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<blockquote data-quote="MaxKaladin" data-source="post: 3358265" data-attributes="member: 1196">Well, this is supposed to be &quot;deaths&quot; and I've given two &quot;near deaths&quot;, so I'll close with a death.&nbsp; This one was both &quot;funny&quot; and &quot;spectacular&quot;.&nbsp; It was a 2e Forgotten Realms game and the person who played the ranger in one of my earlier stories (we shall call him &quot;Ted&quot;) was playing a wild mage.&nbsp; In fact, I think this may have been his replacement for the ranger.&nbsp; Anyway, the party was in Tethyr and there was a war on.&nbsp; The PCs had gotten involved and a couple of party members were scouting up a road where they thought the enemy might be coming from.&nbsp; They found them.&nbsp; In fact, they were rather outmatched and the fight turned against them so they tried to flee.&nbsp; All but Ted managed to get away.&nbsp; Ted couldn't get away for some reason I forget.&nbsp; He had a last-ditch plan though.&nbsp; He had a scroll that was basically trapped so that the first person looking at it was essentially &quot;frozen&quot;.&nbsp; They couldn't move or be moved and couldn't cast spells or anything like that, but also couldn't be harmed.&nbsp; The original intent behind the magic was to catch thieves.&nbsp; In his case, the idea was to read the scroll and do this to himself in the hope that the enemy would either get bored and go away or the other PCs could rescue him somehow.&nbsp; So, Ted &quot;freezes&quot; his mage.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the enemy doesn't go away and the other PCs are unable to come back and rescue him.&nbsp; Eventually they enemy gets a few mages to come up and prepare to dispel the effect then capture and interrogate him.&nbsp; They dispel and try to cast spells to capture him, but he gets to get a spell off too.&nbsp; Unfortunately, he didn't have anything memorized he could use to get away.&nbsp; He did have a fireball and he had room to cast it without hitting himself.&nbsp; Or so he thought.Remember I said he's a wild mage.&nbsp; Well, he surges.&nbsp; He gets the result that increases the effect of all the numberic aspects of the spell.&nbsp; This includes damage AND area of effect.&nbsp; So, instead of a 20' radius fireball for ~35 points of damage, he got a 60' radius fireball for ~105 points of damage.KABOOM!&nbsp; One super-fireball later, the mages who were trying to capture him were dead, the various guards were dead, the clerics who had been standing by for the interrogation were dead, the officers who wanted him interrogated were dead.&nbsp; Unfortunately, given the suddenly increased blast radius, Ted was caught in the spell and also died.&nbsp; Oops.Well, we all thought it was pretty funny.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MaxKaladin, post: 3358265, member: 1196"] Well, this is supposed to be "deaths" and I've given two "near deaths", so I'll close with a death. This one was both "funny" and "spectacular". It was a 2e Forgotten Realms game and the person who played the ranger in one of my earlier stories (we shall call him "Ted") was playing a wild mage. In fact, I think this may have been his replacement for the ranger. Anyway, the party was in Tethyr and there was a war on. The PCs had gotten involved and a couple of party members were scouting up a road where they thought the enemy might be coming from. They found them. In fact, they were rather outmatched and the fight turned against them so they tried to flee. All but Ted managed to get away. Ted couldn't get away for some reason I forget. He had a last-ditch plan though. He had a scroll that was basically trapped so that the first person looking at it was essentially "frozen". They couldn't move or be moved and couldn't cast spells or anything like that, but also couldn't be harmed. The original intent behind the magic was to catch thieves. In his case, the idea was to read the scroll and do this to himself in the hope that the enemy would either get bored and go away or the other PCs could rescue him somehow. So, Ted "freezes" his mage. Unfortunately, the enemy doesn't go away and the other PCs are unable to come back and rescue him. Eventually they enemy gets a few mages to come up and prepare to dispel the effect then capture and interrogate him. They dispel and try to cast spells to capture him, but he gets to get a spell off too. Unfortunately, he didn't have anything memorized he could use to get away. He did have a fireball and he had room to cast it without hitting himself. Or so he thought. Remember I said he's a wild mage. Well, he surges. He gets the result that increases the effect of all the numberic aspects of the spell. This includes damage AND area of effect. So, instead of a 20' radius fireball for ~35 points of damage, he got a 60' radius fireball for ~105 points of damage. KABOOM! One super-fireball later, the mages who were trying to capture him were dead, the various guards were dead, the clerics who had been standing by for the interrogation were dead, the officers who wanted him interrogated were dead. Unfortunately, given the suddenly increased blast radius, Ted was caught in the spell and also died. Oops. Well, [I]we [/I] all thought it was pretty funny. [/QUOTE]

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