Death through Remove Affliction

[MerricB]

Well, it's happened: the first death in my 4e campaign through the use of "Remove Affliction".

Here's the sequence of events:
* Paladin becomes infected by Moon Fever (werewolf bite)
* Replacement PC is a Cleric 9
* Cleric casts Remove Affliction on Paladin, dealing half HP damage.
* Player now has two PCs... on to next encounter
* Paladin becomes blooded in combat
* Paladin becomes petrified by Medusa
* Medusa slain
* Cleric casts Remove Affliction on Paladin, and completely flubs the roll, dealing full HP damage.
* The Paladin is now flesh again... but her wounds haven't been healed yet (can't heal petrified characters), so she's now bloodied + full HP damage, which means she's now in the negatives by more than her bloodied score. Paladin dies as a result of the Remove Affliction.
* Cleric doesn't have enough components (yet) for Raise Dead.

Cheers!

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Well, it's happened: the first death in my 4e campaign through the use of "Remove Affliction".

Here's the sequence of events:
* Paladin becomes infected by Moon Fever (werewolf bite)
* Replacement PC is a Cleric 9
* Cleric casts Remove Affliction on Paladin, dealing half HP damage.
* Player now has two PCs... on to next encounter
* Paladin becomes blooded in combat
* Paladin becomes petrified by Medusa
* Medusa slain
* Cleric casts Remove Affliction on Paladin, and completely flubs the roll, dealing full HP damage.
* The Paladin is now flesh again... but her wounds haven't been healed yet (can't heal petrified characters), so she's now bloodied + full HP damage, which means she's now in the negatives by more than her bloodied score. Paladin dies as a result of the Remove Affliction.
* Cleric doesn't have enough components (yet) for Raise Dead.

Cheers!

Congratulations!

 

[CapnZapp]

Whee!

 

[Dice4Hire]

Hopefully the rest of the group abandons the cleric on the spot.

I know it is a bad roll, but look at their point of view.

I wouldn't let the cleric touch me again IC.

 

[Nymrohd]

Didn't anyone aid the cleric on the ritual?

 

[Jack99]

Awesome.

We recently had the party stuck in a mummy pyramid-temple, with all characters afflictied by a hard-core version of mummy rot. With help, the cleric still had to roll 5 or higher to cure the disease. The cleric and 1 other were both at <10 hit points and 0 surges and the others didn't have much more. The tension at that point could have been cut with a knife. When the last roll (the cleric curing himself) landed on a 5, there was a collective "phew" like I rarely have heard at a RPG-night.

 

[MerricB]

Didn't anyone aid the cleric on the ritual?

Yes, someone aided the cleric. It was a woeful roll (something like a natural 3). When you have a -10 modifier to the check (medusa level), it is actually very, very difficult.

Cheers!

 

[RefinedBean]

Cinematic and horrifying. Good stuff.

I had a character lose over half his healing surges from getting multiple diseases removed. At the start of an adventuring day. It's a tough world out there!

 

[Shroomy]

Our DM loves to use 4e diseases. My character has suffered from three diseases so far and I'm only 10th level (stupid filth fever, blinding sickness, and zombie plague); also, almost everyone else was afflicted with mummy rot last session. Extended rests and heal checks are definitely nerve wracking when you have to deal with the dreaded disease track.