Terrifically Tight Tying
, which is on the same page in her spell book. The startled girl finds herself instantly bound hand and foot with thin strong cords, her cries of alarm and frustration muffled by a tight knotted cleave gag. As an added indignity, the strain placed on her corset and blouse by this awkward position causes her breasts to burst free. The kobolds are confused but cheer loudly.
Animal Handling:
Having been rescued by Conan for a second time (and sternly lectured about the dangers of innocent maidens travelling without a male escort), Evangeline spends 500 gold crowns on a direwolf for personal protection and another 500 on a magically augmented leather leash. When the direwolf tries to steal chickens in the busy town square, the DM calls for an Animal Handling skill check, allowing a substantial bonus for the magic leash. Evangeline needs a 2 or higher. But she rolls a 1. This is a critical failure!
The DM decrees that Evangeline doesn't merely lose control of the direwolf, but becomes ludicrously tangled up in its leash. As the beast thrashes around, the stout leather strap wraps itself tightly around and around her legs, arms and chest, even her wrists somehow becoming bound helplessly behind her back. The last few loops tighten between her teeth, before the leash's binding enchantment transfers itself to what it understands to be a new prisoner, freeing the direwolf to snatch a chicken and run away. Evangeline is left wriggling and drooling helplessly in the mud. As an added indignity, her dress splits at the back and exposes her bottom. The townspeople are confused but cheer loudly.
Charm:
After two watchmen free her from the leash, Evangeline tries to talk her way out of the bill for the chicken. She argues that, as she was bound and helpless when the direwolf ran amok, she cannot be held liable for its actions. The DM calls for a Charm check; with bonuses for her extremely high CHA and physical attractiveness and factoring in the watchmen's low INT she needs a 2 or higher. But she rolls a 1. This is a critical failure!
The DM decrees that Evangeline has not only failed to argue her case, but has also talked herself into an additional penalty for public indecency. Evangeline is well aware that she could easily slay the two dimwits where they stand, teleport to safety or simply outrun them, but believes all of these actions would be wrong, and obediently allows them to bind her wrists behind her back and confiscate her spell components. Once she is safely helpless, they explain that the (somewhat ironic) punishment is to be paraded naked, tightly bound and gagged, hopping up and down on a stage in front of the entire town. This occasion will be recorded for posterity, for reasons that are unclear, in a series of large and hyper-realistic oil paintings to be hung in the town hall. Evangeline is furious, but it is too late for her to resist.
Ranged Attack:
Hunting goblins in the forest, Evangeline tries to snare a particularly small specimen with an expert bolas shot. But she rolls a 1, and the DM decrees that she has managed to wrap the bolas around her arms and chest and is now defenceless. The goblin is confused but takes the opportunity to rob the unlucky adventurer, gag her and bind her tightly to a tree. As an added indignity, the goblin clumsily gets Evangeline's skirts caught up in the binding ropes and her silken underthings are exposed. She spends the six hours until rescue arrives straining to cover herself up, but doesn't manage it.
Musicianship:
At the yearly banquet of the Magical Society, Evangeline performs a ballad of her own composition in honour of the guests, a group of powerful elven warlocks. Renowned for the sweetness of her voice and the delicacy of her harp playing, she needs only a 2 or higher on her Musicianship check to win their approval, but rolls a 1. The DM decrees that she has coincidentally written a song that is identical to the dark elf national anthem, and the warlocks are incensed. They demand a ritual sacrifice, but the Arch Sorcerer bargains them down to a number of lesser punishments: Evangeline's membership of the Society is forever revoked; her spellbook is burned; her robes are stripped from her, including her shoes, hat and lacy undergarments; she is bound hand and foot and tightly gagged, so she is not tempted to cast any spells; and she is made to hop barefoot all the way home in disgrace and ignominy. One second after she leaves the shelter of the dining hall it begins to rain.
Rope Use:
