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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swedish Chef" data-source="post: 8125846" data-attributes="member: 27141">A couple that happened at my table over the years:2nd Ed - Player with Helm of Brilliance. Fails his savings throw against a fireball. Rules at the time were that each magic item he had needed to then make saves. Helm was the only one that didn't. Nearly full of gems, left a very big crater where the party used to be.Also 2nd Ed - player is a mage. Had asked to have a Brooch of Power (Staff of Power in the shape of a Star Trek badge, essentially). We were playing H1 and the player decided to investigate the church (home to a vampire, if I remember correctly) without telling the party. Polymorphed into a boa constrictor to move through the rat holes throughout the church. Of course, the rats start fleeing from the snake but then the vamp notices and commands them to attack. Player rolls terribly and can't get out of the rat holes while in snake form and essentially is nibbled to death. Of course, polymorph ends and the mage returns in extremely cramped conditions. Brooch of Power fails saves vs crushing. Party never did figure out what happened to the mage nor why half the church wall exploded, but they did figure they were connected.3rd Ed - player is playing a thief. Sticks his hand in a hole in the wall, makes his save, withdraws hand just before blade chops it off. So, of course, he tests his luck again. Fails. Thief is now known as Righty. Two rooms later the party gets into a battle. Thief attempts to get behind the bad guy to back stab, ignoring the Gorillion nearby. Gorillion manages 3 critical hits out of 4 claw attacks. Enough damage that the thief was essentially ripped in half by the enraged Gorillion.Finally, not a death, but nearly as bad. 3rd Ed 2nd level Barbarian goes toe to toe with a single kobold. After several rounds of neither combatant able to land a blow (really horrible rolls by the player and the DM), the kobold finally lands a critical. Barbarian left with 1 hp. The mage finally is free from combat elsewhere and saves the barbarian with a single magic missile spell. To this day, the player for the barbarian will not start a fight with kobolds, regardless of what class he is playing. He just doesn't want to risk the humiliation again.</blockquote>

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