I find it interesting that in a tabletop game I'd use a potion or wand without thinking twice... In BG I usually get to the end of the game looking like a walking magical trinkets store, with tons of wands and potions stored....
@Drugar's made me think of another one of mine, which is basically the same thing:
"That healing potion costs a HUNDRED gold! I can finish this melee and then cast a Cure Light AAAACK..."
Related:
"I only have one Cure Light Wounds spell left. I can make it through the next battle at one half hit points, thus conserving my spell." (I was killed in the next battle, but I did conserve that last spell, by Helm!)
"You have been waylaid by enemies and must defend yourself!"
that can be a big jolt in an "oh crap time to mash the pause game button!" kind of way, especially the wyverns, ettercaps, and spiders in cloakwood ambushes.
As a side note, there was a game a few years ago that was all about famous last words. The game was called Paranoia and you played as a family of clones in a world run by an insane computer that was out to kill you. Your team mates all belonged to various rival factions and were out to kill you. The people you interacted with were all out to kill you. Even the plant life was out to kill you. Needless to say, you died a whole lot and there were many a "Famous last words" quotes around the table every time I played.
As a side note, there was a game a few years ago that was all about famous last words. The game was called Paranoia and you played as a family of clones in a world run by an insane computer that was out to kill you. Your team mates all belonged to various rival factions and were out to kill you. The people you interacted with were all out to kill you. Even the plant life was out to kill you. Needless to say, you died a whole lot and there were many a "Famous last words" quotes around the table every time I played.
Loved Paranoia!!
Me and my group went to GenCon as Troubleshooters (red overalls, and laser-tag stuff). Got to meet Gary there, along with a few others, and got to participate in a huge Empire of the Petal Throne game, as well as a really cool variant of Warhammer (we all played one hero - I had a Wraith and won!!).
Great times!
"The computer is your friend! Citizen, please report to the nearest extermination center. Have a nice day!"
And I now know this joke has been done, several days after I repeated it. I have failed this forum and I have failed to be funny. I shall now take myself to the small corner of shame, alongside the man who wrote the BG novels and the person who designed the main villain of ToB.
"Oops" said the wide-eyed paladin as he heard a small click that emanated from a pressure plate on the floor that he failed to notice in his typical paladin hubris. He was found burnt to a crisp along with everything else in a 30 foot radius.
some note from Hordes of the Underdark (paraphrased):
"Well, I said I THOUGHT the chest wasn't trapped, but the Fighter just wouldn't wait. Then the Mage barged down the hallways before I checked the ceiling. We came across a room with three rods. The cleric pulled the first and was burnt to a crisp. Well, here goes nothing..."
On my last no re-load game when It looked like I was about to win. I had blinded Angelo, paralyzed Tazok, Sarevok was dealing with my 2 mages and their near fully loaded wands of summoning, and the rest of the party was fighting Semaj who had appeared to run out of spells and was down to near-dead status
"Looks like I'm going to actually win this."
Semaj cast cloudkill in the middle of my party, who were all level 6, for a total party wipe...
No famous last words involved but last night I was playing through the 'Unseeing eye' quest in BG2. Walked down this hall that opened up into this big cave. Heard that signature 'Click' sound that means a trap went off. I saw something moving across the screen towards Charname and then cut to the disintegrating hand scene. "To be Stoned.... like this?"
Oh, and also. Just prior to that Viconia bent to examine this strange figure on the wall. what happened next was well worth seeing but ultimately ended in several deaths in the party.
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Me, moments later: "Oh. That."
Kiss me!
(died twice,..)
"That healing potion costs a HUNDRED gold! I can finish this melee and then cast a Cure Light AAAACK..."
Related:
"I only have one Cure Light Wounds spell left. I can make it through the next battle at one half hit points, thus conserving my spell." (I was killed in the next battle, but I did conserve that last spell, by Helm!)
Also:
"We're not going to tell you our name, so why don't you and your little amazons wander back to wherever you came from."
-shudder- Never trust a Dryad. Or a women, in general.
- Charname, in Basilisk area
Me and my group went to GenCon as Troubleshooters (red overalls, and laser-tag stuff). Got to meet Gary there, along with a few others, and got to participate in a huge Empire of the Petal Throne game, as well as a really cool variant of Warhammer (we all played one hero - I had a Wraith and won!!).
Great times!
"The computer is your friend! Citizen, please report to the nearest extermination center. Have a nice day!"
And I now know this joke has been done, several days after I repeated it. I have failed this forum and I have failed to be funny. I shall now take myself to the small corner of shame, alongside the man who wrote the BG novels and the person who designed the main villain of ToB.
"Sure, let's check out Durlag's Tower!"
"Where the #$^$^$ is this Dynaheir #%^%$?"
"Well, I said I THOUGHT the chest wasn't trapped, but the Fighter just wouldn't wait. Then the Mage barged down the hallways before I checked the ceiling. We came across a room with three rods. The cleric pulled the first and was burnt to a crisp. Well, here goes nothing..."
CHARNAME: "I'm on it like ugly on an orc."
Mulahey: "How'd you get in here?"
"Looks like I'm going to actually win this."
Semaj cast cloudkill in the middle of my party, who were all level 6, for a total party wipe...
wild surge: fireball centered on caster
Oh, and also. Just prior to that Viconia bent to examine this strange figure on the wall. what happened next was well worth seeing but ultimately ended in several deaths in the party.