> playing Goliath monk
> complete rollplay character
> everyone assumes he's taken some weird path of silence
> comply, until prompted
> party walks into town palace
> king wizard is a Deva, stops us from seeing king
> DM lays the racist extra thick with this guy
> "What makes you lot think you even have the wherewithal to see the king? All I see is a cluster of mortals!"
> party wats something fierce
> bard immediately cuts in for diplomacy
> "we're here fo-"
> "the king will not speak with a mariachi reject"
> bard goes into full "that's our word!" mode
> DM cuts in
> "psst, guys, Deva are all up into that universal wisdom **** "
> thatsmycue.exe
> "I'll talk to him"
> "what do you say?"
> "Life is like an open hand..."
> "Oh, the big one has riddles?"
> "I only need one to slap your **** "
> dragonstrike knocks guy prone
> DM so taken aback he treats it as a sneak attack
> immediately bloodied
> DM plotshields the **** out of the guy by having the king come in and start apologizing profusely.
> guy was apparently supposed to be some plot twist and turn evil
> nobody shocked