Re: "I shoot the escape pod!!!"
So, after years of me running 7th Sea for him, our friend Chris wants to GM a game of it. He's doing a great job. We've got a dramatic chase with the baddies' carriage going on when suddenly bandits ambush both the bad guys and us, so we're dealing with the classic temporary Villain-Hero team-up.
My fellow party members seem to be handling rather well when Chris asks me what I'm doing.
Me: Oh, I'm cutting the horses free from the carriage.
GM: You're WHAT?!
Me: Let's face it...everyone else is all distracted. What's a more ideal time that the bad guy abandoning his mooks and making his getaway?
GM: *grumbles*
Fortunately, Chris was a quick learner and did the Brotherhood of Evil GMs proud. True, that was his initial plan, but his main baddy hopped on a free horse and managed to make his getaway. And I, unfortunately, didn't have the Ride skill. So we had our planned climactic showdown in the about to erupt magical volcano after all...