The saga of Belkar's quest to unleash Bloodfeast reminds me of that one time I had this really cool strategy (read: wholly impractical example of gamer insanity) that I kept wanting to make work but the DM kept handing me situations that were just a little bit off from what I needed for it.

And that other time... and that other one... and... look, I've been gaming for 30 years now, I'm probably forgetting more than I'm remembering.

At least Belkar actually managed to make his dream strategy work.