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Ever see a Strengh 18/00 rolled legitimately?
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<blockquote data-quote="Irked Particle" data-source="post: 8511681" data-attributes="member: 7034561"><p>Wow. This is that rare?? I've only ever played a couple campaigns, the most recent about 15 years ago. I played a Barbarian & one of my friends played a fighter. We both legitimately rolled 18/00 when rolling characters. We made our rolls on carpet with different sets of dice, if that matters. But our DM absolutely did not allow re-rolls.</p><p></p><p>At the time it happened, our DM ranted & raved about it, saying he'd never seen anything like it in maybe a decade of playing. I just figured he was exaggerating a bit trying to get us pumped or something.</p><p></p><p>Then he told us that if we both created characters together every day for the rest of our lives, the odds of two people simultaneously rolling 18/00 in the same session was EXTREMELY unlikely. I was floored.</p><p></p><p>I've always been pretty lucky at winning things, stuff like that. I will say my charisma was like a 9, so that wasn't good. We ended up having a lot of laughs from that while playing, saying what my character lacked in looks her made up for in strength. We had some pretty amazing situations having two characters both with 18/00 who didn't understand their own abilities at first. I had no idea what it really meant in game until our DM explained the kind of strength we were both capable of. It was ridiculous but a ton of fun.</p><p></p><p>I have never posted on any D&D forum in my life, & there's a lot I don't remember. But today I just happened to be thinking about the odds pf 18/00 he explained back then, for some reason, & decided to look it up to get some other opinions & found this thread. So it turns out, according to all you guy's posts, our DM was totally right: it's incredibly rare to legitimately roll. And by some miracle, I was part of a twofer in the same session.</p><p></p><p>I realize I'm just some random dude with no reputation here, but I'm telling you this story is absolutely true. I suppose you'll have to either take my word or not. Instead of D&D, I should've played the lottery that day, sheesh!</p><p></p><p>We were so inexperienced & such casual players that I feel kind of unworthy of such a rare circumstance.</p><p></p><p>Having read this thread now, I realize how special that really was. Incredible!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, this will likely be the only post I make since I'm not in contact with anyone who plays anymore. I wouldn't be against trying again in the future, but I'd have to meet people who play & such.</p><p></p><p>I don't even know if anyone will read this, but I figured someone might want to have this story documented. Thanks for reading!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Irked Particle, post: 8511681, member: 7034561"] Wow. This is that rare?? I've only ever played a couple campaigns, the most recent about 15 years ago. I played a Barbarian & one of my friends played a fighter. We both legitimately rolled 18/00 when rolling characters. We made our rolls on carpet with different sets of dice, if that matters. But our DM absolutely did not allow re-rolls. At the time it happened, our DM ranted & raved about it, saying he'd never seen anything like it in maybe a decade of playing. I just figured he was exaggerating a bit trying to get us pumped or something. Then he told us that if we both created characters together every day for the rest of our lives, the odds of two people simultaneously rolling 18/00 in the same session was EXTREMELY unlikely. I was floored. I've always been pretty lucky at winning things, stuff like that. I will say my charisma was like a 9, so that wasn't good. We ended up having a lot of laughs from that while playing, saying what my character lacked in looks her made up for in strength. We had some pretty amazing situations having two characters both with 18/00 who didn't understand their own abilities at first. I had no idea what it really meant in game until our DM explained the kind of strength we were both capable of. It was ridiculous but a ton of fun. I have never posted on any D&D forum in my life, & there's a lot I don't remember. But today I just happened to be thinking about the odds pf 18/00 he explained back then, for some reason, & decided to look it up to get some other opinions & found this thread. So it turns out, according to all you guy's posts, our DM was totally right: it's incredibly rare to legitimately roll. And by some miracle, I was part of a twofer in the same session. I realize I'm just some random dude with no reputation here, but I'm telling you this story is absolutely true. I suppose you'll have to either take my word or not. Instead of D&D, I should've played the lottery that day, sheesh! We were so inexperienced & such casual players that I feel kind of unworthy of such a rare circumstance. Having read this thread now, I realize how special that really was. Incredible! Anyway, this will likely be the only post I make since I'm not in contact with anyone who plays anymore. I wouldn't be against trying again in the future, but I'd have to meet people who play & such. I don't even know if anyone will read this, but I figured someone might want to have this story documented. Thanks for reading! [/QUOTE]
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