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101 signs you are in trouble [Archive] - Wizards Community

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SkyOdin
01-16-06, 03:47 PM In the Eberron campaign I am currently in, there have been times when I have realised just how much the entire world (and the DM) is out to get us. So here we go. Feel free to contribute.

1) When you get invited to see a rare House Phiarlan concert, it is just a prelude to a butt-kicking at the hands of a gang of elven assassins. Who get away to fight another day.

2) When the party has to flee Sharn because the new PC had to knock Merrix d'Cannith out cold.

3) When the PC from House Cannith is assassinated by House Cannith.

4) And his body is stolen by the Inspired and resurected with amnesia. Then said character (now NPC) vanishes without a trace.

5) When coming back to the inn you own after a long and tough battle, you are greeted by Sora Teraza sitting in the corner.

6) Who is forbidden to harm the Paladin because Sora Maenya already called dibs on him.

7) When going to an emergency meeting held by House Deneith involves being ambushed by Blood of Vol Vampires. Twice.

8) When the only living resident of a Syranian city is a sentient Sphere of Anniliation.

9) When a Chaotic Neutral Warlock happens to be isolated from the party, on Syrania, and put on trial by a Justicar.

10) And did I mention the Rakshasa Rajah named Asmodeus?
Kaleanae en'i Mori
01-16-06, 07:54 PM We enter chamber after slaying a demon, thinking we are close to releasing a being of good! There it was before us so we set about dismantling it bounds! It falls to the ground, it is truly beautiful, then from the alcoves streams many many 'shadows'. The voice in my head says "kill it"! But I don't.

The shadows are becoming part of this being? Then comes the DM, Make a Fort save! Roll and reply 30! :)

His reply, you failed! :eek:

The creatures looks at you all and grins evilly! :confused: Its not the good guy after all, shoudl have listened to that voice in my head :weep:

He then shows us a picture of the creature we just released! :eek: :eek: :eek: A Daelkyr!!
Solarious
01-16-06, 07:59 PM 11) Statues of Saints cry blood, all divine-related characters colapse in agony, the sun is shrouded from your sight, and the holy water instantly rots.

12) When you discover lost schema.

13) When you agree to do anything for a gnome.

14) A rare conjunction of the stars, moon, and the planes reaches its zenith.

15) The airship you are on gets boarded by the Emerald Claw, agents of the Dreaming Dark, an elite dwarven House Kundarak retrieval team, and a ****** Rashashka. Oh, and every single one of them make a bee-line for your party. :devil:

16) You notice there are dragons, or agents thereof, watching your every step. :evillaugh

17) The changeling says "Trust me".

18) Worse: the changeling says "It'll be easy".

19) An Abberant Dragonmark manifests on a PC.

20) When you set fire to the Great Druid Olian's grove.

21) You discover evidence of a manifest zone to Dal Quor

22) Anytime you are within the boundries of the Mournland.

23) Whenever the Dragonmarked Houses think you could be manipulated to their greater gain.

24) A Royal Corpse Collector of Karrnath looks at the PCs and exclaims "What excellent bone structure you adventurers have".

25) A dead body drops from the sky in front of you.

26) The sky literally rains dead bodies.

27) Whenever a character undergoes a sudden personality shift, then just as suddenly reverts back to their normal behaviour.COUGHMINDSEEDCOUGH

28) You somehow discover Kaius isn't quite who he seems to be.

29) You subsequently find yourself in Dreadhold, sharing a cell with someone claiming to be the legitimate heir to the Karnnath throne.

30) When it becomes neccessary to meet with Jaela.

31) Silver flames in cathedrals worldwide become an unnatural crimson.

32) Trapped in an airship in the middle of an elemental Kythri storm, and the last pilot just got killed.

33) Somehow find yourself on Dolurrh... but you're not dead. Yet, anyways.

34) You find the shattered remains of a Gatekeeper Dimensional Seal.

35) Within a 1 mile radius range of any Eldritch Machine.

36) You come across a giant. Who lived in the Age of Giants. Yes, that one.

37) The unearthing of any artifact.

38) Upon the receiving a Gift of the Traveler.
Orion Polaris
01-16-06, 09:10 PM #.) If you post on these boards and don't utterly hate the use of sub-races.
Flame_Drake
01-16-06, 09:27 PM 39) When you find reference spirits called 'puppet masters' in Sharn

40) When a barkeep dies

41) "A man enters the bar and accidently runs into your table"

42) When someone mentions the Hags of Droaam

Drake
Gonf
01-16-06, 09:45 PM 43. When a message station you frequent gets ransacked by warforged.

44. When you say, "my character opens the door" and the DM can't keep a strait face.

45. When you fall off a bridge in Sharn and your friend "helps" you by casting dispell magic.
Flame_Drake
01-16-06, 10:04 PM 46) While bargaining with a pirate captain in Lhazzar, he validates breaking the Code of the High Prince by saying: "The Code is more what you call guidelines then actual rules."

I'm sorry I couldn't help myself...

Drake
rampant
01-17-06, 03:01 AM 47.) A noble calls you by name, or title.

48.) Anytime the the players or DM remember something from the list of things the world's worst eberron party is forbidden from doing.
Temjinstrife
01-17-06, 12:11 PM 49.) Buying passage on the lightning rail is a sure-fire way to get attacked, as apparently they are easy to board and Orien sells cargo and passenger manifests to anyone and everyone with an interest in the PCs.

50.) When a Warforged Titan goes on a rampage across Breland attacking only Churches of the Silver Flame.

51.) The words "Quori," "Dreaming Dark," or "Inspired" are spoken.

52.) Or the name Merrix.

53.) Whenever you're summoned to speak at a university, dance at a ball, partake in a formal feast, or participate in delicate negotiations.
Euangelion
01-17-06, 03:58 PM 54. Anytime someone in the party says "I've got a bad feeling about this."
DoveArrow
01-17-06, 05:05 PM 55. When the half orc you thought was a patron of the House Tharashk kidnaps you for the bloodsports of the Crag Arena.
Del'Haar
01-17-06, 05:28 PM 56: When you fail a spot check and almost get hit by a wagon. (Adventure wit Lohan)
Cutlass
01-17-06, 06:01 PM 57. The unknown creature you just shot with an arrow says, "Thank you for the gift of iron." :)
Inkling
01-17-06, 07:47 PM 58) This is a quote from a real river raft captain who offers white-water-rafting trips down the Colorado River: "I knew I was in trouble when my people flew over my head."
Lapson
01-17-06, 08:07 PM 59) When in the middle of the fight with the group of halflings you remember the roars that came from the stable of the inn.

60) When in the lowest level of Sharn your Manifest-zone dependant items stop working.

61) When the people sitting next to you on an airship start speaking druidic.

62) When you realize the shifter only shifts on a full moon.

63) When you make the slightest diplomatic mistake. (And troops inmediatly start to movilize).

64) When the Lords of Dust, the Dreaming Dark and the Daelkyr start cooperating to get rid of you.
Inkling
01-17-06, 08:19 PM 65) When you hire someone from CNN to translate Darguunish for you.
Gonf
01-18-06, 02:20 AM 66. Whenever your DM actually takes interest when you pick the inn or tavern you are going to stay in.
igotsmeakabob!!
01-18-06, 02:24 AM 67. Whenever you sit down at your DMs table and he that "I've prepared the adventure, have fun" look. Which is every time.

surprised this one hasn't popped up.
rampant
01-18-06, 02:31 AM 68. Whenever you start to think about this list in the middle of a game.
Gonf
01-18-06, 02:41 AM 69. When the DM rolls dice without explanation.
Graywolf
01-18-06, 03:37 AM 70. When the DM asks *you* to roll dice, and doesn't bother to explain why, or what exactly your suppose to be rolling.
Gonf
01-18-06, 03:42 AM 71. When you see your DM posting in the 101 bad things that happen to Mournland Explorers trhead.. WHILE YOU ARE IN THE MOURNLAND!
Armorlord
01-19-06, 02:10 AM 72. When the DM frowns for a moment, looks up and asks "What's your AC and hitpoints at?". The further along in the session it is asked the worse it is, worse yet if it is during a battle.

73. When after hearing the answer the DM says any of the following: "Hmm.", "Oh, ok. It'll be fine then.", "Nothing to worry about, really.", or "Oh.. crap.. Aw well, you'll probably live. Heh."

74. When a fellow player/adventurer gets the enemy/ally/monster/DM rilled up and shouts "Bring it on!" in some fashion.

75. When you are the player from #74 and the DM has slid you a note informing you that you are under mind control and are to provoke a fight, and to play it well or the DM will eat your character alive.
Salookanana
01-19-06, 02:55 AM 76. When your DM looks at the Mournland horrors thread.
77. You know, anything involving the Mournlands, Cyre, etc. is a bad sign...
78. "The LoB aproaches you, calling you by name, and swearing he shall slay you painfully"
79. Important rule of Eberron- Stay the hell away from 13. Thirteen becomes 12 by force... If your DM knows of 13, run away at 11... You could live longer
Rosary
01-19-06, 04:22 AM 80. When you cast the best spell you have left, and ask the DM to make his saving throw for that unassuming, purportedly normal enemy NPC; he rolls the dice, doesn't even look at it, and goes "That the best you got?"

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
SkyOdin 01-16-06, 03:47 PM	In the Eberron campaign I am currently in, there have been times when I have realised just how much the entire world (and the DM) is out to get us. So here we go. Feel free to contribute. 1) When you get invited to see a rare House Phiarlan concert, it is just a prelude to a butt-kicking at the hands of a gang of elven assassins. Who get away to fight another day. 2) When the party has to flee Sharn because the new PC had to knock Merrix d'Cannith out cold. 3) When the PC from House Cannith is assassinated by House Cannith. 4) And his body is stolen by the Inspired and resurected with amnesia. Then said character (now NPC) vanishes without a trace. 5) When coming back to the inn you own after a long and tough battle, you are greeted by Sora Teraza sitting in the corner. 6) Who is forbidden to harm the Paladin because Sora Maenya already called dibs on him. 7) When going to an emergency meeting held by House Deneith involves being ambushed by Blood of Vol Vampires. Twice. 8) When the only living resident of a Syranian city is a sentient Sphere of Anniliation. 9) When a Chaotic Neutral Warlock happens to be isolated from the party, on Syrania, and put on trial by a Justicar. 10) And did I mention the Rakshasa Rajah named Asmodeus?
Kaleanae en'i Mori 01-16-06, 07:54 PM	We enter chamber after slaying a demon, thinking we are close to releasing a being of good! There it was before us so we set about dismantling it bounds! It falls to the ground, it is truly beautiful, then from the alcoves streams many many 'shadows'. The voice in my head says "kill it"! But I don't. The shadows are becoming part of this being? Then comes the DM, Make a Fort save! Roll and reply 30! :) His reply, you failed! :eek: The creatures looks at you all and grins evilly! :confused: Its not the good guy after all, shoudl have listened to that voice in my head :weep: He then shows us a picture of the creature we just released! :eek: :eek: :eek: A Daelkyr!!
Solarious 01-16-06, 07:59 PM	11) Statues of Saints cry blood, all divine-related characters colapse in agony, the sun is shrouded from your sight, and the holy water instantly rots. 12) When you discover lost schema. 13) When you agree to do anything for a gnome. 14) A rare conjunction of the stars, moon, and the planes reaches its zenith. 15) The airship you are on gets boarded by the Emerald Claw, agents of the Dreaming Dark, an elite dwarven House Kundarak retrieval team, and a ****** Rashashka. Oh, and every single one of them make a bee-line for your party. :devil: 16) You notice there are dragons, or agents thereof, watching your every step. :evillaugh 17) The changeling says "Trust me". 18) Worse: the changeling says "It'll be easy". 19) An Abberant Dragonmark manifests on a PC. 20) When you set fire to the Great Druid Olian's grove. 21) You discover evidence of a manifest zone to Dal Quor 22) Anytime you are within the boundries of the Mournland. 23) Whenever the Dragonmarked Houses think you could be manipulated to their greater gain. 24) A Royal Corpse Collector of Karrnath looks at the PCs and exclaims "What excellent bone structure you adventurers have". 25) A dead body drops from the sky in front of you. 26) The sky literally rains dead bodies. 27) Whenever a character undergoes a sudden personality shift, then just as suddenly reverts back to their normal behaviour.COUGHMINDSEEDCOUGH 28) You somehow discover Kaius isn't quite who he seems to be. 29) You subsequently find yourself in Dreadhold, sharing a cell with someone claiming to be the legitimate heir to the Karnnath throne. 30) When it becomes neccessary to meet with Jaela. 31) Silver flames in cathedrals worldwide become an unnatural crimson. 32) Trapped in an airship in the middle of an elemental Kythri storm, and the last pilot just got killed. 33) Somehow find yourself on Dolurrh... but you're not dead. Yet, anyways. 34) You find the shattered remains of a Gatekeeper Dimensional Seal. 35) Within a 1 mile radius range of any Eldritch Machine. 36) You come across a giant. Who lived in the Age of Giants. Yes, that one. 37) The unearthing of any artifact. 38) Upon the receiving a Gift of the Traveler.
Orion Polaris 01-16-06, 09:10 PM	#.) If you post on these boards and don't utterly hate the use of sub-races.
Flame_Drake 01-16-06, 09:27 PM	39) When you find reference spirits called 'puppet masters' in Sharn 40) When a barkeep dies 41) "A man enters the bar and accidently runs into your table" 42) When someone mentions the Hags of Droaam Drake
Gonf 01-16-06, 09:45 PM	43. When a message station you frequent gets ransacked by warforged. 44. When you say, "my character opens the door" and the DM can't keep a strait face. 45. When you fall off a bridge in Sharn and your friend "helps" you by casting dispell magic.
Flame_Drake 01-16-06, 10:04 PM	46) While bargaining with a pirate captain in Lhazzar, he validates breaking the Code of the High Prince by saying: "The Code is more what you call guidelines then actual rules." I'm sorry I couldn't help myself... Drake
rampant 01-17-06, 03:01 AM	47.) A noble calls you by name, or title. 48.) Anytime the the players or DM remember something from the list of things the world's worst eberron party is forbidden from doing.
Temjinstrife 01-17-06, 12:11 PM	49.) Buying passage on the lightning rail is a sure-fire way to get attacked, as apparently they are easy to board and Orien sells cargo and passenger manifests to anyone and everyone with an interest in the PCs. 50.) When a Warforged Titan goes on a rampage across Breland attacking only Churches of the Silver Flame. 51.) The words "Quori," "Dreaming Dark," or "Inspired" are spoken. 52.) Or the name Merrix. 53.) Whenever you're summoned to speak at a university, dance at a ball, partake in a formal feast, or participate in delicate negotiations.
Euangelion 01-17-06, 03:58 PM	54. Anytime someone in the party says "I've got a bad feeling about this."
DoveArrow 01-17-06, 05:05 PM	55. When the half orc you thought was a patron of the House Tharashk kidnaps you for the bloodsports of the Crag Arena.
Del'Haar 01-17-06, 05:28 PM	56: When you fail a spot check and almost get hit by a wagon. (Adventure wit Lohan)
Cutlass 01-17-06, 06:01 PM	57. The unknown creature you just shot with an arrow says, "Thank you for the gift of iron." :)
Inkling 01-17-06, 07:47 PM	58) This is a quote from a real river raft captain who offers white-water-rafting trips down the Colorado River: "I knew I was in trouble when my people flew over my head."
Lapson 01-17-06, 08:07 PM	59) When in the middle of the fight with the group of halflings you remember the roars that came from the stable of the inn. 60) When in the lowest level of Sharn your Manifest-zone dependant items stop working. 61) When the people sitting next to you on an airship start speaking druidic. 62) When you realize the shifter only shifts on a full moon. 63) When you make the slightest diplomatic mistake. (And troops inmediatly start to movilize). 64) When the Lords of Dust, the Dreaming Dark and the Daelkyr start cooperating to get rid of you.
Inkling 01-17-06, 08:19 PM	65) When you hire someone from CNN to translate Darguunish for you.
Gonf 01-18-06, 02:20 AM	66. Whenever your DM actually takes interest when you pick the inn or tavern you are going to stay in.
igotsmeakabob!! 01-18-06, 02:24 AM	67. Whenever you sit down at your DMs table and he that "I've prepared the adventure, have fun" look. Which is every time. surprised this one hasn't popped up.
rampant 01-18-06, 02:31 AM	68. Whenever you start to think about this list in the middle of a game.
Gonf 01-18-06, 02:41 AM	69. When the DM rolls dice without explanation.
Graywolf 01-18-06, 03:37 AM	70. When the DM asks you to roll dice, and doesn't bother to explain why, or what exactly your suppose to be rolling.
Gonf 01-18-06, 03:42 AM	71. When you see your DM posting in the 101 bad things that happen to Mournland Explorers trhead.. WHILE YOU ARE IN THE MOURNLAND!
Armorlord 01-19-06, 02:10 AM	72. When the DM frowns for a moment, looks up and asks "What's your AC and hitpoints at?". The further along in the session it is asked the worse it is, worse yet if it is during a battle. 73. When after hearing the answer the DM says any of the following: "Hmm.", "Oh, ok. It'll be fine then.", "Nothing to worry about, really.", or "Oh.. crap.. Aw well, you'll probably live. Heh." 74. When a fellow player/adventurer gets the enemy/ally/monster/DM rilled up and shouts "Bring it on!" in some fashion. 75. When you are the player from #74 and the DM has slid you a note informing you that you are under mind control and are to provoke a fight, and to play it well or the DM will eat your character alive.
Salookanana 01-19-06, 02:55 AM	76. When your DM looks at the Mournland horrors thread. 77. You know, anything involving the Mournlands, Cyre, etc. is a bad sign... 78. "The LoB aproaches you, calling you by name, and swearing he shall slay you painfully" 79. Important rule of Eberron- Stay the hell away from 13. Thirteen becomes 12 by force... If your DM knows of 13, run away at 11... You could live longer
Rosary 01-19-06, 04:22 AM	80. When you cast the best spell you have left, and ask the DM to make his saving throw for that unassuming, purportedly normal enemy NPC; he rolls the dice, doesn't even look at it, and goes "That the best you got?"