Anybody else just really unlucky?

[diaglo]

Don't listen to him. He makes up for this by killing characters. What RBDM would routinely throw a Hill Giant and Squads of Orcs against 1st level characters? He doesn't need to roll well. It's simply better if we are not in a position for him to roll.

don't forget the Ent...

 

[diaglo]

I guess OD&D doesn't have CR and EL. Not that those really help.

of course it does...

dungeon level 1 = kobolds

dungeon level 9 = Giants...

 

[howandwhy99]

dungeon level 1 = kobolds
dungeon level 9 = Giants...

When I said that I like low level play I didn't mean the lower dungeon levels.

 

[The Axe]

Heh

I once had a 4th level 1st edition cavalier go 10 rounds (10 minutes in those days (!)) with a chump skeleton. (The DM had a rule that edged weapons did half damage to skeletons, but 10 rounds is still pretty ridiculous).

He couldn't make a save vs. Hold Person either---he finally got a Ring of Free Action long about 8th or 9th level, but by then the enemy spellcasters were using bigger boom-boom anyway.

 

[Oscar carramiñana]

In second ed. I hs a dwarf plate mail fighter lvl1 who only rolls three times the three times was 1
1 hunting for dinner
1 to cross a bridge over a river.
1 to drown in the river
after that the dice falls over the window
in my party all dices what rolls two or three 1 natural in a session goes to the trash