I had to hand it to the players, though, they once again blew my Big Climactic Scene with a well-placed spell I hadn't counted on. And I learned what DM of the Rings had already stated: don't put a room there if there's nothing in it.
I was growing frustrated when my brother kept flying all around this big cavern full of water, trying to find anything other than dead leechwalkers. I told him, "you find nothing other than dead leechwalkers." But he just had to look again. "Secret doors?" "No." "I put my staff down to see how deep the water is." "You don't touch bottom."
Then the latecomer chimes in, "Well, why don't I just take this breathe underwater potion and dive in to see what's in the water?"
"You missed the whole part about the leechwalkers."
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Date: 2009-03-02 03:21 am (UTC)I was growing frustrated when my brother kept flying all around this big cavern full of water, trying to find anything other than dead leechwalkers. I told him, "you find nothing other than dead leechwalkers." But he just had to look again. "Secret doors?" "No." "I put my staff down to see how deep the water is." "You don't touch bottom."
Then the latecomer chimes in, "Well, why don't I just take this breathe underwater potion and dive in to see what's in the water?"
"You missed the whole part about the leechwalkers."
But we have fun.