Stupidest. Gamers. EVAR.

[unixronin]

Thank moof for the out-of-band pointer to this story about possibly the world's most stupid D&D players.

Three words to make the D&D clued cringe before even clicking the link:  "Head of Vecna"...

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[yndy.livejournal.com]

That made me chortle with glee...

Especially in light of theferrett's post yesterday about magical macguffins... (http://theferrett.livejournal.com/740448.html)

Must be the theme o' the week...

[databeast.livejournal.com]

hrm, before I even read it....

...Gazebo?

[databeast.livejournal.com]

ahhh, very nifty, very nifty, just read it

he should have let the head attach to its newfound host and watch the look of dismay from the players as he explained 'no, you're not in control.. WHO's head is on the body now? Duhh!'

At least it wasnt the Wang of Vecna

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I had that thought myself. I'm probably going to hell ......

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

You, you, you EnglishMEN!

*uncontrollable smile under hand*

[databeast.livejournal.com]

yeah, 'lichdick' isnt a famous Greyhawk insult for nothin eh!

*smirk*

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

*giggling enough to get unixronin's attention*

[bfly.livejournal.com]

LOL! Small world. I thought that was hilarious even though I'm not a gamer, but what really set me off is that we know Bob Apthorpe.

[gdmusumeci.livejournal.com]

I didn't even have to read the story; I already knew exactly how it went. :D

[arasirsul.livejournal.com]

That one's a classic, along with the tale of Sir Eric and the Dread Gazebo.

[jilara.livejournal.com]

I suspected it was the same one that appeared in the back pages of Knights of the Dinner Table, some years back, and yes, it was. And it's STILL good!

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

I once ran a D&D game that involved a high level assassin that went mad, he wanted to poison the King, and the whole town, if necessary. He was rumored to be hiding in one of three inns; The Flagon, The Vessel, or the Chalice. Each inn had a device; A dragon, an apothecary symbol, and the royal palace. We were a good three hours into the game before one of the players put it all together. I almost didn't make it out alive.

This type stuff is so fun! RPGs against humans are the best invention ever!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I'll freely admit I haven't put it together yet on the basis of that information. :)

[greyman.livejournal.com]

Danny Kaye!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049096/quotes

Fifth quote down.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

That'd explain why I couldn't place it; I've never seen it. (Though I did recall something about Dragon Flagons from elsewhere, along with Druid Fluid ....)

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

The important bottom line is that the whole scenario was based on an elaborate pun. There was much more from the movie. The fun was how long it took the group to recognize that they were reciting bits and part of the routine as they were arguing about what to do. I was able to keep a straight face until confronted with the undeniable fact that they had been setup.

Many years later, The gamers still bring that up. All of them had seen the movie.

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

~groans~

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

thanks for the idea for when i run another campaign!