Me: We walk into the room.
DM: The moment you’re all inside, the door slam shut behind you. The door that was open on the other side of the room shuts, too. From the center of the floor, a pedestal rises up into view. On top of it is a massive red button. A booming voice emanates from nowhere, beginning a countdown. 10. 9. 8—
Me: I search the room for an exit.
DM: Roll perception. 6. 5.
Ranger: We should push the button!
Me: WE DON’T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN! 19 on perception.
DM: You don’t find an exit. 2.
DM: The countdown resets. 10. 9.
Me: Yinnilith [the ranger] search the room! Maybe I didn’t roll high enough.
Ranger: HA! 26 on perception!
DM: You don’t find an exit. 3.
Me: Beergut [the barb] try and break down the doors!
Barb: He said they were stone! You said they were stone, right?
Barb: I try and break down the door.
Ranger: AND I PUSH THE BUTTON!
DM: Beergut, roll a strength check. 10. 9.
Barb [ooc i guess?]: FUCK YES! Nat 20, total score of 28!
DM: You can’t break down the door. 6. 5.
Ranger: I PUSH THE BUTTON!
Me: Wait, he rolled a NAT TWENTY. He had to break down the door.
Me: I PUSH THE BUTTON! But a Nat 20 is always a success.
Me: Can I search the room again?
Me: Crap. 15 on perception.
DM: You actually see less of the room than you did last time. 5.
Me: Dang it, I push the button. Beergut, do you have your dailies?
Ranger: I’ve got everything up, too, except charm animal.
Me: I push the button. We ready ourselves for a fight.
DM: You get +1 on your next initiative roll. 5.
Barb: Wait, maybe there’s something we haven’t thought of.
Me: There’s nothing. Unless you can think of something?
Barb: THERE MUST BE SOMETHING!
Ranger: I PUSH THE BUTTON!
Me: Guys! There’s nothing. We’re just going to have to fight whatever comes out when the timer runs down, okay?
Barb: I’m telling you, there’s a way out, and we’re gonna be so pissed we didn’t think of it.
Me: How long do you want to sit here trying to think of it?
Everyone: *waits expectantly*
DM: The doors slide open on both sides of the room.
Ranger: (after a moment) Now?
DM: Nothing. There’s nothing. The doors are open.
Me: I move cautiously toward the door opposite the one we came in.
DM: You see a hallway stretching a long way in the other direction.
There was a long moment of silence. Then we all pretty much tripped over each other trying to jump across the table and strangle the DM to death.
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