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 @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar As game master, I gave the party an NPC cleric as nobody wanted to play the healer. He had them sign a magical contract, that the players didn't realize could let him undo his healing if they didn't pay him. He took wounds off them, put them on himself, then inflicted them as an attack on others to heal himself. That was a fun NPC. 15 comments
@Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar Glad you approve. :-) I even wrote it out as a real prop and had the players sign it. The verbiage I came up with sounded like "you'll agree to pay for services rendered with an equal share of party split" or something like that, with the caveat of "cessation of services rendered" (past tense) or something that if they broke the contract. I think I made the god one of healing and death, as healing always seemed way closer to necromancy. #ttrpg  @pseudonym @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar Hahaha this is awesome. A good lesson on being mindful of what contract one signs... I love it 😁 @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar Aww, thanks. I love sharing #ttrpg stories. I ran a con panel many years ago called "So there I was..." Where I started it off sharing a few stories like this, and the old Usenet lore of the "Gazebo" and "Head of Vecna" tales, and then had the audience contribute their own stories. It was a blast. @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar One of the most difficult ones to run was a space game. I started with the crew and sentient ship mind-wiped for the last few days, with a pile of money in the galley and a recorded message from the characters earlier selves saying they had taken a job, been paid well, and agreed to the mind wipe. Take the money and go. Of course they didn't. I ran flash backs in media res. Fun letting them figure out what they did. Wow that is a fantastic intro haha! Pretty convenient for a DM as well hehe 😏 Convenient?? Hardly the word I'd use. I let the players role play the flash backs, when the players didn't yet know what happened, so had to tread carefully with plot armor to make the pieces I had revealed still valid. Bandages with blood and an injured character at the start, I've got to get them into a non fatal fight in one of the flash backs. Best mysterious clue was unknown initials on the high score of the "game pack" the Android PC had installed inside its memory.  @pseudonym @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @dgar I like the notion that healing and wounding are two sides of the same coin. What system was this? @michaelgemar @pseudonym @LoganFive @dgar This works in D&D with Positive and Negative energy. @Em0nM4stodon @michaelgemar @LoganFive @dgar Yup. That was the build. He was true neutral, following a god that key him channel both @pseudonym @michaelgemar @LoganFive @dgar See. I've never trusted True Neutrals, now you are confirming my bias ;) Haha super fun game idea though 😄 @michaelgemar @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @dgar Yeah, was probably d&d 3. Maybe 3.5 Was many years ago. A bit of GM fiat may have been involved. |
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@pseudonym @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar Hahahaha that is highly malicious 😅