What monster killed your first PC?
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Robert Ranting
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In all the time I've been roleplaying (5 years or so), I've only ever had one character die. My Wednesday night game for the last 2 years has been Arcana Unearthed/Evolved, though our DM has been adapting adventures from Dragon Magazine.
After two years, Anaphris Larkscry, Loresong Faen Magister 14 finally met his end fighting a "Undead Dramojh", which used the stats of a Undead Fiendish Colossal Green Dragon. After making his saves against the fear effect, the first shot of breath weapon, it's Eldritch Web spell, and having a party member die to suck up the full-attack so I would have time to hit it with another burst of Blazing Light, there just weren't enough hit points to absorb half damage when I made the save against the second breath weapon.
Interestingly enough, the gold pieces alone (not counting gems, platinum, copper, silver, art, etc.) from it's horde were sufficient to fund the resurrection of all three characters who died in that fight, so I suspect that Anaphris will be back in the land of the living in two weeks when the game resumes.
My previous Five major (i.e. were part of a campaign, not a one-shot) characters all survived until the end of their respective campaigns. In addition to AE, however, I am also currently involved in World's Largest Dungeon (4th-6th level in one semester) and Ravenloft (4th -12th level in one year) and neither of those characters have died, despite the best efforts of those particularly brutal settings (we've lost half a dozen people in WLD in just the one semester).
Robert "Guess I've Just Been Lucky" Ranting
After two years, Anaphris Larkscry, Loresong Faen Magister 14 finally met his end fighting a "Undead Dramojh", which used the stats of a Undead Fiendish Colossal Green Dragon. After making his saves against the fear effect, the first shot of breath weapon, it's Eldritch Web spell, and having a party member die to suck up the full-attack so I would have time to hit it with another burst of Blazing Light, there just weren't enough hit points to absorb half damage when I made the save against the second breath weapon.
Interestingly enough, the gold pieces alone (not counting gems, platinum, copper, silver, art, etc.) from it's horde were sufficient to fund the resurrection of all three characters who died in that fight, so I suspect that Anaphris will be back in the land of the living in two weeks when the game resumes.
My previous Five major (i.e. were part of a campaign, not a one-shot) characters all survived until the end of their respective campaigns. In addition to AE, however, I am also currently involved in World's Largest Dungeon (4th-6th level in one semester) and Ravenloft (4th -12th level in one year) and neither of those characters have died, despite the best efforts of those particularly brutal settings (we've lost half a dozen people in WLD in just the one semester).
Robert "Guess I've Just Been Lucky" Ranting
Old Gumphrey
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I mostly DM'd at first, but my first real PC was one that I generated race and class randomly: an elf ranger. He honestly missed with his bow 100% of the time. At 1st level everyone in the group but me wiped out on a single troll. Obviously not learning that he was a flippin moron, the DM then sent another troll when I was level 2 and everyone else was still 1st due to a "new character" house rule, starting 1 level lower than the highest leveled party member. We had an extra PC that game and 3 mercenaries. All 3 mercs died, along with myself.
So a troll. Now you can ask me why we were fighting trolls at level 1 and 2.
So a troll. Now you can ask me why we were fighting trolls at level 1 and 2.
Particle_Man
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My first character was a fighter (Fred, I think). He wandered away from the party into a room full of shadows. He did not wander out again, as the shadows were SHADOWS! 
I went through 5 fighters before I figured out that clerics can heal themselves.
Oh, this was AD&D, 1st ed. I was 10.
I went through 5 fighters before I figured out that clerics can heal themselves.
Oh, this was AD&D, 1st ed. I was 10.
AmaraTrapspringer
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The first of many Deaths of Amara Trapspringer...
I happened to have a character that died on several occasions (Seven to be exact).
But the first, I think is the most memorable, and kind of heroic.
It started when our party just happened to be split up in the town of Verbobonc, My Halfling Rogue Amara who was transformed into a dwarf at the time. Was in the marketplace selling the party’s loot that was no longer needed. While within the booth she was attacked by an assassin, he stuck her once, but was she was able to shake off the effects of the poison. She was able to finish him off as quickly as she needed to.
She realized that there must be one for each of her party members, so worrying about the Elven wizardess Arianna who was left alone at the inn to study, she ran with all the speed she could muster to reach her. Along the way to the inn, she was slowed by a gathering crowd in the middle of the road, being as stout and not quite used to this dwarven body, she waded through the crowd. Once she was in the midst of everyone, she noticed a body lying in the street face down. She immediately recognized the spiked armor; it was her friend and companion, the party’s Elven Fighter/Cleric/Dragon slayer Elberath. He was white as a ghost, and not breathing, he also had a wicked puncture wound in his back. She was positive he was dead, but she had to get to Arianna and fast. So she hefted Elberath around her shoulders and ran as fast as she could to the inn.
When she finally reached the inn, she ran with Elberath straight to their room. Reaching the room, the door was ajar, and there was an assassin lying face down upon the wooden floor. Arianna was safe, which she was relieved, but now had to break the news to Arianna that our friend was dead. So Amara laid Elberath down on the bed, at sat herself down as well. With shaky legs, she tried to convince Arianna to let her hunt down Elberath's killer, but Arianna insisted that they wait for the clerics to arrive to help him first.
So while we waited and Amara fidgeted, the second strain of the poison finally hit her system and killed her where she sat and she slumped forward off the bedside and on to the floor.
I happened to have a character that died on several occasions (Seven to be exact).
But the first, I think is the most memorable, and kind of heroic.
It started when our party just happened to be split up in the town of Verbobonc, My Halfling Rogue Amara who was transformed into a dwarf at the time. Was in the marketplace selling the party’s loot that was no longer needed. While within the booth she was attacked by an assassin, he stuck her once, but was she was able to shake off the effects of the poison. She was able to finish him off as quickly as she needed to.
She realized that there must be one for each of her party members, so worrying about the Elven wizardess Arianna who was left alone at the inn to study, she ran with all the speed she could muster to reach her. Along the way to the inn, she was slowed by a gathering crowd in the middle of the road, being as stout and not quite used to this dwarven body, she waded through the crowd. Once she was in the midst of everyone, she noticed a body lying in the street face down. She immediately recognized the spiked armor; it was her friend and companion, the party’s Elven Fighter/Cleric/Dragon slayer Elberath. He was white as a ghost, and not breathing, he also had a wicked puncture wound in his back. She was positive he was dead, but she had to get to Arianna and fast. So she hefted Elberath around her shoulders and ran as fast as she could to the inn.
When she finally reached the inn, she ran with Elberath straight to their room. Reaching the room, the door was ajar, and there was an assassin lying face down upon the wooden floor. Arianna was safe, which she was relieved, but now had to break the news to Arianna that our friend was dead. So Amara laid Elberath down on the bed, at sat herself down as well. With shaky legs, she tried to convince Arianna to let her hunt down Elberath's killer, but Arianna insisted that they wait for the clerics to arrive to help him first.
So while we waited and Amara fidgeted, the second strain of the poison finally hit her system and killed her where she sat and she slumped forward off the bedside and on to the floor.
Presto2112
Explorer
caudor said:
I had a human ranger with the Beastrider Kit (2ed, or course). The party was battling a black dragon, when Malekith came charging in on his giant eagle. Mr. Dragon, however, was able to breathe acid on me and my mount. I ended up taking pretty bad damage from the acid, but the eagle was absolutely fried, and Malekith bit the dust due the the ensuing fall.
Jack of Shadows
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Moathouse
Archers
'Nuff said
Jack
Archers
'Nuff said
Jack
werk
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Kobolds.
My first character was a dwarven cleric. While climbing a rope to get to a ledge around the first 'big room' that we came to, we were ambushed by kobolds with bows/spears. Two of the party (above me) went up the rope to the ledge, two (below me) dropped to the floor...I, not knowing better, tried to return attack (threw away my hammer) while swinging from the rope. They hit me a few times and I dropped to the floor, taking enough damage to kill me.
Yeah, I lasted til the second round of my first battle with KOBOLDS!
<hangs head in shame>
My first character was a dwarven cleric. While climbing a rope to get to a ledge around the first 'big room' that we came to, we were ambushed by kobolds with bows/spears. Two of the party (above me) went up the rope to the ledge, two (below me) dropped to the floor...I, not knowing better, tried to return attack (threw away my hammer) while swinging from the rope. They hit me a few times and I dropped to the floor, taking enough damage to kill me.
Yeah, I lasted til the second round of my first battle with KOBOLDS!
<hangs head in shame>
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