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03/29/09(Sun)05:41 No.4121014'This is gonna be Tom all over again.' 'You're the next Tom.' 'OH FUCK, I'M TOM!'
Tom was the default plothook NPC that our characters took a job from off-screen before the session. Within three sessions, the party concluded that he was working for this band of orcs that inexplicably appeared on the continent (a sort of New World-situation; the continent had no animals of any kind when it was originally settled; it should not have orcs).
He was an optimized level 3 fighter. I was not present for the session in which this all occurred, and my character had stalked off after taking the first /nonlethal/ swing at him for not killing a captive orc. While I was gone the party, which was entirely level 1, composed of a Sorceror, a Rogue, a Cleric and a Swashbuckler, managed to render him unconscious. When he revived, he apparently burst his ropes and pulled a concealed dagger and one-shotted the Rogue, then CLEAVED into the Sorceror.
Long story short, the Sorceror killed him.
Then the party fought with itself, PC vs. PC, over the decision to kill him.
...then Tom was resurrected by his Merchant Guild, and the party was put into massive debt.
But it set this precedent, and now every session we've had since--and there have been about a dozen--has involved at least four rounds of full-on lethal combat between PCs, always over a decision, and always one-against-all. Last session, it was our guest--and, to be fair, he was trolling. Session before, it was me. Session before the session before, it was the fighter, who was being Lawful Anal-retentive. And about three times, it's been the Sorceror...we've dropped each other more than any enemies have.
If I play my Chaotic Good Rogue well enough, I'll be the next Tom. |