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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 641878" data-attributes="member: 8530">I'd say the biggest near disaster was three years back when the party found itself cornered in a dead-in corridor with a Wall of Force, and none of the characters had the ability to dispel it.&nbsp;&nbsp; The foe, an invisible wizard, threw a major Fireball at them, reducing most to about one-third of their hit points.&nbsp;&nbsp; He then turned invisible again as they tried to figure out what hit them.&nbsp;&nbsp; I could have then cast his second Fireball, which would have killed them all.&nbsp; Instead I decided to have him use the round moving to a different location (the rationalization being that they saw exactly where he was, so might try attacking that spot in the next round and possibly distrupt his spell).&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; So he moved, and a sorcerer in the party cast a Detect Invisiblity and then hit him with a missile.&nbsp; I had him then retreat.&nbsp; &nbsp; He did use his other Fireball a short while later, and then escaped again, but most characters had been healed by then and only one died. And in 21 years of DMing I have only fudged the dice once to help a player.&nbsp;&nbsp; The dice roll indicated that the player's favorite character would have been decapitated by a Vorpal Blade, however in real life a close relative of that player had died during that week and he was seeking the game as a distraction, so I just had it do a lot of damage instead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 641878, member: 8530"] I'd say the biggest near disaster was three years back when the party found itself cornered in a dead-in corridor with a Wall of Force, and none of the characters had the ability to dispel it. The foe, an invisible wizard, threw a major Fireball at them, reducing most to about one-third of their hit points. He then turned invisible again as they tried to figure out what hit them. I could have then cast his second Fireball, which would have killed them all. Instead I decided to have him use the round moving to a different location (the rationalization being that they saw exactly where he was, so might try attacking that spot in the next round and possibly distrupt his spell). So he moved, and a sorcerer in the party cast a Detect Invisiblity and then hit him with a missile. I had him then retreat. He did use his other Fireball a short while later, and then escaped again, but most characters had been healed by then and only one died. And in 21 years of DMing I have only fudged the dice once to help a player. The dice roll indicated that the player's favorite character would have been decapitated by a Vorpal Blade, however in real life a close relative of that player had died during that week and he was seeking the game as a distraction, so I just had it do a lot of damage instead. [/QUOTE]

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