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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2732184" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>It was my first game of D&D <em>ever</em>...</p><p></p><p>1978</p><p></p><p>I'm playing a heavily armored Human Fighter with a 2 handed sword, and the only other remaining party member is a Human Wizard with 1 Magic Missile left. We're running low on everything, but we know we're near an exit to the dungeon that has claimed the lives of our allies. We're crossing a huge room filled with chest-high mist, with only our torches for illumination. We're halfway across the room when, rising up out of the mists is a Purple Worm...</p><p></p><p>The mage retreats a few steps, as does my fighter...but the Worm presses on towards us...then lunges- a miss! The mage launches his last spell, maxes out the damage, and continues retreating, with my guy covering him.</p><p></p><p>The Worm closes again, and this time, I get in a strike for a moderate hit, and our retreat continues. The mage reaches the door, but its jammed! The only way out is forward- past the Worm. Backs to the wall, we eye our foe. He strikes...wounding my fighter.</p><p></p><p>The mage starts bashing away with his staff, doing massive amounts of damage as his player gets 3 Natural 20's in a row...good thing too, because I'm rolling sub 10's on my attack rolls each time, hitting only air. I break my dry spell with an 18- nearly maxing out the sword damage, only to get swatted again. My PC is down to 4 HP.</p><p></p><p>The mage smacks the beast one more time, and is rewarded with the Purple Worm's attention. The DM rolled a nat 20, and the mage dissapears down the Worm's gullet, swallowed whole. Its one-on-one, now...and I get a 1, fumbling my Fighter's weapon into the mists. </p><p></p><p>He ducks into the mists, looking for his weapon...and comes up with a spear! (No doubt from a previous victim.)</p><p></p><p>I stab it, getting in several good strikes...whittling it down to 4 hit points. The combatants circle each other in the mist, knowing that the next successful strike wins all...</p><p></p><p>Simultaneous initiative- a spear thrust mirrored by a stabbing tail: the spear off-target by inches, the venomous stinger punching through the armor in the Fighter's back, killing him.</p><p></p><p>TPK.</p><p></p><p>The entire final skirmish took nearly 30 minutes, real time. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> But after that adventure, I was hooked for life! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 2732184, member: 19675"] It was my first game of D&D [I]ever[/I]... 1978 I'm playing a heavily armored Human Fighter with a 2 handed sword, and the only other remaining party member is a Human Wizard with 1 Magic Missile left. We're running low on everything, but we know we're near an exit to the dungeon that has claimed the lives of our allies. We're crossing a huge room filled with chest-high mist, with only our torches for illumination. We're halfway across the room when, rising up out of the mists is a Purple Worm... The mage retreats a few steps, as does my fighter...but the Worm presses on towards us...then lunges- a miss! The mage launches his last spell, maxes out the damage, and continues retreating, with my guy covering him. The Worm closes again, and this time, I get in a strike for a moderate hit, and our retreat continues. The mage reaches the door, but its jammed! The only way out is forward- past the Worm. Backs to the wall, we eye our foe. He strikes...wounding my fighter. The mage starts bashing away with his staff, doing massive amounts of damage as his player gets 3 Natural 20's in a row...good thing too, because I'm rolling sub 10's on my attack rolls each time, hitting only air. I break my dry spell with an 18- nearly maxing out the sword damage, only to get swatted again. My PC is down to 4 HP. The mage smacks the beast one more time, and is rewarded with the Purple Worm's attention. The DM rolled a nat 20, and the mage dissapears down the Worm's gullet, swallowed whole. Its one-on-one, now...and I get a 1, fumbling my Fighter's weapon into the mists. He ducks into the mists, looking for his weapon...and comes up with a spear! (No doubt from a previous victim.) I stab it, getting in several good strikes...whittling it down to 4 hit points. The combatants circle each other in the mist, knowing that the next successful strike wins all... Simultaneous initiative- a spear thrust mirrored by a stabbing tail: the spear off-target by inches, the venomous stinger punching through the armor in the Fighter's back, killing him. TPK. The entire final skirmish took nearly 30 minutes, real time. :( But after that adventure, I was hooked for life! :D [/QUOTE]
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