Warning: That last game night almost turned into a disaster with dice

I was running a D&D session at Dave's apartment last Saturday and one player knocked over a full soda onto the character sheets while rolling for initiative - water damage on three sheets and a soaked battle map. I had to quickly photocopy the important stats from my phone while everyone yelled, and now I keep all papers in plastic sleeves.

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4 Comments

the_jana2mo ago

We started using a cheap plastic tablecloth from the dollar store that goes under everything, and it saved us twice now. Drinks have to stay on the floor or a side table, no exceptions.

rubyk262mo ago

My friend group had a similar thing happen but with hot sauce of all things. Someone's wing sauce got knocked over and it went right onto the dungeon master's notes for the big boss fight. We had to pause for twenty minutes while he tried to figure out what was smudged and what was just spicy stains. Now we have a strict rule about keeping all food and drinks on a separate table away from the gaming area.

gracec162mo ago

Did the DM ever recover all his notes or did some of that boss fight just get permanently lost to the wing sauce mystery?

karenh561mo ago

Grace, you mentioned the spicy stains - @rubyk26, did you guys ever actually find out which notes were totally lost and which were just stained? That hot sauce disaster sounds way worse than soda since the oils probably soaked right through the paper. I'm wondering how long it took to piece your boss fight back together after that mess.