Most Fun Individual Encounter?

[KrazyHades]

What's the most fun individual encounter/combat you've ever had, and what made it so special? It can be something you played or something you DMed for, but let's hear the stories of the crazy, insane, awesome, combats. It could be great because of the situation, the monsters, or some HUGE blessings from the dice gods. Whatever it is, let's hear it!

 

[Joshua Randall]

Gads, there are so many.

My favorite relatively recent one as a player took place in the Shackled City Adventure Path, specifically in the adventure Zenith Trajectory, specifically the fight

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in the kuo-toa's temple with the summoned (?) erinyes devil.

It was a great fight for me as a player because the combat arena was large and had multiple levels in it, encouraging tactical movement; there were a lot of different combatants; and the combat itself was a real nail-biter. At least three times I was sure we were dead, but miraculously the entire party survived thanks in no small part to

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my wizard PC's lucky web spell that tangled up half the opposition

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[Ilium]

I ran a GURPS Star Trek campaign for a long time. At one point, the first officer (a 10-foot tall, immensely strong alien named Krag) got infected with a virus that took over his personality in the best Invasion of the Body Snatchers style. He was working diligently away trying to infect the rest of the crew but all his plans went awry. In the end he wound up fighting the Marine sergeant (another PC) in zero-gravity in an active warp nacelle, which he was trying to sabotage. It devolved to a fist-fight and Krag laid a solid smack on the sergeant (for a colossal amount of damage). The sarge shook his head briefly (making a very difficult HT check), said "ow" and proceeded to pound the crap out of the first officer. It was awesome.

 

[mcrow]

most recently was a Shades of Earth campaign (Alternate WWII history setting with magic).

The adventure was Austrian Holiday: A Day in the Country with Super Soldiers

A secret base in the Austrian province of Tirol has gone silent. Lorelei Holdst, daughter of Dr. Warner Holdst, is concerned for her father. Nothing will stop her from finding him and bringing him back safely. The problem is, others are looking into this as well. The research station at MittelWald was studying the Beast that hunters from the SS had captured six years ago. This creature, discovered in the wilds of the Amazon, seems invulnerable. Chop its head off and it grows back. Shoot it in the forehead and it comes back. Nothing has a lasting effect and Goering wants it for the German Army. The scientists have developed a serum that enhances a persons strength and regenerative capacities but at the cost of their sanity. On the eve of a breakthrough, while a new serum is being field tested, they realize something has gone horribly wrong. Your job is to find out what.?

It is up to you whether you play Nazis going in to make sure the project is shut down, down to the quick, or a Department 12 team of agents sent to find out how much success they have had. Another group could be mercenaries hired by Lorelei Holdst to rescue her father. All three have different agendas and different goals.

The adventure is a 44 page book that includes new equipment, a complete storyline, setting characters, pre-genned characters, new foes and six maps. On top of all this, the scenario is set up that it can be extended beyond the first adventure as you look for the source of the Beast and its power.??

We were all Department members and we had gotten to a point where were needed to rust a fortified etery way inside the conpound. there several SS mutant soldiers in the bunker. One of the players had found out that the german cross pins we had been finding on the SS troopers were explosive and cast invisibility and creeped up on the gun slit and tossed a hand full of pins in. Little did we know, but they were storing explosives back there so when the pin blew it took the stock of expolisives with it. The whole place nearly collapsed, but it killed all but two the SS troopers inside. The remaining two came running out (too avoid the flames inside) guns blazing. The party opened up on the first one killing him, the second on came out with a flame thrower and caught one PC witht he flame thrower. Luckily that pc had one of the magical SS leather trenchcoats on and it stop nearly all of the damage. I aimed for his tank, shot and he lit up like a candle. Easily one of the most fun combats I had in a while. I also liked the tentacled beast in the fountain.

 

[Mallus]

From last Friday's M&M2e session.

The scene, Egypt, at dawn, in front of the Great Sphinx... which is wearing the giant sombrero we hoisted onto its head with a helicopter.

Joseirus, the teen-aged Egyptian God of Mexican Wrestling, stands in a magic circle made of burning picante sauce. An old Selena tape plays on a beat-up boom box. In the center of the circle stands the target of his ritual, a supervillainess made of air (Sylph from Factor Four) who Joseirus promised to turn back into a flesh-and-blood woman.

His teammates, Whirligig, Jr and Epic, as well as several other young superheroes look on, along with a crew of UN scientists and soldiers.

The ritual begins. Adjustments are made. The Sphinx is moved... just a little to the left .Then the ritual goes awry!

Epic gets possessed by El Diablo Robotico, the living, breathing robot devil, Whirligig gets possessed by Vespa, the Goddess of Trendiness and Motor Scooters, who both hail from the same far-future as the Mexican/Egyptian pantheon (which couldn't come from the past, now could it?)

A wild melee ensues. El Diablo turns a bunch of recording equipment into a legion of killer robots. A helicopter is knocked out of the air and into the Sphinx's face. Evil robots attempt to hit girls. Finally, Joseirus puts Epic in the Khonsuplex, temporarily nullifying his powers, then Vespa/Whirligig sashays up and knocks him out with her/his little black purse.

Then the ancient undead sorcerer-priest of the real Egyptian gods, Shiit (did I forget to mention him?) casts a ritual of his own, which causes a massive mystical explosion that hurls everyone back into the past. Right into the middle of a legion of Nazi's performing their old black magic....

Top that!