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Chaotic Neutral Elven Rogue (Me)
The Paladin
Chaotic Neutral half-dragon half-elf optimized Sorcerer/Whatever-other-classes-he-took
Neutral Good Useless Cleric


Passing it on
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King of Wherever-we-aren't-outlaws: Thank you for coming on such short notice! We had heard of your deeds...
Me: Whatever, where are we going?
King: You will be going ... *dramatic pause* ... into the depths of Hell itself!
Me: Uh-huh... and our reward for this would be...?
King: You will have the eternal gratitude of this-tiny-little-kingdom-worth-2gp.
Me: Group huddle.
Paladin: Surely we must undertake this most noble...
Sorcerer: We need the XP...
Cleric: The gratitude might be good for us...
Me: I have a much better idea. Watch.
Me: <rolls Bluff> Oh Great and Honorable King of this-place-with-relaxed-laws-on-murder-and-stealing-and-stuff, we accept your quest!

Outside the palace

Sorcerer: How is this any different from what we were going to do? And why were you rolling Bluff back there?
Me: I head to the tavern and look for an inexperienced group of adventurers.
GM: Okay, I guess...
Inexperienced Wizard: *casts Mage Hand* *spills ale on self*
Inexperienced Rogue: *tries to pickpocket someone* *gets hand chopped off*
Inexperienced Cleric: *tries to heal hand* *inflicts wounds*
Me (on table): Are there any brave and worthy adventurer's here, who might aid us in our time of need?
Inexperienced Adventurers: Us! Us!
Me: Then, please, accept our quest to journey into the pits of hell and ...
Inexperienced Adventurers: Okay! *rushes out door*
Paladin: What. Did. You. Just. Do.
Me: Well, you know how all those quest givers are always higher-level than us?
Paladin: ....
Me: Aaaand, you know how we don't really want to get ourselves mixed up in that sort of thing?
Paladin: ....
Me: So, I, you know, gave them a quest. Because I'm a quest giver now. And stuff.
Paladin: ....
Me: So..... Do we receive XP for delegating the quest, if they succeed?
GM: Yes, you would.
Me: "Would"?
GM: Well, they still have to succeed. And it's hard to succeed when you're dead.
Me: Ah.
Paladin: ....
Me: Well... Let's get going on that quest then, shall we?
Paladin: Smite. Evil.
That is truly EPIC! Why haven't any other groups ever pulled this?
And the paladin at the end, Yes, that is the best reaction!
Btw, did the novices succeed? Did the Sorcerer survive the Paladin?