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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zelgadas" data-source="post: 1411304" data-attributes="member: 17044">Back in 2nd Edition:My fighter and his party (a wizard and a ranger) were raiding the local Mad Necromancer's Tower (TM), for fun and profit.  We fight our way through his legion of the undead, right up to the highest room of the tower, his lab.  We break down the door, only to see the Necromancer standing on the other side of the room, with a giant skeleton between us.  This was no ordinary giant skeleton, though; it was a powerful one, and we were all around 2nd level.  So, yelling that I'm going to distract the skeleton, I charge in to do battle with my quarterstaff, while the other two take on the Necromancer.  Now, this skeleton is quite a lot more powerful than I am, and it takes me down to 2 or 3  hit points, while I've probably only hit it once.  In desparation, I declare that I'm going to try to forcibly remove its shin-bone from its body, thus causing it to fall.  The DM rules that I have to make an attack roll to grab it, then a Strength check to yank the bone out.  Amazingly, I succeed both times, pulling the bone free with a mighty crack.  The skeleton just stands there, stunned, for a second, swaying on its one remaining leg, then falls.  On me.  I spent the rest of the fight trapped under a 200-pound skeleton, in negative hit points, until someone force-fed me a healing potion.</blockquote>