D&D General 1 in 1000 chance

[Steampunkette]

Remember: You have a 1 in 1,000 chance of rolling any specific combination of numbers on specific d10s.

A blue, red, and green rolling a 1, 2, and 3 respectively is 1 in a 1,000.

 

[Andras]

Back in the old days, the DM was running a custom crit chart with a d100 roll after rolling a 20 on the to hit.
Dragon attacks the party, I roll a 20, followed by a 71, heart shot, dead.
Dm is a little miffed, so the Dragon's mate attacks the party.
I rolled a 20, followed by another 71, heart shot, dead dragon #2.

eta- I was a Ranger using a bow

 

[DarkCrisis]

 

[BookTenTiger]

Remember: You have a 1 in 1,000 chance of rolling any specific combination of numbers on specific d10s.

A blue, red, and green rolling a 1, 2, and 3 respectively is 1 in a 1,000.

I believe there are two kinds of odds: logical odds and emotional odds.

 

[BookTenTiger]

We were playing d20 Gamma World (when it was published in Dungeon Magazine), and we were rolling randomly for mutations. My friend rolled 100: roll twice. So they rolled again and got Smaller Size and 100. So they rolled again and got Smaller Size and 100. So they rolled again and got Smaller Size and Flight.

They were a diminutive, flying mutant. Basically a talking fly.

 

[Stormonu]

Definately have seen some strange things in over 30 years...on the both ends of the extreme:

In 2E, we used exploding 20's. During a fight against a drow wizard using a cube of force, the monk rolled six 20's in a row followed by a 19 with an aerial attack (which doubled damage). I described it as the cube's force field going down and the monk kicking the skeleton out of the wizard in one blow. It's the record damage for any D&D game I've ever had at 350 damage (it's been recorded on the character sheet).

While playing Star Wars WEG D6, the Wookie character was going to jump a "bottomless" pit, needing a 7 to clear it. Rolling 6 dice, you can guess what was rolled. Use a force point to reroll... WWWWWaaaaaarrrrrrrrghh

 

[Clint_L]

There's a great moment early in season 1 of Critical Roll where Vex'alia, the ranger played by Laura Bailey, charges to the rescue of her twin brother Vax'ildan, played by Liam O'Brian, who is in the process of being killed by a vampire, Silas Briarwood. O'Brian, assuming his character is dead, has just described his final thoughts when Vex bursts onto the scene. Bailey rolls back-to-back natural 20s for her attacks, and it is super fun to watch - she freaks out with excitement. In the story, it works great - the vengeful twin charging to the rescue of her dying sibling.

I love when flukey rolls just tie perfectly into the story.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Back in the original Ere campaign, I had a house rule that crits 'exploded'. As in, if you roll a 20 to confirm, the damage doubles again and you roll another confirm.

Three sessions in, while chopping down a door with a greatsword, my friend rolls four 20s in a row.

A happenstance that would likely never happen again -- wasted on a door.

 

[Mad_Jack]

We were playing d20 Gamma World (when it was published in Dungeon Magazine), and we were rolling randomly for mutations. My friend rolled 100: roll twice. So they rolled again and got Smaller Size and 100. So they rolled again and got Smaller Size and 100. So they rolled again and got Smaller Size and Flight.

They were a diminutive, flying mutant. Basically a talking fly.

One of my characters was rolling for mutations and ended up with almost a dozen of them - with two brains, four arms and an enhanced metabolism they were making eight physical attacks per round, they had natural armor plating, and still had some powerful mental mutations...

 

[Umbran]

The oddities happen every once in a while.

The oddities happen all the time.

There's about 8 billion people on the planet, and each of them lives a day with 1440 minutes in it. So, there's trillions of chances each day for something "weird" happening. Statistically, it is nigh certain that every minute of every day, several highly improbable things are happening.