D&D General Did anyone ever "win" D&D?

[dave2008]

I seem to recall that this was from the Immortal's Handbook series. Nicely referenced!

In the BECMI Immortal Handbook you could make the highest level of Immortal and then decided to start all over as a mortal at level 1. If you became the highest level Immortal again, you were removed from the game (to join the "Old Ones") and you had essential "won."

 

[Alzrius]

In the BECMI Immortal Handbook you could make the highest level of Immortal and then decided to start all over as a mortal at level 1. If you became the highest level Immortal again, you were removed from the game (to join the "Old Ones") and you had essential "won."

Right, that's what I outlined in the first post in this thread. The post I was responding to, however, was referencing Eternity Publishing's Immortal's Handbook series - specifically Ascension - where a character who ascends to being an Eternal and takes the Infinite Strength omnific ability can attempt to move beyond the Ninth Dimension and challenge the Supreme Being. However, this requires defeating twelve guardians who also possess Infinite Strength, which gives you a flat 50/50 chance of victory, or 1/4,096 chance of overcoming all twelve and making it through. And then, of course, you have to be able to actually overcome the Supreme Being...

 

[dave2008]

Right, that's what I outlined in the first post in this thread. The post I was responding to, however, was referencing Eternity Publishing's Immortal's Handbook series - specifically Ascension - where a character who ascends to being an Eternal and takes the Infinite Strength omnific ability can attempt to move beyond the Ninth Dimension and challenge the Supreme Being. However, this requires defeating twelve guardians who also possess Infinite Strength, which gives you a flat 50/50 chance of victory, or 1/4,096 chance of overcoming all twelve and making it through. And then, of course, you have to be able to actually overcome the Supreme Being...

OK, @Upper_Krust's book. I have that. That obviously was not an "official" 3.5 thing, but a great read and inspiration for some of the Immortal work I'm doing for 5e now.

 

[Dioltach]

The closest I ever got in BECMI was level 1. I still have all the sets, though.

 

[Wolfram stout]

Waldorf clearly won D&D

Sigh, I still remember having to rip up my characters and mail him a list of their treasure and magic items.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

My Dark Sun campaign ended at 13th-level... and it was advanced. (Just kidding, it was 4e.)

The githyanki invaded, and the PCs won the last two encounters (which were brutally hard)... and then joined the githyanki! They became badass mercenaries, and helped convince the githyanki to find easier targets.