D&D General What’s the most gruesome thing that can befall an adventurer?

[DEFCON 1]

According to what a number of people have gone on about in threads here over the years...

...having the DM tell you what your character is feeling.

 

[Davies]

Dragon breath, petrification, poison, zombie rot…. What’s the most gruesome thing that can befall an adventurer?

Being turned into a bottled brain.

 

[Aldarc]

According to what a number of people have gone on about in threads here over the years...

...having the DM tell you what your character is feeling.

Or worse, a Warlord inspiring you to make a free attack.

 

[Necrozius]

Being alone, having to hack off one of your own limbs at it is being slowly consumed by a gelatinous cube containing the remains of your party.

 

[ph0rk]

Gelatinous Cube gets my vote.

 

[Bedrockgames]

Mummy rot always got to me. For gruesomeness that is mechanically supported, I would go there. In terms of what just really hurts the player, level drain. Not gruesome technically, though some forms could be, but that makes players cringe as if something gruesome had occurred more than any kind of maiming or dismemberment.

 

[MarkB]

Getting consumed by an intellect devourer is pretty nasty, especially if the DM asks you to continue playing the character so as not to tip off the other players.

 

[MGibster]

Dragon breath, petrification, poison, zombie rot…. What’s the most gruesome thing that can befall an adventurer?

The most gruesome thing that can befall an adventurer is a loss of levels. And the only thing that even comes close is a loss of magic items/equipment.

 

[Fenris-77]

Running out of crisps and Lager an hour into the session.

 

[John R Davis]

Having the GM cancel a campaign when you are playing your fav PC Evah