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Message: <blockquote data-quote="STARP_JVP" data-source="post: 2482434" data-attributes="member: 31580">Something like that happens to a mate of mine with depressing frequency. He fails saves, spellcraft checks, caster checks, ability checks, skill checks - every time. But the one time he needs to roll well, he does.Classic example: He and his party, back in the old 2E days, are fighting a Baatezu. It kills two of the PCs, then laughes evilly and dives out the window, which is at the top of a 200 foot tower. My mate, thinking quick, or possibly not thinking at all, declares he is diving after it. He can't fly - he just plummets. My mate then tells the DM he is outstretching his sword, the intent being to land on the Baatezu, in mid flight, and impale it.The DM decided to ignore the laws of physics for a good laugh, and agreed that such an action was possible. However, if my mate rolled anything other than a natural 20 on his attack, he'd hit the ground and turn into a very large pizza.My friend rolled. He rolled a natural 20. The sword hit the Baatezu, and the icing on the cake was that he did enough damage to kill it, so it fell to the ground, my mate still clinging onto the sword stuck in it. When they landed, he pulled out the sword and walked away.</blockquote>