat, etc. "But he's a Goblin!"
Yeah, he's just a Goblin... kicking your butt all over the map....
Or a Demon, polymorphed into a FR CRPG-style "kind and helpful old wizard" who continuously leads them astray. When they've had enough meddling and confront him, let him bounce them around a bit, then depart in a flash of brimstone with a "You haven't heard the last of me!"
But nothing can hold a candle to Terry Pratchett. A former gamer with a wicked imagination and a well-honed sense of the absurd.
Telas