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<blockquote data-quote="Aeric" data-source="post: 2976628" data-attributes="member: 17012">Once while playing Mekton Zeta, a friend of mine rolled something like 326 on an open-ended d10 roll.&nbsp; He rolled nine or ten 10s in a row, plus whatever his skill modifer was.In an old 2nd edition campaign, our 9th-10th level party was attacked by a marilith.&nbsp; Both the cleric and I (a paladin) acted before the demon.&nbsp; The cleric cast Hold Monster; the demon failed its save.&nbsp; I attacked with my Voral Sword; I rolled a 20.&nbsp; Dead demon.Several years after that, I was playing in a (2nd ed.) Birthright campaign.&nbsp; My character was a 6th level Paladin with the Cavalier kit.&nbsp; In the final battle against the baddies, my character squared off against the Gorgon, mano a mano.&nbsp; He was astride his ancient green dragon mount, the largest of its kind.&nbsp; He was 20 HD; I have no clue what the dragon was.&nbsp; My paladin charged the dragon with his--nonmagical--lance, rolled a crit, and did something like 54 points of damage to the dragon.&nbsp; Back then, we used Death From Massive Damage rules, but it was 50 for everything, regardless of size.&nbsp; So the dragon had to make a Fortitude save or die.&nbsp; It failed the save.&nbsp; A 6th-level paladin one-shotted a large ancient green dragon.&nbsp; Of course, the Gorgon himself killed me, but I believe I got him down to something like 1/3 of his hit points.&nbsp; And the only magical equipment I had was a Holy Avenger--no rings, no magic armor, no nothing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aeric, post: 2976628, member: 17012"] Once while playing Mekton Zeta, a friend of mine rolled something like 326 on an open-ended d10 roll. He rolled nine or ten 10s in a row, plus whatever his skill modifer was. In an old 2nd edition campaign, our 9th-10th level party was attacked by a marilith. Both the cleric and I (a paladin) acted before the demon. The cleric cast [I]Hold Monster[/I]; the demon failed its save. I attacked with my Voral Sword; I rolled a 20. Dead demon. Several years after that, I was playing in a (2nd ed.) Birthright campaign. My character was a 6th level Paladin with the Cavalier kit. In the final battle against the baddies, my character squared off against the Gorgon, mano a mano. He was astride his ancient green dragon mount, the largest of its kind. He was 20 HD; I have no clue what the dragon was. My paladin charged the dragon with his--nonmagical--lance, rolled a crit, and did something like 54 points of damage to the dragon. Back then, we used Death From Massive Damage rules, but it was 50 for everything, regardless of size. So the dragon had to make a Fortitude save or die. It failed the save. A 6th-level paladin one-shotted a large ancient green dragon. Of course, the Gorgon himself killed me, but I believe I got him down to something like 1/3 of his hit points. And the only magical equipment I had was a Holy Avenger--no rings, no magic armor, no nothing. [/QUOTE]

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