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How many 4e saving throws has your character failed in row?

Stalker0

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Just curious to see how we stack up.

My party has had a couple of bad strings. Last night, our warlord failed 6 savings throws in a row against immbolization, forcing him to use a javelin each round. Funny thing was, he hit every time, and never rolled less than a 5 on the d6. The round he finally missed was the round he saved:)

The other time was our party's fighter, who failed 5 saving throws in a row against ongoing poison damage and nearly died from the poison alone.
 

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Too bloody many...

My minotaur fighter is particularly unlucky. I'm not sure he's actually succeeded on a saving throw yet, and has already died as a result.
 


My Half-Elf Warlock got attacked by a Rat Swarm after a few extended combats the other night and I'd managed to use all my healing surges. I then proceeded to lose 15 HP (5 failed saves which includes the one I got with a +3 bonus from the Warlord using Shake It Off) which dropped me unconscious. I then managed to fail the next 2 rounds of death saves and ongoing damage saves (another 4) before making my poison and then 3 death saves in a row. I think it may be time for some new dice.
So that's 9 in a row.
 

Not me personally but let's put it this way: when I was using the Beholder, the Cleric got petrified. Twice. (And those were saving throws with bonuses.)
 

At Gen Con, I started calling my character Stratos the Unsaving. The highlights of his career include:
  • Becoming immobilized near the beginning of a battle not making a single save during the entire encounter (8 rounds).
  • Being hit by an ongoing damage effect (5 hp/round psychic damage) not saving for 6-7 rounds.
  • Hit with some condition effect that took about 6 rounds to save (this with couple of +2 and +4 bonuses to saves tossed his way).

Needless to say, I think his new last name is well earned.
 

Just curious to see how we stack up.

My party has had a couple of bad strings. Last night, our warlord failed 6 savings throws in a row against immbolization, forcing him to use a javelin each round. Funny thing was, he hit every time, and never rolled less than a 5 on the d6. The round he finally missed was the round he saved:)

The other time was our party's fighter, who failed 5 saving throws in a row against ongoing poison damage and nearly died from the poison alone.
Well, I've had 2 players fail the three-in-a-row Death Saves. That's as far as we've gotten, though.

-O
 

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