Gamers can be stupid.
I've been running a D&D game at GotGame in Edwardsville since Don left the gaping hole in people's lives down here.
*pointed stare at Don*
Okay, to be fair seeing how Don's doing now as opposed to how he was doing down here before I can't begrudge him that he's gone save to say that I miss hanging with him.
Anyway, here is the account of how a NON-MAGICAL CAT nearly killed two level 6 characters.
Josh (a.k.a. Character 1) and Nate (a.k.a. Character 2) are part of a group trying to herd a crowd of civilians through a town infested with demon dogs, zombies, worms from hell, and other assorted nasties. Now Nate has already had a chunk taken out of his nose by a zombie squirrel when he decided to climb a tree for a better view. Consequently the group is cutting through some backyards to avoid further zombie squirrel runins from the trees which line the streets.
There's a shed with an open door in one yard, so Josh and Nate decide to check it out for a chainsaw and/or any other useful weapon-like gardening implements. Nate takes the time to look through the door, but Josh decides that he'll just walk in. So he takes two steps inside the door, hears a noise, and turns around just in time to catch a facefull of territorial cat. The cat starts using his face for a scratching post. Nate runs in, grabs a shovel off the wall, and in true cartoon fashion proceeds to crack Josh squarely in the face with it. At this point I had decided that whatever damage there was beyond the cat's HP would transfer to Josh. (Nate through a nifty feat/Drunken Master Combo does 1D4+1D6+1D8+Str with improvised weapons and the cat only has 11 HP.) Nate rolls all ones with resulting damage of six. The slam damage is all done to the cat which pisses it off, but the momentum of the attack is transferred to Josh who, busy struggling with the cat, stumbles backwards, fails a reflex save, trips over a lawnmower, and falls onto a rake on the floor. Two tines punch through his breastplate and stab him in the back. The cat continues to take out its anger, pain, and frustration on his face. Josh tries to grapple the cat off but it sinks its claws in and he fails. Nate decides to use Josh like a golf tee and takes another swing at the cat. Whiff number one. Cat shreds Josh. Josh finally pulls the cat off his face, taking more damage as the claws are ripped free, and holds it suspended in the air. Nate swings at the cat AGAIN which now has no Dex bonus because it's immobile. He whiffs again at what should have been a teeball swing. The cat starts in on Josh's arms. Josh finally throws the cat at Nate to get it away from himself but misses, and the cat lands at Nate's feet. Nate takes another golf swing with the shovel for whiff number three. Josh meanwhile decides he really wants a chainsaw to deal with what is obviously an evil zombie cat and starts searching the shed quickly. The cat leaps onto Nate's leg and starts using it for a scratching post. Nate with shovel in hand decides to use his other hand to punch the cat. Whiff number four. (For the record the cat was AC15.) The cat jumps out of the way of his punch and rebounds onto his arm where the sredding begins anew. Josh is still searching. Nate botches, trips over a 2x4, and falls prone while the cat leaps off his arm and then jumps onto his back. Shred shred. Josh meanwhile has finally found his chainsaw and proceeds to start it. Nate, seein Josh coming forward chainsaw in hand, is suddenly scared shitless because he cracked Josh in the face with a shovel and it might just be payback time so he jumps up dumping the cat on the floor and runs out of the shed, the brightest move he's made all evening. I, having come to see what's taking them so long to check out a small shed, shoot the cat... for four points of damage, double 1's again. The cat, now badly wounded, takes off for the back of the shed where Josh finally strikes it down with the chainsaw. All told the cat inflicted quadrupal its HP nearly killing both Josh and Nate.
*pointed stare at Don*
Okay, to be fair seeing how Don's doing now as opposed to how he was doing down here before I can't begrudge him that he's gone save to say that I miss hanging with him.
Anyway, here is the account of how a NON-MAGICAL CAT nearly killed two level 6 characters.
Josh (a.k.a. Character 1) and Nate (a.k.a. Character 2) are part of a group trying to herd a crowd of civilians through a town infested with demon dogs, zombies, worms from hell, and other assorted nasties. Now Nate has already had a chunk taken out of his nose by a zombie squirrel when he decided to climb a tree for a better view. Consequently the group is cutting through some backyards to avoid further zombie squirrel runins from the trees which line the streets.
There's a shed with an open door in one yard, so Josh and Nate decide to check it out for a chainsaw and/or any other useful weapon-like gardening implements. Nate takes the time to look through the door, but Josh decides that he'll just walk in. So he takes two steps inside the door, hears a noise, and turns around just in time to catch a facefull of territorial cat. The cat starts using his face for a scratching post. Nate runs in, grabs a shovel off the wall, and in true cartoon fashion proceeds to crack Josh squarely in the face with it. At this point I had decided that whatever damage there was beyond the cat's HP would transfer to Josh. (Nate through a nifty feat/Drunken Master Combo does 1D4+1D6+1D8+Str with improvised weapons and the cat only has 11 HP.) Nate rolls all ones with resulting damage of six. The slam damage is all done to the cat which pisses it off, but the momentum of the attack is transferred to Josh who, busy struggling with the cat, stumbles backwards, fails a reflex save, trips over a lawnmower, and falls onto a rake on the floor. Two tines punch through his breastplate and stab him in the back. The cat continues to take out its anger, pain, and frustration on his face. Josh tries to grapple the cat off but it sinks its claws in and he fails. Nate decides to use Josh like a golf tee and takes another swing at the cat. Whiff number one. Cat shreds Josh. Josh finally pulls the cat off his face, taking more damage as the claws are ripped free, and holds it suspended in the air. Nate swings at the cat AGAIN which now has no Dex bonus because it's immobile. He whiffs again at what should have been a teeball swing. The cat starts in on Josh's arms. Josh finally throws the cat at Nate to get it away from himself but misses, and the cat lands at Nate's feet. Nate takes another golf swing with the shovel for whiff number three. Josh meanwhile decides he really wants a chainsaw to deal with what is obviously an evil zombie cat and starts searching the shed quickly. The cat leaps onto Nate's leg and starts using it for a scratching post. Nate with shovel in hand decides to use his other hand to punch the cat. Whiff number four. (For the record the cat was AC15.) The cat jumps out of the way of his punch and rebounds onto his arm where the sredding begins anew. Josh is still searching. Nate botches, trips over a 2x4, and falls prone while the cat leaps off his arm and then jumps onto his back. Shred shred. Josh meanwhile has finally found his chainsaw and proceeds to start it. Nate, seein Josh coming forward chainsaw in hand, is suddenly scared shitless because he cracked Josh in the face with a shovel and it might just be payback time so he jumps up dumping the cat on the floor and runs out of the shed, the brightest move he's made all evening. I, having come to see what's taking them so long to check out a small shed, shoot the cat... for four points of damage, double 1's again. The cat, now badly wounded, takes off for the back of the shed where Josh finally strikes it down with the chainsaw. All told the cat inflicted quadrupal its HP nearly killing both Josh and Nate.