Alternatives to “You meet in a tavern”… Reblog and add your own!
You all awaken, dazed and confused, locked in adjacent, subterranean prison cells.
You’ve been kidnapped and are currently on a ship to be sold as slaves.
You are all the employees of the same mysterious figure, who you have just discovered was conning you all.
You awaken, dazed, on the back of a wagon. Beside you is a thief, a revolutionary local lord, and one of his guardsmen. Your party is bound and the guard explains that they were on their way to the chopping block, and picked you up along the way for illegally crossing the border
You arrive at the city’s station, while going over a large map of the city for directions, along with 4 other strangers, you are approached by a travel inspector and 2 of their assistants. The three distract you while 3 others snatch your luggage.
girl i hope you appreciate your boyfriend. he just stood practically on top of a horror movie monster so you could get out of the elevator first. he loves you.
are we going to ignore the actress who got kicked in the face
well thats the price you pay for fucking terrifying someone
This whole post is GOLD
Yea, if you’re an actor and you deliberately try to freak people out then you need to be aware it’s flight or FIGHT. There’s a chance that someone will run away screaming but someone could also square up and try to kick your creepy ass.
By deciding to be a creepy bastard you are accepting the possibility that you might end up getting hurt and I do not feel sorry for you.
But a quick reminder: if you go to a haunted house, DONT GO if you know you react to fear with violence. You’re paying to be scared by these actors; they’re doing their jobs. They don’t deserve to be punched for something you signed off on.
But if you’re an actor or prankster who’s picking targets who didn’t consent ahead of time, be warned, you might get punched.
Context: playing Curse of Strahd. Players are in a town that the vampire couldn’t get into and pissed him off, and so clouds full of lighting with his face appeared over them and was hitting the general area with lighting.
Fighter: literally has 5 hp left “Ha! That’s right! Why don’t you come down here and fight like a man?!”
Monk: has 6 hp and no Ki left “oh no.”
Paladin: not wearing armor, has 9 hp “you didn’t.”
Fighter: “what?”
DM: “… so another flash of light hits the ground, and Strahd appears before you. He thanks you for the invitation.”
