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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 335737" data-attributes="member: 177">Hmm...  Long time ago, back in 2E rules, I was playing an elven ranger.  The rest of the party was busy with a problem in one room of an underground complex.  I had little I could do about that problem, so I moved into the next room to cover the entry.Down the hall came 8 drow in a double column.  Four fighters ahead of 4 priests.  From what we had seen before in the dungeon, these would have toasted the party had they caught us unawares.  If I try to call out, or retreat, I will be noticed and toasted right quick, as they'll concentrate on me.  If I don't do something, within seconds, everyone will be toasted...So, I make like a dual-sword wielding kzinti - I scream and leap... The other players moan, realizing that my delaying the enemy probably saves their butts, but they'll be scraping me off the floor when they do arrive.......and I manage to get surprise.  A full two rounds of surprise.  I manage to get multiple criticals in the next three rounds of attacks - my dice refuse to roll anything below a 17 on a to-hit.  By the time the party arrives, two fighters and two priests are dead.  Two other fighters were wounded, and I was working on the remaining two priests....It was a darned good day to be me, let me tell you... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />[edit:  Oh, and I still have those dice.  They're my babies <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />]</blockquote>

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