Overly Chirpy Through Tiredness and Acting Like A Cat

My Roleplaying week started out a bit worse for wear when two of our players for Cthulu did not turn up. We cancelled again and unless things improve by next week we'll be seriously thinking about reformatting either the game or what we are doing. *pleh* I was enjoying being the least sane person in the group.

Tuesday which I write down in my diary as my Lynx day (and no not because I douse things in deoderant) was a much better day. All our players turned up, well bar the guy whose character is dead.

I do a lot of strange things when I'm tired, going all giggly and hyper. So what's a cat to do in a game of shapechangers? Well act like a cat. I jumped, pounced, chased and played. I looked at the weird shadow world in wonder batting at things like a kitten. I would have purred but I'm no good at it and it comes off sounding like a growl. And the best bit, I get extra experience for being in character :D

Now I just wish I wasn't soo tired.

Primary Source Ammo...Gets You Every Time.

The world can be a little harsh on us storytellers and DMs when we don't have the time to prepare our thoughts properly.

There you go thinking that you've thought of every possible thing the players might ask when you send them off on a mission. You've ploted the stats for the demon they have to fight, you've worked out the layout of the building and what is within reach for the player to use as a weapon.

The battle is going well. You've chased them down the stairs, in a suitably demonesque manner, crawling over banisters with extra hands. The player runs for the lobby and grabs the fire extinguisher, they are just about to aim it at the beast when...

"What type of fire extinguisher is it?" The question is innocent but the scene grinds to a halt.

"A red one." I reply... "One of the normal ones..." Thus ensues a lovely debate as to the type and colour of the extinguisher in question. It should be said that yes I know thye come in different varieties...however I hadn't really given it much thought beyond that. Once we clarified that yes it was a red one and contained high pressure water* the scene could continue...

The player gets in a lucky shot stunning the demon slightly but it retaliated slicing across the player and hitting the extinguisher with its claws so that the whole thing explodes in from the pressure, sending bits flying around...

"No it wouldn't" The scene halted again.

"I'm sorry?" I said, preparing to fight my corner again.

"The pressure isn't that high." And the debate is on. Now the player whose life rested in the balance was nice and tried to help fight my corner but in the end it was a lost cause. I still maintained some damage could be caused but we glossed over it all as best we could.

So any of you budding DMs out there bewarned. If you have someone who has been trained as a fire marshall and has been given first hand knowledge of extinguishers...make sure there is a handy broom nearby instead...

Now as long as I avoid first hand demon experts I should be fine.

* This because that is the one to have in a building with the risk of paper based fires.