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My character had to pick between saving a cat or a priceless artifact and it backfired hard
Last week in my D&D group, I gave myself a crazy choice: my rogue could either rescue a magical stone that controls the city's gates or pull a scared kitten out of a burning building. I thought picking the cat would make me look heroic, right? But the moment I grabbed the kitten, the building collapsed on the stone and the city fell into chaos. My party was furious, my character got blamed for the invasion, and the cat just hissed at me the whole time. The DM said the stone was worth 10,000 gold, and I traded it for a clawed up hand. Has anyone else had a simple moral choice blow up into something way more complicated than you expected?
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morgan89821d ago
Nah you messed up but I get why you did it. Picking the cat felt like the good guy move in the moment. But man, 10,000 gold and a whole city invasion is a steep price for a hissing cat. The DM set you up to fail honestly. That's one of those choices where there's no winning, just picking which loss is easier to live with.
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susan_bell20d ago
10,000 gold is chump change for a level 8 party though.
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milessmith17d ago
Read a blog post saying most level 5 parties should have around 5000 gold total.
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