I Rolled a Double-Zero (100%)!

[Arrgh! Mark!]

Ars Magica. I was experimenting on the Aegis of the Hearth - screwed up with multiple, multiple botches.

DM checks the rules. "A major disturbance that threatens the covenant itself."


Who did I summon up but a rather annoyed dragon.

Lucky I goaded it into a challenge before it ate us all.

 

[Agamon]

I've seen an 18(98) Str actually rolled by one of my players back in the day.

I've also seen '00' rolled twice, in successive rounds, as stabalization checks. Dude was miffed it stood for 100 and not 0.

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

What are some memorable moments when you or someone at your table rolled 00?

Back in the 70's I generated the ONLY (!) character in all the pre-3E campaigns I ever participated in to have 18/00 strength. The campaign the character was in, however, was overrun with PC's and NPC's alike with girdle/gauntlet combinations so I always felt cheated. Since EVERY fighter in those old campaigns had percentile strength the REAL benefit of 18/00 should have been one of roleplaying rather than combat bonuses, but the COMMON presence of girdle/guantlets made virtually ALL fighter natural strengths utterly meaningless.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

A player's character and an NPC are sitting on the roof of a tall building, watching the sun set. Taken by the moment, the NPC throws herself into the PC's arms and says, "Catch me, you fool!" It's a percentile system and the GM tells the player to make a DFU ("Don't Foul Up") Roll to catch her (basically, that's a roll where anything but a fumble is good enough). The player rolls a "00". She plummets off of the building to her death. The GM tells the player to make another DFU roll for shock. The player rolls another "00", so his character stands there, looking over the edge of the building at her body, mouth open, while a crowd gathers below, points up, and gets a good look at him. Best double-double-ought I've ever seen.

If I were the player I would have said 'I dodge' and let her plummet - too good a chance she would take me with her.

This was just plain stupid of her to do on a high building, and I would likely have some choice words for the DM. 'Do you honestly think that any character NPC or otherwise would throw themselves into somebody's arms on the top of a cliff?!!! And you expected me to try to catch her?!!! Forget it.'

The Auld Grump, for some reason the fact that the DM even set up this situation really bothers me...