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<blockquote data-quote="Vague Jayhawk" data-source="post: 3217299" data-attributes="member: 40430">Although this might not qualify as the stupidest character deaths it involved a stupid decision caused by desperation (along with some really bad dice rolling).This past gaming session the group saw a lone orc leaning out of a dungeon door, then upon seeing us PC's ducks back into the room.&nbsp; The fighter runs in at full speed.&nbsp; His movement ends in the center of the room.&nbsp; He finds himself surrounded by 8 orcs.&nbsp; The group is 4th level, but a bit underpowered 4th level.&nbsp; 8 orcs with a large and mean looking orc coming from another room is going to be a bit of a challenge for us.&nbsp; The paladin realizes that the fighter may have just gotten over his head and rushes forward.&nbsp; Orcs turn.&nbsp; All 8 charge.&nbsp; They get charge and flanking bonuses and get some hits on the meatshields.&nbsp; Each one takes at least one normal hit and a critical hit.&nbsp; Criticals with battleaxes and strength bonuses hurt as the DM continues to roll amazingly well.&nbsp; The paladin drops to -9 hps. and the fighter is still standing with only one hit point.&nbsp; The other players see this situation and start to panic.&nbsp; They rush forward to try to help the meatshields.&nbsp; At the end of everyones movement there is a cluster of PC's trying to get through the door.&nbsp; All squeezing rules apply.&nbsp; The cleric goes last in initiative and starts to feel a little desperation.&nbsp; He is squeezing with the sorc and cannot get to either of the hurt party members.&nbsp; He owns the only really useful magic item in the party, (necklace of fireballs).&nbsp; In a move of desperation he throws one of the beads into the center of the room.&nbsp; The DM reminds us that he will have to make an attack roll for it&nbsp; since the clutter of bodies between him and the center of the room.&nbsp; (everyone see where I am going with this?)He looks around and we all think that it is worth a try.&nbsp; It is certainly a dumb thing to do, but we are in a desperate situation here.&nbsp; We vote yes.&nbsp; This is the one thing that if done right could save the lives of two PC's. He throws a 3 HD fireball and botches the roll.&nbsp; It hits someone before the center of the room catching most of the orcs and 4 of the 6 PCs in the blast.&nbsp; &nbsp; Most PCs make the save but the cleric does not.&nbsp; The necklace of fireballs itself was then forced to make a save which it in turn failed balsting the 40' radius with 88 points of damage.&nbsp; 44 if you made your save.&nbsp; No one in that blast radius had 44 hit points.&nbsp; Most of the orcs and 4 of the PC's had been obliterated.&nbsp; My rogue survived and the missle-weapon ranger survived. We were outside of the blast radius.&nbsp; It was not the stupidest character death...but it sure was unlucky.....and SPECTACULAR!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vague Jayhawk, post: 3217299, member: 40430"] Although this might not qualify as the stupidest character deaths it involved a stupid decision caused by desperation (along with some really bad dice rolling). This past gaming session the group saw a lone orc leaning out of a dungeon door, then upon seeing us PC's ducks back into the room. The fighter runs in at full speed. His movement ends in the center of the room. He finds himself surrounded by 8 orcs. The group is 4th level, but a bit underpowered 4th level. 8 orcs with a large and mean looking orc coming from another room is going to be a bit of a challenge for us. The paladin realizes that the fighter may have just gotten over his head and rushes forward. Orcs turn. All 8 charge. They get charge and flanking bonuses and get some hits on the meatshields. Each one takes at least one normal hit and a critical hit. Criticals with battleaxes and strength bonuses hurt as the DM continues to roll amazingly well. The paladin drops to -9 hps. and the fighter is still standing with only one hit point. The other players see this situation and start to panic. They rush forward to try to help the meatshields. At the end of everyones movement there is a cluster of PC's trying to get through the door. All squeezing rules apply. The cleric goes last in initiative and starts to feel a little desperation. He is squeezing with the sorc and cannot get to either of the hurt party members. He owns the only really useful magic item in the party, (necklace of fireballs). In a move of desperation he throws one of the beads into the center of the room. The DM reminds us that he will have to make an attack roll for it since the clutter of bodies between him and the center of the room. (everyone see where I am going with this?) He looks around and we all think that it is worth a try. It is certainly a dumb thing to do, but we are in a desperate situation here. We vote yes. This is the one thing that if done right could save the lives of two PC's. He throws a 3 HD fireball and botches the roll. It hits someone before the center of the room catching most of the orcs and 4 of the 6 PCs in the blast. Most PCs make the save but the cleric does not. The necklace of fireballs itself was then forced to make a save which it in turn failed balsting the 40' radius with 88 points of damage. 44 if you made your save. No one in that blast radius had 44 hit points. Most of the orcs and 4 of the PC's had been obliterated. My rogue survived and the missle-weapon ranger survived. We were outside of the blast radius. It was not the stupidest character death...but it sure was unlucky.....and SPECTACULAR! [/QUOTE]

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