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<blockquote data-quote="SteelDraco" data-source="post: 701877" data-attributes="member: 359">My shortest-lived character was a wild mage. This was back in 2e, not too terribly long after the Tome of Magic came out. We were starting a fairly standard 1st level FR game. I decided to try a wild mage, as they looked interesting. He ended up pretty nice - a gold elf wild mage with nice stats and an interesting background.The adventure was a standard &quot;Oh, no! Orcs!&quot; type of thing. The party encountered a band of them on the road, and we started to fight. I cast my Magic Missile at the leader... and surged.Gnar. First spell, and I roll a wild surge. Not a promising beginning. We roll it, and the result is &quot;Caster polymorphs randomly.&quot; Not good. The DM rolled on a chart - I believe it was the old reincarnation chart, and I polymorphed into a chipmunk. In 2e, you had to make a system shock roll when polymorphed, to see if you survive. I made that, but then the DM ruled that it was an involuntary polymorph, like a Polymorph Other, so I had to roll a save to keep my intelligence.One natural one later, my character runs off into the forest, never to be seen again.I like to think that he lived a happy and productive life... for a chipmunk.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteelDraco, post: 701877, member: 359"] My shortest-lived character was a wild mage. This was back in 2e, not too terribly long after the Tome of Magic came out. We were starting a fairly standard 1st level FR game. I decided to try a wild mage, as they looked interesting. He ended up pretty nice - a gold elf wild mage with nice stats and an interesting background. The adventure was a standard "Oh, no! Orcs!" type of thing. The party encountered a band of them on the road, and we started to fight. I cast my Magic Missile at the leader... and surged. Gnar. First spell, and I roll a wild surge. Not a promising beginning. We roll it, and the result is "Caster polymorphs randomly." Not good. The DM rolled on a chart - I believe it was the old reincarnation chart, and I polymorphed into a chipmunk. In 2e, you had to make a system shock roll when polymorphed, to see if you survive. I made that, but then the DM ruled that it was an involuntary polymorph, like a Polymorph Other, so I had to roll a save to keep my intelligence. One natural one later, my character runs off into the forest, never to be seen again. I like to think that he lived a happy and productive life... for a chipmunk. [/QUOTE]

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