Thorns

We all knew I wasn't going to be able to stay away from here for too long. I play WoW too much, so stories are inevitable.

While chatting with my husband the other day, I was reminded of a story that happened a few weeks ago in Gnomer....

Before I begin, I'll let you know that I'm not a fan of being "run through" instances on my alts. I really prefer to run with on level groups. It helps me learn more about the particular toon I'm playing, and I actually feel like I'm contributing as opposed to standing there with my thumb in my bum. That being said, I'm working on leveling a Holy Paladin.

Ha! Noob!

The End.

No no! I'm kidding! The story hasn't even begun! All I did was tell you that I apparently enjoy banging my face into the wall...since leveling a holy paladin is...well a little slow...which is why I plop him into ANY instance he can get his li'l healadin buns into!

Well, I had quests for Gnomeregan. *cringe* Yeah, tell me about it... At any rate, we get into a group. We have a druid DPS, a rogue, some sort of other caster dps (can't recall if it was a mage or a warlock...) and a paladin tank. Well, the Tankadin asked for the druid to cast thorns on him.

Here's what happened:

Tankadin: "Can you cast thorns on me?"
Druid: "Sure."
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Tankadin: "Ok can I have thorns now too?"
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Tankadin stands silently for a moment.
Paladin: "Um, ok...can you cast them on ME this time?"
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid: "Sorry, hang on"
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid lets everyone know that he is low on mana.
Tankadin: "Are you serious right now?"
Druid: "Yeah, I'm oom."
A few LOLs and /giggles have taken place by now...
Tankadin: "Forget the thorns. Just get back into cat form so we can keep going then."
Druid: "But I'm OOM right now..."
Myself and the rogue are now laughing really hard. (Rogue whispers: Dar, is this for real? I'm laughing my ass off over here!" Me: me too! I'm about to pee myself!)
Tankadin: "!!!"
Tankadin takes one look at Druid and covers his face with his palm.
Druid shifts into cat form.
Tankadin: "good god...that was painful ...are we ready to go?"

So, I guess the moral of the story is that you probably need to turn off "Self cast" if you don't really know how to work around it...or stop pressing the ALT key while you're casting...The best part is that out of habit, the Tankadin asked for thorns again after a handful of fights...

Tankadin: "Can I get thorns?"
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Druid cast thorns on himself.
Tankadin: "ffs...nevermind"
Druid cast thorns on Tankadin.
Druid: "WOOT!"
Me: "LMFAO!!! Woot indeed sir! Grats!"
Rogue: "roflmao!"
Caster: "haha wow..."
Tankadin: "lol thanks"

I guess it's a good thing the druid finally figured out how to cast thorns on the tank. The run was pretty smooth otherwise. It was just cracking us all up that every time the tankadin asked for thorns, the druid cast it on himself two or three times before he ended up casting it on the tank. Hilarious. My sides hurt from giggling by the end of the instance. Great fun.

And for once, it wasn't me noobing things up!

Btw, yes, my paladin is a male human. I had to have at least ONE male in my posse, right?

If you'd like to add your own story, email it to me at mydruidrocks@aol.com