SPOILERS FOR #131 HATEFUL LEGACY
Tonight was one of those classic D&D moments that will be remembered by my players for decades to come. I was running my bi-weekly GH game and running the party through "Hateful Legacy" from Dungeon #131. The party was trying to free a noble captured by the big bad evil guys, Kazgorva and Urgush (sp?). Anyway, this noble was strapped to a windmill behind the mud pits hiding the undead bad guys and was being dipped into the boiling waters of the lake behind him every minute, with a curse on him that kept regenerating him just enough so he'd feel the pain of being roasted alive every minute.
The party was so freaked out by this scene, they used a wand of fly to fly up the wheel en masse to untie the noble and rescue him. Only one person was watching the shoreline--the barbarian/cleric. Kazgorva stepped out of his position of hiding and cast a flamestrike on the party, nearly killing the sorceror and wounding about half of them.
Our hero, the barbarian 4/cleric 8 of Pelor flew towards the mummy monster, unlimbering his greatsword. Kazgorva cast "baleful polymorph" and turned the barbarian into a toad.
Undeterred, our hero "raged" and "enlarged" (even though I know that he couldn't really use his domain and barbarian powers, but he was so into it, I didn't have the heart to tell him no) and declared that he was going to "bull rush" in flying toad form, hoping to distract the creature from casting any more spells.
Unfortunately, he didn't know that the BBEG had an anti-life shell on him. The poor toad impacted the barrier and slid down to the ground with a sickening thwock.......
...oh, the poor player is going to have to endure months of toad jokes from the others. They ended up winning the battle (barely), but the flying kamikaze toad barbarian is already being talked about as a possible prestige class :)
Wow. Just wow.
That's awesome...!! Flying toad bull rushes...
'Bout as good as my player's "using a dire bat as a surfboard/pillow when diving into a cavernous abyss" moment.
It's one of the many reasons why computer games can never beat tabletop RPG's in my book....you just never know what the hell is going to happen, glorious or just gut wrenchingly funny.
Great visual! :-)
Also, kudos to your player for being a good sport and playing out the scene. Many players I know would have freaked out and complained about their seeming misfortune.
Mark
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Kazgorva cast "baleful polymorph" and turned the barbarian into a toad.
Undeterred, our hero "raged" and "enlarged" (even though I know that he couldn't really use his domain and barbarian powers, but he was so into it, I didn't have the heart to tell him no) and declared that he was going to "bull rush" in flying toad form, hoping to distract the creature from casting any more spells.
Sounds like he's read ZOGONIA!
I just love hearing (reading) things like this! The way the game mechanics work, crazy things can happen from time to time.
Throw in a kender and you can have classic comedy gold.
Sounds like he's read ZOGONIA!
I don't think the player has, but I told them about the comic strip with the toad inside the lich's skull, and we all got a good laugh about what happened to him.
Of course, Mr. Flying Toad flew up to the other cleric in the party to get a dispel magic cast on him, but he had to wait in line in mid-air while the cleric ministered to other casualties.
"How do say I need help in toad sign language?"
