101 Things for a Party to do When No One is Around [Archive] - Wizards Community

101 Things for a Party to do When No One is Around [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
darksyngr
12-22-06, 12:56 AM If your party is abandoned on a deserted island, trapped in an empty keep, or adrift in the ocean with no crew what could a party do to gain XP until help arrives?

I'll start:
1. Treasure Hunt
2. Play Hide and Seek
3. build or fix a building
CrossBlade
12-22-06, 12:58 AM I'll say it before anyone else gets to!!!

4 Burn things! :mage:
tsuyoshikentsu
12-22-06, 01:03 AM 5. Rock, parchment, dagger.
Myree
12-22-06, 01:03 AM 6. Cross-train each other, until if it takes long enough, you end up with a really mixed bag of barbarian-bard-rogue-cleric-ranger-monks...

7. (might be considered included in 4) Body-building, yoga, reading, learning survival skills, meditation, etc. for similar skills and feats to build on stats they already have

8. Plot how they will take revenge of whatever got them stuck there in the first place

And I'll throw this next one out early, since I'm sure someone else will later anyway:

9. Absolutely nothing -- who says they are qualified and equiped to do anything to gain experience points. Sometimes they just have to grow dormant. In fact, if this were "reality", maybe they would be going DOWN as they get rusty and out of shape.
angryman
12-22-06, 01:29 AM 10) Teleport or Word of Recall etc home? If the desert island is dimensionally locked, I'd be looking for the artifact/temple that produced such an effect.

11) Failing that, I'd pit the other party members against each other with subtle mind games until they all fall prey to their basic instincts and try to kill each other. Then I'd mediate the dispute, have them get back together as friends and be more respected in their eyes.

12) I'd offer a prize to anyone who can survive the Wizard Hunt. My wizard would memorise PC killing spells and then the next day, the wizard hunt begins! Everyone starts on a separate part of the island alone and has to kill the wizard (me). I hunt them down. Also works well as Druid Hunt or any other hunt for that matter. The point is, Predator-style hunting.

13) Raft-building contest. Let's all build rafts!

14) Live on the island and create a tiny utopia with me as undisputed ruler and the dominated barbarian as my police force. The rogue is my gestapo.
mika78
12-22-06, 01:46 AM 15. scavenge for food
16. experiment with those scrolls in the corner written in that strange alphabet---
17. spelunking
18. make moonshine (alchemy :P)
CroBob
12-22-06, 01:56 AM 19. See how thick each wall they can find is by cutting through it with their adamantine weapons.
20. Find out how high they can climb and jump off of stuff while remaining concious.
21. Hammer toss! (A game where you toss a hammer back and forth, taking a step back after each toss. It was invented in a D&D game, actually.)
darksyngr
12-22-06, 02:01 AM play an RPG called "Earth"... it's the one where elves and dwarves pretend to be geeky humans that sit around all night playing on the computer. :p
darkhunter2007
12-22-06, 04:17 AM 23. sentens mach(alphabet-A-Z)
rogue:"An apple falled on my head!"
Fighter:"Be your self you act strange"
Rogue:"Cc... c... damn you won"
Penchant_Conjurer
12-22-06, 04:23 AM 24. Lord of the Flies!

25. Decide which party memeber is worth the most XP and "cannibalize" the XP.

26. Defeat earns XP as well as dead. Bare fisted brawling for everyone!
vader_rocks
12-28-06, 12:13 AM 27. "I spy, with my little eye..."
darksyngr
12-28-06, 04:07 AM :rofl: 27. "I spy, with my little eye..."

:rofl:
Roivas
12-28-06, 04:44 AM 28. Begin coveting the other party member's magic items.

29. Barbershop quartet drills.

30. Count the sand.

31. Begin the epic quest to find some food.

32. Look for the natives, capture one for sacifice to Nerull, try for the DC 50 sacifice wish, wish for a human sized hamster ball!

33. Listen to those 5 painstakingly chosen bard songs.

34. Make full sized sand castle with the lyre of building.

35. Dress in a red shirt and continually foil the groups attempts to escape the island, also make it look like an accident.

36. 'Accidently' kill the guy in the red shirt.

37. Find the hidden rum stock!

38. Play who can hit the lightest.

39. Sell the cleric's soul to a devil in his sleep.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
darksyngr 12-22-06, 12:56 AM	If your party is abandoned on a deserted island, trapped in an empty keep, or adrift in the ocean with no crew what could a party do to gain XP until help arrives? I'll start: 1. Treasure Hunt 2. Play Hide and Seek 3. build or fix a building
CrossBlade 12-22-06, 12:58 AM	I'll say it before anyone else gets to!!! 4 Burn things! :mage:
tsuyoshikentsu 12-22-06, 01:03 AM	5. Rock, parchment, dagger.
Myree 12-22-06, 01:03 AM	6. Cross-train each other, until if it takes long enough, you end up with a really mixed bag of barbarian-bard-rogue-cleric-ranger-monks... 7. (might be considered included in 4) Body-building, yoga, reading, learning survival skills, meditation, etc. for similar skills and feats to build on stats they already have 8. Plot how they will take revenge of whatever got them stuck there in the first place And I'll throw this next one out early, since I'm sure someone else will later anyway: 9. Absolutely nothing -- who says they are qualified and equiped to do anything to gain experience points. Sometimes they just have to grow dormant. In fact, if this were "reality", maybe they would be going DOWN as they get rusty and out of shape.
angryman 12-22-06, 01:29 AM	10) Teleport or Word of Recall etc home? If the desert island is dimensionally locked, I'd be looking for the artifact/temple that produced such an effect. 11) Failing that, I'd pit the other party members against each other with subtle mind games until they all fall prey to their basic instincts and try to kill each other. Then I'd mediate the dispute, have them get back together as friends and be more respected in their eyes. 12) I'd offer a prize to anyone who can survive the Wizard Hunt. My wizard would memorise PC killing spells and then the next day, the wizard hunt begins! Everyone starts on a separate part of the island alone and has to kill the wizard (me). I hunt them down. Also works well as Druid Hunt or any other hunt for that matter. The point is, Predator-style hunting. 13) Raft-building contest. Let's all build rafts! 14) Live on the island and create a tiny utopia with me as undisputed ruler and the dominated barbarian as my police force. The rogue is my gestapo.
mika78 12-22-06, 01:46 AM	15. scavenge for food 16. experiment with those scrolls in the corner written in that strange alphabet--- 17. spelunking 18. make moonshine (alchemy :P)
CroBob 12-22-06, 01:56 AM	19. See how thick each wall they can find is by cutting through it with their adamantine weapons. 20. Find out how high they can climb and jump off of stuff while remaining concious. 21. Hammer toss! (A game where you toss a hammer back and forth, taking a step back after each toss. It was invented in a D&D game, actually.)
darksyngr 12-22-06, 02:01 AM	play an RPG called "Earth"... it's the one where elves and dwarves pretend to be geeky humans that sit around all night playing on the computer. :p
darkhunter2007 12-22-06, 04:17 AM	23. sentens mach(alphabet-A-Z) rogue:"An apple falled on my head!" Fighter:"Be your self you act strange" Rogue:"Cc... c... damn you won"
Penchant_Conjurer 12-22-06, 04:23 AM	24. Lord of the Flies! 25. Decide which party memeber is worth the most XP and "cannibalize" the XP. 26. Defeat earns XP as well as dead. Bare fisted brawling for everyone!
vader_rocks 12-28-06, 12:13 AM	27. "I spy, with my little eye..."
darksyngr 12-28-06, 04:07 AM	:rofl: 27. "I spy, with my little eye..." :rofl:
Roivas 12-28-06, 04:44 AM	28. Begin coveting the other party member's magic items. 29. Barbershop quartet drills. 30. Count the sand. 31. Begin the epic quest to find some food. 32. Look for the natives, capture one for sacifice to Nerull, try for the DC 50 sacifice wish, wish for a human sized hamster ball! 33. Listen to those 5 painstakingly chosen bard songs. 34. Make full sized sand castle with the lyre of building. 35. Dress in a red shirt and continually foil the groups attempts to escape the island, also make it look like an accident. 36. 'Accidently' kill the guy in the red shirt. 37. Find the hidden rum stock! 38. Play who can hit the lightest. 39. Sell the cleric's soul to a devil in his sleep.