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10/02/09(Fri)01:40 No.6096970>>6096804 (cont)
Now, because I DM as well I'm fairly well versed in monster lore, and remembered that Famine Spirits are CR 19. We're an ECL 5 party at this point. But I'm not about to let the DM win his game. A knowledge religion check told us that it had a vorpal bite. I knew what needed to be done.
Round 1: Douse self in oil Round 2: Light self on fire and dive into its mouth
This rather unexpected tactic served Stumpy well. This vorpal bite, by definition, on a 20 is supposed to remove the head of the target. With Stumpy's head deep inside the famine spirit's stomach, there was physically no way for it to bite his head off. So Stumpy was inside this thing, tearing it apart with all the fury and weapons he could muster (biting, stabbing, pulling organs, etc). While on fire. However, it is only a large sized creature, so Stumpy couldn't fit all the way inside, leaving his leg (and peg) kicking about. It was ruled that the monster could still bite his legs and do damage that way. A few rounds later, that 20 vorpal bite shows up, taking off BOTH of Stumpy's legs. This only served to drive him to greater rage, and it also left the spirit with no way to damage Stumpy (although the fire damage was beginning to add up). After a few more rounds, and two player deaths, we managed to kill the foul beast.
Stumpy simply crawled out from the backside of the corpse, crawled to his fallen comrade's weapons, and his loot. He took a sword and an axe from the fallen fighter, and replaces his legs with each. A couple of Cure Light Wounds later, Stumpy was even more dangerous than ever.
Unfortunately, the session ended at this point, and the campaign was never returned to. I did hear however that Stumpy is now a god of barbarians in another campaign.
Sometimes, if you listen closely, you can still hear him in the winds. . . "GODDAMN QUEER" |