Last night was quite something.
For one, Kyle came back from the Army on leave, so we dragged him over and played some D&D and such, just like old times. He had some good stories to tell about the whole thing. That was cool.
So we played some D&D. It went badly, as it happens, but that had a lot to do with Jason sort of not realizing what day it was, what day we were having the session, or any of it, and having to totally fake something off top of his head.
"Doctor, I'm having the strangest sense of deja vu. I'm level 8, and my mission is to investigate a strange portal that spawns dog-headed evil creatures."
"Very interesting. Tell me more..."
First, the party:
Me: Usagi, the Rabbit Hengeyokai fighter who dual wields war fans.
Cole: Smaug Baggins, the half-dragon/halfling sorc.
Brian: An unnamed Yakman (!) ranger.
Kyle: An unnamed hobgoblin evoker.
And Newt Gingrich tagged along for the ride.
So, our mission was to investigate strange happenings near, get this, Kay's Circle. Something strange is afoot at the Circle K, see.
When the session begins with a Bill and Ted joke, you should get the general drift of where the whole thing's going to go.
So in short order, we go through the portal and get captured. Cole and I and our elf bladesinger flunky get locked in this huge pit with a bunch of slaves, some dead. This doesn't sit well, so we have Cole fly up, break the lock on the trapdoor, whereupon I leap up out of the pit using my rabbit skillz, and begin taking on guards with sharpened jawbones. Cole and the elf join in, and we're doing ok before we get taken down.
So the whole group wakes up, and gets taken to the gladiatorial arena, where the Emperess, who's got blue hair for some reason, is watching us fight people.
After a pit stop in the jail cells to explain the basics of economic theory to the main evil general, of course.
"Look, dude. Slavery's pretty inefficient. You see, you could have just hired some dwarves or something to build those huge pyramids you're building. And if you do it right, you can set up some export trade, and get your money back. And you can lower your military spending, because you don't need to keep the slaves in line. So everybody wins."
Cole's first, and takes on randafool and wins.
Me, Kyle, and Brian are next, versus a pair of stone giants. Midway through the fight, the elf joins in, and we win handily. Whereupon the guards shove us back, and the Emperess leaps down to go take on the elf. Well, we break free, and start fighting the Emperess...
Brian: "I grapple with the Emperess."
Jason: "Uh, ok."
Brian: "Well, I grappled her."
Me: "Ok. I rip off that weird magic necklace she has on, and stab her a bunch."
Jason: "She turns into a huge blue dragon."
Us: "Crap."
So I turn into a rabbit, the elf picks me up, and we get the hell out of Dodge. Brian ineffectually beats on the dragon for a bit until Kyle gets up, turns him into a huge gold dragon because it's late and Jason doesn't really care, and they, uh, fight.
Brian: "I really don't want to fight this out. What say we fight it out in a best of 3 Godzilla game instead?"
Jason: "Sure."
So they do. And Brian wins.
Posted by Dwip at December 28, 2003 5:07 PM