Crowning Moment of Awesome: Burnt Offerings, the Swallowtail Festival

[Marusaia]

I've been gaming on a regular basis for about the last five years. I've had some good moments over the years, but nothing quite matches this one.

So all the characters are at the Swallowtail festival, and my character, Aly (short for Alison), is standing next to Ameiko Kaijitsu's booth keeping an eye on one of the other characters (Hope, Sheriff Belor's young half-elf daughter). The two of us make our spot checks to notice the goblins as they start to appear, and can act in the surprise round. There are several goblins on the ground with dogslicers and horseslicers, and one on the roof of a building across the street with a bow. We roll initiative, and I come up first. The DM asks, "what do you do?"

I assess the situation. My character has only one standard action. Aly could probably charge one of the goblins on the ground easily enough, and she has a dagger on her (she was using it to eat a piece of roast venison earlier that day). However, the goblin with a bow on the roof is going to be a problem, sniping civilians and party members from the roof top with near impunity for at least a couple rounds. Something has to be done about him. And then I remember that my character is standing next to a stall giving out mugs of beer. So I say to my DM with a smile on my face, "Aly reaches for the biggest beer mug at hand and lobs it at the goblin on the roof."

Naturally, I take a negative four penalty for difficulty since a mug is not particularly aerodynamic and was not made for throwing. I throw it anyway. Much to my surprise, the mug actually hits the goblin! The goblin, who was cackling and grinning, takes the mug right in the mouth. Several teeth break in the process, he gets a concussion from the inside out, and is knocked off the roof. Between the mug and the fall, he ends up dead by the time he hits the ground. Thus, not only have I gotten the first kill of the campaign, I did it with a beer mug. I did not plan on either of these occurrences, and did not conspire with my DM to make them happen.

I love my character. I also love my d20, and her kicking +4 strength bonus. XD I just wanted to share something that really made my day.

[MrVergee]

Well, since the game is about having fun, it seems that it delivered for you. Nice.

[LoreKeeper]

Good show! That is a great first kill. Enjoy the campaign - it has some deadly opportunities for heroics; and I hope your character comes through shining ;)

[Elorebaen]

Awesome scene! Have a great time, it is quite an adventure.

[Hydro]

I'm using the excellent Swallowtail Festival Games that I found here on the boards, and our charismatic halfling ranger totally blew the dragon races away. I gave him credit for exceptional successes (each 10 over the DC was +5 feet), so he actually moved all 6 spaces in 3 rounds.

Also, I had to break script a bit as the half-orc made a DC 25 perception check to sniff out the goblins hidden in the wagon south of town.

[Hydro]

I was just thinking about how the "concussion from the inside out" thing doesn't make much anatomical sense, but then I remembered how goblin heads are shaped. That made me laugh.

Way to roll, OP. I'm sure you'll be telling this story for years to come. :)