There I was,
walking down a cavern, the walls were rough and strange figures of creature and
artifacts were imbedded within, the ceiling was 300 feet above me and darkness
was surrounding me (if it wasn’t for my infravision I’d be hopelessly lost!).
From the distant
I saw a blue light, a thin ray of soft glow created a circle of bluish
illumination on the wall to my left.
Turning to my
right I found a small hole in the wall that was the source for that light...
but then a crack stretched across the wall from the hole upwards and towards
the ground, the wall was revealing something as if it awaited me for years...
Within a moment
I found myself standing in front of the oval object, it’s edges carved out of
hard stone and it’s center a reflective surface. I couldn’t resist and touched
the center of the mirror, small waves rippled as a vision appeared...
I saw myself
sitting on a blue chair next to a square table, I was not alone, to my right
sat a person of slender appearance and neurotic behavior, he was eating small
crackers (I knew even before I saw the package - it was dipdip) to his right
sat a vulgar man who seemed to be warping reality around him, across the table
sat a bizarre couple - one seemed to be human but had some weird features to
him, it was as if an automation was granted human shape; the other was a
gorgeous young man who was a model for sure.
To my left
cowered a slender man behind a vast wall; it was evident that he was frustrated
with something...
Terror started
sipping in as I realized that I was unable to control myself, for some strange
reason I was compelled to behave as someone else; that was scary, but the
terrible sensation that followed was something beyond comprehension, suddenly
it struck me - I was dependant on the four to my right and across to save me,
worse they seemed to share the accumulated intellect of a termite colony!
At that moment I
woke up screaming...
Yes my friends,
dreams (and nightmares) can come true!
What next you
ask? I’ll tell you what; I will explain, briefly, the wondrous art of
role-playing a stupid character:
Playing a stupid
character: sometimes a character is stupid,
sometimes a player is stupid (usually causing a severe case of moronic syndrome
within his character and chronic frustration within the other players),
however, it is possible that, for some reason, a player is ROLE-PLAYING
his character in a way that seems foolish to you; this is no evidence to the
stupidity of the player, in fact it just might mean the opposite and perhaps
the ability to play something other than yourself...
More?
Okay...
I have a
suggestion; we always reach a point in which the game loses track and runs amok
- why not reduce tension with some party games?
Let me see, we already
tried threading the jedy through the bird’s beak; why not put him on a spoon
and let giant birds pass him from one to the other?
Maybe we should
submerge him in a bowl of flour and let a giant bird find him (this game
usually requires two birds, two bowls of flour and, alas, two jedies - we all
know there’s only one real jedy who managed to bend the world sufficiently to
become one); or should we let our jedy wrap a crazed warrior like a mummy? Nah,
that will never work...
I got it! We’ll
let a circle of giant birds spin a jedy, the bird that span the jedy gets to
ask the bird that the jedy is pointing to a question - better yet, we’ll let it
decide whether it likes to try a dare...
A final issue, I
would like to explain something about my character to the envious player(s)*:
Heroism: thaco
14, +2d10+2 hp, 2 attacks per round.
Sword +1: +1 to
hit, +1 to damage.
Strength spell:
+3 to hit, +7 to damage.
Berserk rage: +1
to hit, +3 to damage, +10 hp.
Specialization:
+1 to hit, +2 to damage.
Courage spell:
+1 to hit, +3 to damage.
Total: Draksus.
* Best wishes to
Tomer