Epic Save From Fall

[Zaphling]

Just want to say that my players, a minotaur, a fat wizard, and a rogue survived a 30d10 worth of falling damage.

They were having a mountain cliff climbing skill challenge. Thanks to their wizard who had a Utility power called Otyuk's Sphere thingy. I forgot the name and the spelling which blocked 100 flat damage. So there were were all dying after the fall. But survived. I was actually surprised and impressed with my wizard player for this good thinking of power usage.

 

[the Jester]

Well done to your wizard.

 

[Zaphling]

I guess you can say that he had more tricks under his sleeve even before dying. ;D

 

[DarkLord Of DForce]

Had a Ring of FeatherFall, and it actually came in handy for a party on more than one occasion. (blindsided a Dragon once with it, we "floated" down to an otherwise inaccessible entrance of a mountain fortress and attacked the Dragon from a direction he never expected)

Then the DM decided he hated it, so he had our characters knocked out in a dungeon fight, and when we came to, all the items he disliked were gone, never to be recovered.


Easy come, easy go I guess...

 

[Riastlin]

Had a Ring of FeatherFall, and it actually came in handy for a party on more than one occasion. (blindsided a Dragon once with it, we "floated" down to an otherwise inaccessible entrance of a mountain fortress and attacked the Dragon from a direction he never expected)

Then the DM decided he hated it, so he had our characters knocked out in a dungeon fight, and when we came to, all the items he disliked were gone, never to be recovered.

Easy come, easy go I guess...

Dang, that sucks. Personally, I like it when my players surprise me. Might be one thing if they try to abuse the heck out of an item and get all cheese-tastic on a regular basis, but what you describe with the Ring of Feather Fall actually sounds like a rather brilliant use of the item that isn't the least bit cheesy. Sounds as though the DM was just annoyed because he didn't consider that option.

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

I read the title as "Epic Save from Fail."

Still works, though.

 

[MrMyth]

I read the title as "Epic Save from Fail."

Still works, though.

I read it as "Epic Save from Autumn", and before the thread opened, I was trying to figure out what had happened last fall that required epic salvation.

 

[AeroDm]

Sounds like a great use of an item! I feel like this is the type of thing all the "We can't RP in 4e" and "Earlier editions were more creative" threads pine towards. Some of the arguments have merit, but this is definitely a counter example that proves the spirit of D&D lives in players, not editions.

 

[Zaphling]

Right you are AeroDM, right you are.

 

[SabreCat]

Sounds like a great use of an item! I feel like this is the type of thing all the "We can't RP in 4e" and "Earlier editions were more creative" threads pine towards. Some of the arguments have merit, but this is definitely a counter example that proves the spirit of D&D lives in players, not editions.

Until, of course, someone points out that Otiluke's Resilient Sphere is a single-target power, so in by-the-book 4e, it couldn't have saved the whole party. Alas, we need to find our counterarguments elsewhere ^.^;