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Hey all,
I ran the blood pig game last night, and I found it really dragged out. My players were a bit baffled on how to deal with something that didn't involve maiming or killing, so they dawdled over what combat maneuvers to make, but after 2 hours, the score in the first game was 2-0.
My solution was, when the party beguiler called out to the Emperor, asking him why this farce was necessary, and if embarrasing the Shinglesnipes should continue, was to ask for a Diplomacy check. When he rolled a 34, the Emperor agreed, dragged the Shinglesnipe captain forward, and promptly had him beheaded, ending the game.
As well, the game did boil down to one player going for the pig, one player trying to bull rush Shinglesnipes into wolverine pits, one player guarding their pit, and the rest trying to beat the crap out of their opponents.
Did anyone play best two out of three? How long did it take in the session? Did your blood pig games devolve into mayhem?
(I have to say, it was a lot of fun, though ...)
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I kind of wished my party could've played Blood Pig; I had it all planned out and everything! Instead, my party killed their way through, and then when the Emperor tried to convince them to play the game, they promptly refused and the wizard cast Black Tentacles on the Emperor and all the surrounding guards. Then the party quickly just killed everyone. Alas, no Blood Pig...
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I kind of wished my party could've played Blood Pig; I had it all planned out and everything! Instead, my party killed their way through, and then when the Emperor tried to convince them to play the game, they promptly refused and the wizard cast Black Tentacles on the Emperor and all the surrounding guards. Then the party quickly just killed everyone. Alas, no Blood Pig...
Huh, I just ran Pilts' Palace for my group last week and they did exactly the same thing, right down to the black tentacles (though they didn't immediately kill Pilts; they dragged him into the middle of Old Korvosa and had an impromptu trial with the general populus). Yeah it was kinda disappointing :(. I really wasn't expecting it as these guys generally go out of their way to avoid fighting/killing people (the trial and execution was surprising too), Pilts just really rubbed them up the wrong way, what with his being a kill-crazy CE sadistic bastard n all.
RPG Superstar 2013 Top 4, RPG Superstar 2011 Top 16
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Unfortunately PC's never do things like play Blood Pig. They do what they want on their terms even if punishment is threatened because they feel invincible. I once had a brother/sister pair of pickpockets nab some gems from an elven archer PC. The sister snatched the gems and handed them to the brother who jumped on a horse to escape.
The gems were EXTREMELY valuable (3K gp) and the elf put 3 arrows into the Rog 1 killing him in the middle of the Market in Highmoon (capital of Deepingdale, one of the more cosmopolitan realms in FR). Needless to say he was arrested and when on trial his companions argued that what he did was justified! I sentanced his character to 50 years hard labor rebuilding the walls of the city effectively ending that characters run in the campaign.
Gotta nip that kind of mercenary behavior in the bud, especially in goodly or lawful towns!!!