Jorlem Wrote:I was broke a GM's planned set of encounters in a D&D game via a dungeon bypass enabled by the spell Greater Stone Shape. As it turns out, 10 cubic feet plus 10 cubic feet per level is quite a bit of stone when you are level 13. After that, all the important buildings we had plot points in were made of concrete for some reason. I wonder why.I can top that, since concrete walls at least make a certain amount of sense as construction material. In a D&D 2E game I was once in, the party Psionicist took the Ectoplasmic Form power so he could safely scout by sticking his head through walls and doors. After the first time he did this, EVERY SINGLE TIME he attempted this feat in the future, it turned out that the object he was trying to walk through was solid to ectoplasmic beings. If I recall correctly, this included an attempt to walk into a natural canyon wall. The party joked that some bored god was making the universe impervious to ectoplasmic penetration just to screw with the Psionicist.
Of course, the character did (to an extent) deserve to be screwed with. He insisted on playing a Psionicist despite not owning the book (he borrowed mine EVERY SINGLE WEEK), needed help virtually every time he wanted to use a psionic power, and absolutely had to play a Monitor (a winged centaur that turns into a pegasus while Spelljamming between crystal spheres) despite the fact they weren't meant to be player characters (since they could fly and got multiple natural attacks every single round).
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In another campaign, the party was in a dungeon hallway and low on hit points and spells after battling a patrol. We opened the first door we came to hoping to find a place to rest, but a bunch of humanoid combatants were standing there with weapons ready. We closed the door and waited. After nothing happened for a minute, we set up camp in the hallway and rested for the night. We reopened the door the next morning and killed the monsters that were still standing there waiting.
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV