Comments on: A Corpse, a Belltower, and Yog-Sothoth: Favorite RPG Moments http://critical-hits.com/2008/07/24/a-corpse-a-belltower-and-yog-sothoth-favorite-rpg-moments/ The Journal of Gamer Culture Thu, 24 May 2012 17:32:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mean Things I Have Done in Horror RPGs | Critical Hits http://critical-hits.com/2008/07/24/a-corpse-a-belltower-and-yog-sothoth-favorite-rpg-moments/#comment-63131 Mean Things I Have Done in Horror RPGs | Critical Hits Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:21:22 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=1766#comment-63131 [...] Replaced a resurrected PC with his evil twin… permanently. (As a result of this) [...] [...] Replaced a resurrected PC with his evil twin… permanently. (As a result of this) [...]

]]> By: Krog http://critical-hits.com/2008/07/24/a-corpse-a-belltower-and-yog-sothoth-favorite-rpg-moments/#comment-63130 Krog Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:27:08 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=1766#comment-63130 Flaming undead. Krog's axe between Vapora's eyes. "Hello, Son!" Flaming undead.
Krog’s axe between Vapora’s eyes.
“Hello, Son!”

]]> By: longcoat000 http://critical-hits.com/2008/07/24/a-corpse-a-belltower-and-yog-sothoth-favorite-rpg-moments/#comment-63129 longcoat000 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:18:43 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=1766#comment-63129 Two seperate instances, but they're both from the same modified Ninjas & Superspies campaign (modern day, but altered using the magic rules from Palladium and Rifts): 1) Party is fighting an Immortal (yeah, from Highlander). He has his sights set on another character (also controlled by me), and no one can do anything before he lops the guy's head off. Then this happens: Me: "Wait, I'm still invisible, right?" GM: "Yeah, but your pistol won't do enough damage to drop him before he gets to NPC" Me: "He's walking right past me and can't see me. Can't I put my Desert Eagle up to his temple and pull the trigger?" GM: (Mouth hangs open. He obviously hasn't thought of this) "Yeah..." Long story short, we drop the sword-guy right before he gets to his target. We watch as his head starts re-forming and healing, and give the guy he was going after a sword, tell him to take the head off, and leave the room. He picks up the sword, takes a few practice swings as the neck, almost pukes, then decides not to take any chances with missing and breaking the blade. He kneels down next to the body and starts using the katana to saw at the other guy's neck, stopping and re-starting every now and then to cut back through any tissue that re-forms behind the blade. 2) We're in Europe chasing down a bad guy. He entered a dungeon through the altar in this abandoned church. We knew the entrance was under the altar, but had no idea as to how to move it. It was too heavy to push or lift, and no one knew of any command words or secret latches to pull. That's when we busted out with the Stone to Flesh scroll that the GM forgot we had and turned the altar into a huge block of Spam (we tasted it) that we had very little difficulty chopping through. Two seperate instances, but they’re both from the same modified Ninjas & Superspies campaign (modern day, but altered using the magic rules from Palladium and Rifts):

1) Party is fighting an Immortal (yeah, from Highlander). He has his sights set on another character (also controlled by me), and no one can do anything before he lops the guy’s head off. Then this happens:

Me: “Wait, I’m still invisible, right?”
GM: “Yeah, but your pistol won’t do enough damage to drop him before he gets to NPC”
Me: “He’s walking right past me and can’t see me. Can’t I put my Desert Eagle up to his temple and pull the trigger?”
GM: (Mouth hangs open. He obviously hasn’t thought of this) “Yeah…”

Long story short, we drop the sword-guy right before he gets to his target. We watch as his head starts re-forming and healing, and give the guy he was going after a sword, tell him to take the head off, and leave the room. He picks up the sword, takes a few practice swings as the neck, almost pukes, then decides not to take any chances with missing and breaking the blade. He kneels down next to the body and starts using the katana to saw at the other guy’s neck, stopping and re-starting every now and then to cut back through any tissue that re-forms behind the blade.

2) We’re in Europe chasing down a bad guy. He entered a dungeon through the altar in this abandoned church. We knew the entrance was under the altar, but had no idea as to how to move it. It was too heavy to push or lift, and no one knew of any command words or secret latches to pull. That’s when we busted out with the Stone to Flesh scroll that the GM forgot we had and turned the altar into a huge block of Spam (we tasted it) that we had very little difficulty chopping through.

]]> By: Dark Young http://critical-hits.com/2008/07/24/a-corpse-a-belltower-and-yog-sothoth-favorite-rpg-moments/#comment-63128 Dark Young Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:12:35 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=1766#comment-63128 My favorite moment was in a Call of Cthulhu RPG in which one of the players attempted to "wing" a fleeing crazed homless man with his Desert Eagle. Granted, the man was "stopped" but he wasn't of much use for questioning after his leg was blown off. A second was in that same campaign when they were facing off with a werewolf. Lacking most any weapons one of the players whos theme was "Garage Mechanic" put his driving skill to good use, driving UP the local government office buildings steps in his truck to run the werewolf down. Then attempting to run him over again and again with the mostly destroyed vehicle. My favorite moment was in a Call of Cthulhu RPG in which one of the players attempted to “wing” a fleeing crazed homless man with his Desert Eagle. Granted, the man was “stopped” but he wasn’t of much use for questioning after his leg was blown off.

A second was in that same campaign when they were facing off with a werewolf. Lacking most any weapons one of the players whos theme was “Garage Mechanic” put his driving skill to good use, driving UP the local government office buildings steps in his truck to run the werewolf down. Then attempting to run him over again and again with the mostly destroyed vehicle.

]]> By: Tomcat1066 http://critical-hits.com/2008/07/24/a-corpse-a-belltower-and-yog-sothoth-favorite-rpg-moments/#comment-63127 Tomcat1066 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:06:36 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=1766#comment-63127 2nd Edition AD&D. I'm playing a bard with zero combat ability, as this was primarily a role play campaign, but I find myself in combat. The rest of the party is kicking goblin butt, and I'm doing jack. Finally, I say "screw this" and grab up goblin heads, tie rope to them, and start swinging them over my head. The goblins freak out and take off running. Hence how a bard with no combat skills defeated a whole tribe of goblins :D Tomcat1066's last post: <a href="http://tomcat1066.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/the-race-race/" rel="nofollow">The Race Race</a> 2nd Edition AD&D. I’m playing a bard with zero combat ability, as this was primarily a role play campaign, but I find myself in combat. The rest of the party is kicking goblin butt, and I’m doing jack. Finally, I say “screw this” and grab up goblin heads, tie rope to them, and start swinging them over my head. The goblins freak out and take off running.

Hence how a bard with no combat skills defeated a whole tribe of goblins :D

Tomcat1066′s last post: The Race Race

]]> By: steve http://critical-hits.com/2008/07/24/a-corpse-a-belltower-and-yog-sothoth-favorite-rpg-moments/#comment-63126 steve Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:53:20 +0000 http://www.critical-hits.com/?p=1766#comment-63126 double fisting repeating crossbows while my dog sniffs out a stealthed baddy? win.... double fisting repeating crossbows while my dog sniffs out a stealthed baddy? win….

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