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What is the most damage you've ever seen a character do in one round?
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I was playing a DD with a Mercurial Greatsword before it got errated. We were fighting a dragon that I was sure we were gonna die on. I rolled two 20s on my to hit and confirmed it, doing X8 damage (a house rule our DM made up). I think the damage added up to somewhere around 200. The really bad thing was, most of the loot went to the person who killed it, and I brought him down to 2 HP where the ranger finished him off.
Zhure
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Bunch of 6-8th level characters in 1e, and one of them pulled a necklace of fireballs, mis-aimed the hit and detonated it close to the party. It set off one other group member's necklace, which set off a chain reaction.
Final total was circa 300 points negative for the Druid, who had 100 points of fire protection. The only survivor in the blast was the monk (1e evasion) who threw the original bead. Otherwise it was a TPK.
My character wasn't on the scene (I was busy regenerating an otherwise fatal wound a few floors away in a safe place), so he and the guilty monk had to go around scraping up powdered bits of druids, rangers and fighters.
I wrote up the event in detail on the old boards. But the guilty monk wasn't ever allowed to wield AoE devices again and he wasn't allowed into city hall ever again either.
Final total was circa 300 points negative for the Druid, who had 100 points of fire protection. The only survivor in the blast was the monk (1e evasion) who threw the original bead. Otherwise it was a TPK.
My character wasn't on the scene (I was busy regenerating an otherwise fatal wound a few floors away in a safe place), so he and the guilty monk had to go around scraping up powdered bits of druids, rangers and fighters.
I wrote up the event in detail on the old boards. But the guilty monk wasn't ever allowed to wield AoE devices again and he wasn't allowed into city hall ever again either.
This was pre advanced, back when staffs of wizardry were found in regular treasures, and breaking one released a lot of energy. I do mean a lot.
Scene: The sole survivor of a party (a wizard) is facing a number of rather nasty monsters. (These guys would later become the balors we know today). He had a couple of dozen hit points (or thereabouts), a dagger, and a staff of wizardry. Fully charged at that. Just picked it up.
With the 'balors' closing in for the kill he broke the staff (we called this a, 'final strike').
When the dust settled and the smoke cleared the DM had a new feature in his landscape. A crater one mile in diameter and half a mile deep. We never did bother figuring out how many points of damage were done, it seemed a tad redundent.
Scene: The sole survivor of a party (a wizard) is facing a number of rather nasty monsters. (These guys would later become the balors we know today). He had a couple of dozen hit points (or thereabouts), a dagger, and a staff of wizardry. Fully charged at that. Just picked it up.
With the 'balors' closing in for the kill he broke the staff (we called this a, 'final strike').
When the dust settled and the smoke cleared the DM had a new feature in his landscape. A crater one mile in diameter and half a mile deep. We never did bother figuring out how many points of damage were done, it seemed a tad redundent.
Squire James
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Caveats:
1. This is 1e AD&D with Unearthed Arcana rules.
2. I and R. A. Salvatore had pretty much the same idea about how to make an rules-abusive Drow. The DM even let me Double Specialize in Short Sword and wield 2 of them (which resulted in 3/2 attacks with two weapons, or 3 attacks per round).
3. The DM had his own crit tables that usually resulted in 2x or 3x damage, and they came into play if the attacker hit by 5 or more.
What Happened:
My 1/1 Drow Fighter/Thief (THAC0 15, 1d6+5 damage normally) fought some sort of spider that apparently had an AC of 6, meaning I needed a 9 to hit it (and thus a 11 to crit it). It came as no terrible surprise that I crit it 3 times, for x2, x3, and x3. All my damage rolls were 5's and 6's, so I scored a total of 81 hp of damage. As a first level character.
The DM, the dastard, apparently decided the spider had some importance to his plot, so it lived through the attack. So I have the honor of having a starting character inflict 81 damage in a single round, and the monster didn't even die!
1. This is 1e AD&D with Unearthed Arcana rules.
2. I and R. A. Salvatore had pretty much the same idea about how to make an rules-abusive Drow. The DM even let me Double Specialize in Short Sword and wield 2 of them (which resulted in 3/2 attacks with two weapons, or 3 attacks per round).
3. The DM had his own crit tables that usually resulted in 2x or 3x damage, and they came into play if the attacker hit by 5 or more.
What Happened:
My 1/1 Drow Fighter/Thief (THAC0 15, 1d6+5 damage normally) fought some sort of spider that apparently had an AC of 6, meaning I needed a 9 to hit it (and thus a 11 to crit it). It came as no terrible surprise that I crit it 3 times, for x2, x3, and x3. All my damage rolls were 5's and 6's, so I scored a total of 81 hp of damage. As a first level character.
The DM, the dastard, apparently decided the spider had some importance to his plot, so it lived through the attack. So I have the honor of having a starting character inflict 81 damage in a single round, and the monster didn't even die!
Taloras
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Im not certain about most in 1 round....but ive had a 7rog/1rgr do 85 pts of damage in one round. Thing was, the fog giant turns around and smacks me to -25 next second.
In one of our current games, we have a female fighter that does 2d8+19 (crit for x2). Wielding a greatsword thats taller than her.....(she has a feat that ups the damage dice, and one that doubles her str mod if she uses a 2 handed weapon). Quite useful. Beats the hell out of my rogue.....whos now dead from taking 6 hits from an ancient white dragon (102 pts in one round...he was 11th level, 95 hp. full to -7 in one round.....damn DM for putting a cr 17 where we couldnt escape).
In one of our current games, we have a female fighter that does 2d8+19 (crit for x2). Wielding a greatsword thats taller than her.....(she has a feat that ups the damage dice, and one that doubles her str mod if she uses a 2 handed weapon). Quite useful. Beats the hell out of my rogue.....whos now dead from taking 6 hits from an ancient white dragon (102 pts in one round...he was 11th level, 95 hp. full to -7 in one round.....damn DM for putting a cr 17 where we couldnt escape).
Creeping Death
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Wow, mine pales in comparison to all the rest. My best was when I was playing a 3rd level human rogue. I was flanking a spellcaster that decided to cast a spell. I got an attack of oppertunity and since I was flanking it was a sneak attack. I crited and did 18 points of damage. I was using a short sword.
He didn't finish his spell and I think the fighter or paladin killed him the next round.
He didn't finish his spell and I think the fighter or paladin killed him the next round.
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