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<blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 4480808" data-attributes="member: 30022"><p>...yeah, I can confirm this one given as I'm the DM for that group. Howdy, Gribble! It's a record that I don't think can ever be beaten - dead in the first roll of the character's career. 3e, of course.</p><p></p><p>Some other death highlights from nearly 25 years of DM-ing:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fastest campaign end: 4e; TPK in 2nd session thanks to two Deathjump Spiders.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Most ludicrous death: OD&D; Chaotic headsman (assassin) PC is adventuring in aquatic realms. Kills a small patrol of mermen and loots the body. Notices they're carrying several dead fish. Decides to bite the head of a couple of the fish, Ozzy Osbourne style. Doesn't realize the fish are actually special weapons (sort of like puffer-fish) that expel poisoned darts from their mouths when they are squeezed. Inserts the head of the fish in his mouth and...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Most lethal campaign: 3e; Red Hand of Doom. Three complete TPKs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Most embarrassing DM death: 3e; Red Hand of Doom. Boss monster (advanced behir) comes storming over a ridge. I spend 5 minutes describing how utterly terrifying and lethal this thing is. Loses initiative. Hit by three characters with a variety of orb spells and other ranged effects. Slides to a halt, dead, in front of the group. Players roar with laughter and do fist pumps for about half an hour.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Most pointless death: Star Wars d20; players enrage a captured wookiee that is a potentially friendly NPC by repeatedly attempting to deceive and harrass him. Wookiee proceeds to tear them limb-from-limb in classic style. TPK and campaign end.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lancelot, post: 4480808, member: 30022"] ...yeah, I can confirm this one given as I'm the DM for that group. Howdy, Gribble! It's a record that I don't think can ever be beaten - dead in the first roll of the character's career. 3e, of course. Some other death highlights from nearly 25 years of DM-ing: [LIST] [*]Fastest campaign end: 4e; TPK in 2nd session thanks to two Deathjump Spiders. [*]Most ludicrous death: OD&D; Chaotic headsman (assassin) PC is adventuring in aquatic realms. Kills a small patrol of mermen and loots the body. Notices they're carrying several dead fish. Decides to bite the head of a couple of the fish, Ozzy Osbourne style. Doesn't realize the fish are actually special weapons (sort of like puffer-fish) that expel poisoned darts from their mouths when they are squeezed. Inserts the head of the fish in his mouth and... [*]Most lethal campaign: 3e; Red Hand of Doom. Three complete TPKs. [*]Most embarrassing DM death: 3e; Red Hand of Doom. Boss monster (advanced behir) comes storming over a ridge. I spend 5 minutes describing how utterly terrifying and lethal this thing is. Loses initiative. Hit by three characters with a variety of orb spells and other ranged effects. Slides to a halt, dead, in front of the group. Players roar with laughter and do fist pumps for about half an hour. [*]Most pointless death: Star Wars d20; players enrage a captured wookiee that is a potentially friendly NPC by repeatedly attempting to deceive and harrass him. Wookiee proceeds to tear them limb-from-limb in classic style. TPK and campaign end. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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