You challenge Death to a competition for your soul: What do you challenge him to?
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Very hard. I'm what could generously be described as somewhat decent and I can destroy friends who've never had any formal education, so there's definitely skill involved. And anyone who's read Mort can tell you Death is one mother fucking brilliant sword fighter.Alcamonic said:
OT: Magic: The Gathering. My Master of Cruelties will give me an edge!
Edit: I'm not sure why people are presuming victory in various things on the grounds that he's a Skeleton. This is literally an immortal being with crazy powers, a skeleton that can move. Likely, his being a skeleton doesn't actually mean shit.
Damn you ninja'd meblazearmoru said:
Another option would be to see who could smoke the most weed and listen to jimi hendrix for the longest. Sure id probably lose but id die getting high with death whilst listening to jimi. ROCK ON!!!!!
Ah-ha, but WHICH Death are we talking about OP?
For example, Granny Weatherwax vs Death at cards (from the Discworld book Maskerade)
is an interesting twist upon this question of playing Death:
"Death looked down at his cards, and then up into Granny's steady, blue-eyed gaze.
Neither moved for some time.
Then Death laid the hand on the table.
I LOSE, he said. ALL I HAVE IS FOUR ONES.
He looked back into Granny's eyes for a moment. There was a blue glow in
the depth of his eye sockets. Maybe, for the merest fraction of a second,
barely noticeable even to the closest observation, one winked off.
Granny nodded, and extended a hand.
She prided herself on the ability to judge people by their gaze and their
handshake, which in this case was a rather chilly one."
Just because Death is playing your game doesn't mean
Death is playing by the rules.
For example, Granny Weatherwax vs Death at cards (from the Discworld book Maskerade)
is an interesting twist upon this question of playing Death:
"Death looked down at his cards, and then up into Granny's steady, blue-eyed gaze.
Neither moved for some time.
Then Death laid the hand on the table.
I LOSE, he said. ALL I HAVE IS FOUR ONES.
He looked back into Granny's eyes for a moment. There was a blue glow in
the depth of his eye sockets. Maybe, for the merest fraction of a second,
barely noticeable even to the closest observation, one winked off.
Granny nodded, and extended a hand.
She prided herself on the ability to judge people by their gaze and their
handshake, which in this case was a rather chilly one."
Just because Death is playing your game doesn't mean
Death is playing by the rules.
Definitely. I was going to say Tag, because I'm a pro that that, too, but he might try to use his preternatural powers to gain an edge.Drago-Morph said:
Come on. Make him give you a challenge of using a published level 20 single adventure against your level 5 PC. Then bring Pun-Pun to the table. Laugh without mercy or remorse. Only rule is no interference by deities unless the adventure specifies it, though Pun-Pun can probably kill them all anyways.The Voice in Gaming said:
Calvinball and Hide 'n Seek are probably the two other options I would pick since they follow the rules of being games that I have played.
F***, someone beat me to it. Weird as it sounds, Yu-gi-oh's probably the game I'm best at, even if it's not the one I play most often. As long as he doesn't have access to what I call the "asshole cards" (the ones that destroy half of the cards on your opponent's field for no cost like Raigeki), I'm pretty confident in my deck.Shock and Awe said:
Even better would be challenging him to a battle on the alto-sax. I'm okay in general and mediocre on improv/sight-reading, but Death's embouchure (read: putting your lips on the mouthpeice) would be complete and utter crap, seeing as he's a skeleton. He wouldn't even be able to produce a sound.
Lacking that, I would issue this challenge: the first to solve the other's riddle wins. My riddle would be this: If pinocchio existed, and he were to say that his nose would grow longer immediately after he finished that statement, what would happen?
As they say, it matters less whether or not I lose than whether or not you win.
Or, even better, make the challenge to get the highest score on vocals on the easiest difficulty. Then put a desk fan in front of your microphone and walk away.The Lazy Blacksmith said:You will, of course, pick Don't Fear the Reaper as your song, otherwise the entire concept of poetic justice will have shriveled up and died.Rack said:
