Always one to turn life's lemons into healing potions, I got the rest of the party to clear out of the room while I went about trying to remove what I presumed and hoped was a container of poison gas concealed in the middle of the statue. Carter rolled with what I was trying to do and eventually let me get out the gas container and stopper it with a rag while we carved a cork for it.
Ever since, I have been the maniacal and probably more than slightly crazed (and of course, always drunk) first line of assault. Did I mention that I have had 2 HP for the last three sessions as well? We use the "Shields Will Splinter" houserule, so I can survive at least one hit, but really I expected to die many times as I charged, blind, screaming and holding a container of poisonous gas, straight into the middle of a band of lizardmen or hobgoblins. This tactic has worked with varying success, but so far I have not died and I have been able to contribute something meaningful to combat.
I have also been tickled pink by all this. Even though we just found a major pile of loot and high-tailed it out of the dungeon to re-supply and get my blindness removed, I almost don't want to give up the ride just yet. Playing a blind, suicidal dwarf has been a lot of fun!
I have also been tickled pink by all this. Even though we just found a major pile of loot and high-tailed it out of the dungeon to re-supply and get my blindness removed, I almost don't want to give up the ride just yet. Playing a blind, suicidal dwarf has been a lot of fun!
One of my favorite all-time characters was Hoegni Irontooth, a Hobbit who thought (and behaved as) he was a Paladin.
ReplyDeleteI always made clear to the GM that Hoegni had absolutely no Paladinic powers, he just thought that he did . . . he was marvelous fun to play.
-- Jeff