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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8863287" data-attributes="member: 2629">My most predictable death - didn't die.&nbsp; At least, not when he should have.&nbsp;&nbsp; This was back in early 2nd edition.&nbsp; The PCs had rescued a town from bandits and were leaving the town using a hot air balloon.&nbsp; We were pretty high up in the sky when the DM let us see an unexpected invading army from our vantage point.&nbsp; He expected us to watch in horror as the village we had just saved was destroyed by the entirely unexpected invading monsters.But my paladin was not willing to just let people die.&nbsp; Even against impossible odds, he would choose to fight to protect.&nbsp; So he dove out of the balloon - while still wounded from the prior fight.&nbsp; I don't remember the exact die rolls after 30 years, but I do remember that it was insanely low damage for the fall - and it left me with less than 5 hps. The rest of the party flung a few spells and arrows as they left, but realized the DMs not so subtle hints that nobody was going to escape alive were a direction to leave.But the dice continued to favor my paladin.&nbsp; The enemies could not land a hit.&nbsp; And the paladin couldn't miss.&nbsp; For round after round it went on.&nbsp; Even when I was eventually hit, the damage was minimal and not enough to take me down.&nbsp; Galen Dracos' Last Stand lasted for far too long.&nbsp; It was impossible for him to win, but he put up the most improbable fight of my D&amp;D career for a full 10 rounds.&nbsp; The DM allowed one villager to escape and tell the tale - which resulted in the DM incorporating the &quot;Ballad of Galen Dracos' Last Stand&quot; into the lore of his realm.&nbsp; Outside of my first action in my first round of 5E being a Wild Sorcerer Fireballing and TPKing the entire party with an 07 Wild Magic Roll, this was the most improbable thing I've seen in D&amp;D in over 40 years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8863287, member: 2629"] My most predictable death - didn't die. At least, not when he should have. This was back in early 2nd edition. The PCs had rescued a town from bandits and were leaving the town using a hot air balloon. We were pretty high up in the sky when the DM let us see an unexpected invading army from our vantage point. He expected us to watch in horror as the village we had just saved was destroyed by the entirely unexpected invading monsters. But my paladin was not willing to just let people die. Even against impossible odds, he would choose to fight to protect. So he dove out of the balloon - while still wounded from the prior fight. I don't remember the exact die rolls after 30 years, but I do remember that it was insanely low damage for the fall - and it left me with less than 5 hps. The rest of the party flung a few spells and arrows as they left, but realized the DMs not so subtle hints that nobody was going to escape alive were a direction to leave. But the dice continued to favor my paladin. The enemies could not land a hit. And the paladin couldn't miss. For round after round it went on. Even when I was eventually hit, the damage was minimal and not enough to take me down. Galen Dracos' Last Stand lasted for far too long. It was impossible for him to win, but he put up the most improbable fight of my D&D career for a full 10 rounds. The DM allowed one villager to escape and tell the tale - which resulted in the DM incorporating the "Ballad of Galen Dracos' Last Stand" into the lore of his realm. Outside of my first action in my first round of 5E being a Wild Sorcerer Fireballing and TPKing the entire party with an 07 Wild Magic Roll, this was the most improbable thing I've seen in D&D in over 40 years. [/QUOTE]

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