Creative Strategies to hum drum runs, Off the wall solutions Options

[Luke Hardison]

I thought I'd share a particular run that our group had one late night. Our Gm, being rather busy, decided to just run "Food Fight". Now our group, being paranoid in and out of character, and our GM being quiet evil :vegm:, we were definitely overthinking. The gangers come into the Stuffer Shack, and we dive for cover. Oh, one more point I should mention, this team is in RL 2/3rds female, which really affects game play. The Shammy and I talk while the "combat medic" looks longlingly at the porn. Now Jos(the shammy) and I(the face) we decide that we don't really want to start shooting, so Jos casts "Elves Gone Wild", aka physical mask, on the three of us. Now imagine the ganger's expressions when three amply endowed elf chicks come bouncing out without tops on! We manage to convince the ganger shaman, who of course saw through the illusion, that Lonestar is moving in, and then quietly slip outside, without one shot fired. Our poor GM didn't know what to make of it.
Oh, we did drop the illusion once outside. Don't think our ruse would have worked on the Star.

[Tanka]

Well, this one is a bit on the disgusting side, so I'll put it in spoilers. Those of you who find bodily fluids, speech pertaining to it, or imagining it, you might want to not click on it.

[ Spoiler ]

It was our job to trail a girl for a few days, bodyguard, but don't let her know we're there. You know the drill.

Our Snake Shaman, being the wily one she is, gets curious and starts trying to find things out about her. She basically tells the Johnson to screw off (our GMs aren't so bad about Johnson's screwing the players ten times over before the day is done) and starts talking to the girl, who promptly ignores the shaman.

So, we break in, take a peek around, yadda yadda. Find a bunch of outfits (she's an infiltrator, so she needs outfits to fit in), not much else.

Snake Shaman still isn't satisifed, so she decides to go hunting in the sewers. Shapechange: Gartersnake. Goes down.

Shaman (OOC): Roll 1d4.
GM: Why?
Shaman (OOC): To check something.
GM: What?
Shaman (OOC): If it's her time of the month.
GM: Gah! I hate you. *roll*
Shaman (OOC): Tell me if you got a 4.
GM: *glare* I hate you.

Long story short, she sets up Ritual Magic and casts Mind Probe.

Longer story shorter, we break the run flawlessly by finding out who's chasing her, going to the source and talking them out of chasing her.