In regards to #8: That was one from the zombie campaign I mentioned in the entries after it. Basically, the party decided to stop at an abandoned Walmart to pick up some supplies. My character decided to skip a step and simply drove on in through the front doors (in the process, completely messing up an encounter inside; a small handful of zombies becomes less threatening when you can simply drive over them.
), proceeding to cruise down various aisles to pick up what they needed.
...sadly, that campaign only made it four sessions or so before the GM abruptly stopped. Dunno why... maybe he just got fed up with the party inadvertently thwarting him at every turn (and turning dangerous encounters into cakewalks with lucky crits).
In regards to #14: Unfortunately, it's been a long while so some of the details are evading me, but basically, our party had been tasked to track down some recent thefts, in the middle of a war. Our trail had led us to a group of
freedom fighters brigands, who had information on the thefts, but wanted something in return; a dwarven General was stopping by a local inn on his way to the front, and they wanted him kidnapped, for ransom.
Seeing as it was our only lead (and he was on the enemy's side), we agreed, and headed out. Our plan was pretty simple; us and a group of
freedom fighters brigands beat the General and his escort into unconsciousness
(...come to think of it, that was our go-to plan for everything that campaign), then take the General back to the
freedom fighters brigands hideout and be on our merry way.
Except he didn't have an escort. He had an entire squadron with him. And when one of our less-bright party members broke cover for some sort of distraction, all hell broke loose. A full-on battle started up, with us pretty solidly on the losing end. Spells, arrows, and swords were flying everywhere, a couple of our members dropped, the
freedom fighters brigands were getting slaughtered. Someone, at some point, set off some sort of smoke bomb which proceeded to completely obscure the field.
Now the character I was playing was a mage who had access to a few spells, one of which provided lesser invisibility. In the chaos, while everyone else was deciding to break ranks, I had been battling the General himself, under the guise of invisibility and smoke. Realizing the battle was going bad, I decided I needed to vamoose as well, and used a spell to encase the General's head in an orb of elemental earth.
Which is when I got the idea to outright steal the general right out from under the squadron of soldiers. Deciding to just go for it, I told the GM that, since the General was mostly incapacitated (well, enough that I didn't have to worry about him doing more than flailing madly), I was rolling Thievery to try and grab him and quickly dash away. The GM was amused enough to let me try it, so I rolled... and got a crit.
While he was a bit too big to shove in a pocket, DLover did get it partially right: I did just wind up picking him right up and running off with him.
(Unfortunately, we wound up getting caught later that night, but it was fun while it lasted)
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