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== [[Folk Lore]] ==

* A [http://www.duke.edu/web/DRAGO/humor/gazebo.html story passed around the Internet] for about two decades now about a GM who killed a player character because of his player's architectural ignorance: Not knowing what a "gazebo" was, the player decided to ''attack'' it rather than, say, ''ask'' what it was. After numerous attacks with no effect, the player decided to leave, at which point the GM announced, "It's too late. You have awakened the gazebo. It catches you and eats you."

* A [https://web.archive.org/web/20120923174943/http://www.duke.edu/web/DRAGO/humor/gazebo.html story passed around the Internet] for about two decades now about a GM who killed a player character because of his player's architectural ignorance: Not knowing what a "gazebo" was, the player decided to ''attack'' it rather than, say, ''ask'' what it was. After numerous attacks with no effect, the player decided to leave, at which point the GM announced, "It's too late. You have awakened the gazebo. It catches you and eats you."

** This story was widely popularized in the gaming community by the comic ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]].''

** Referenced in the Steve Jackson card game ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'', where a Gazebo really is an enemy monster that players may encounter. A rather scary one, too. And if you try to run away from it and fail, it really will pounce and kill you.