[rant] i had the most GodAweful day yesterday...

[Sodalis]

Yesterday was a game day- and so that should have ben fun, but things happened that I am not too thrilled about, and then upset about, and then just plain pissed me off...:

I ordered a set of katana, wakizashi, and tanto that were supposed to come in yesterday (as per UPS tracking) and it did not. When I checked online, they did not unload it yet... GRRRRR
- no problem?

My DM came by and said, " I do not have a game written for this adventure, so you gus will be just flopping around today. hope you don't mind..." no problem- we got a lot of administrative work done- and got our weapons and crap fixed....

During the game, a epic wizard says, "to repay you for the hardships that have gone through, i will grant you a wish- anything you like."
I chose to have a contingency- if i die or fall below 0 Hp, teleport me back to my temple (St Cuthbert) and true resurrect me or heal me- whichever is needed. Ten minutes later, i try to cast a spell, cast defensive- rolled a 1. AoO- rolled a 20, confirm, rolled a 20- you take 65 pt of damage- roll for fort save (DC 15) to see if you die from massive damage- i have a fort save of +16- guess what i roll? a 1 dag nabbit...

I was teleported back to the temple- but not resurrected- DM says it was actually 2 contingency spells that I asked- 1)to be teleported, and 2)to be true resurrected, and so he only granted me my first wish. A pidly cleric resurected me witha lvl loss (i just lvl up tp 17- and had lvl 9 spells- and just lost it)

I had to leave early from game because my Science class was going to the beach for a grunion run- I saw none.....

After two hours, I told my professor that I had work in the morning, and so had to go home. I went to collect my stuff (i left on thelifeguard tower) and found my shoes missing... Someone stole my shoes at 2 in the morn...GRRRRRRRRR

I came home and stubbed my toe....which would not have happened if i had my shoes on...

and i only got 4 hours of sleep last night- and found out i have a quiz today that i did not read for yesterday...

Why don't i just lay down and die...

but at least my swords are coming in today.. I hope.

 

[Piratecat]

I can make you much, much happier. from the SRD:

Casting Defensively: If the character wants to cast a spell without provoking any attacks of opportunity, the character needs to dodge and weave. The character must make a Concentration check (DC 15 + the level of the spell the character is casting) to succeed. The character loses the spell if the character fails.

If you fail the concentration check, however, you do NOT incur an AoO no matter what... you just lose the spell. Thus no AoO, no critical, no massive damage, no death. All that should have happened is that your spell would have failed.

Better? Now good luck on your quiz... and go talk to your DM!

 

[Rel]

Don't lay down and die now, Sodalis. With a run of luck that bad in such a short period of time, you've used all your bad luck for the next several weeks at least. What you really need to do is buy a lottery ticket. You should have a nice run of good luck in the immediate future!

Unless of course the gods simply hate you. Then you're screwed and should go ahead and do that lay down thing.

 

[Sodalis]

Thanks PC, but my Dm is weird with reversing things taht happened during games. I can tell him, but he will prolly just say that since i brought it up after the fact- the game is over and done- and whatever happened- happened....but no harm in trying...

as for my run of good luck- i dont think it will matter. i will be bitching this to my GF today and I know she wil make it all better

 

[Piratecat]

Well, I think it'd be pretty crappy if he makes you lose a level just because he made a mistake in the rules. That's got to be worth a free true resurrection at the very least!

 

[Zappo]

I understand. Backtracking the game in case of errors is a major disruption. To be fair, however, I would make sure that the next time you die you get a true resurrection reasonably cheap.

 

[Ulrick]

Why don't i just lay down and die...

Because your contingency spells wouldn't work right...

Ulrick

PS--Please take that as a joke.

 

[Voadam]

Grunion run

The only place I've heard of (and actually seen) a grunion run was the beach in Malibu.

It sucks that you're shoes were stolen and that a rules mistake killed your character and that an epic wizard would not explain the limits of your one wish that he gifted to you. The grunion run is a neat thing to see, hope you get to see it at least once while you have the opportunity.

The beach in Malibu is still pretty nice at night even without thousands of tiny fish coming ashore to spawn or whatever. So go see your girlfriend and make it a better day today.

 

[Pielorinho]

I'm definitely with Piratecat here. Having a "do-over" might be sucky -- but from a character standpoint, this retroactive change would be virtually invisible, and it would make two aspects of the session make more sense:
1) A wizard granting a wish oughtta know basically how it would work; this retcon would explain why he didn't warn you about the impracticality of this wish.
2) It'd make up for death due to DM screwup.

Good luck with it -- that sounds pretty annoying!

Daniel

 

[Ashtal]

Gah, a whole level? DUDE, that sucks.

I am with the other guys. You should lobby for the level back. If it was anything else, yeah, played is played, but this has a huge consequence for your character over a mis-read rule.

If he doesn't retro it (he could just say you were ressurected, but kept the level so it doesn't interupt the story), that would be terribly stingy - like, Scrooge-level stingy.