Best things to have on your character's tombstone as a cause of death?

[Pika...]

In D&D, there are many silly ways to die, but some are simply awesome.

here's my starting entry.

"Managed to break into layer 570 of the Abyss: Shendilavri, after having Wished for resistance 19 to energy drain."

"Macs the Thrallherd dominated an evil kings own army to raid their own lands. It worked, and he saved the continent, until he passed his bluff check afterward to impersonate the evil king. Died of old age."

[theMycon]

Same story that's on my "worst things to have on your tombstone" post:
"Won a fistfight after Str-drained to -2; saved the world; then the duration on Bulls Str ran out. Died of dehydration while paralyzed."

[Lycan 01]

Here lies Fenris the Marksman
Thoough death was not in vain
He grabbed the grenade to save his kin
The glory far outweighed the pain


The only PC I ever lost was a case of heroic sacrifice. According to who you ask, at least. The DM said it was heroic stupidity, me and the team said it was heroic sacrifice. :smallbiggrin:

[Saibrock]

"Here lies Oakwild, in pieces and bits;
He saved many lives, and took many hits;
But when an evil red dragon he bravely attacked,
The hungry wyrm took Oakwild and snacked."

"Wryyn Vanderhahn, buried with with his last winning hand, and the other five aces we found on him."

"Richard Roven, friend of the Church of Pelor;
Vowed to slay the necromancer Kythis;
May he wiggle no more."

[Dracomorph]

I had a warlock that died when he destroyed the whole world by delivering it into the hands of his terrifying master.

[Pika...]

I had a warlock that died when he destroyed the whole world by delivering it into the hands of his terrifying master.

This would qualify, but then there really isn't any space left for a tombstone is there.

[Wreckingrocc]

My friend's rogue, who was a hero throughout the land prior to the session, was killed by a random encounter of wolves in some wooded area en route to a bandit fortress...

Died in two hits, too. That's why it's better to have the 14 in Con and the 8 in Wis for a rogue. I suppose it was his first character, though, and I hope he learned his lesson...

Anyways, the wolves weren't even Dire or anything. Just timber wolves...

[Random NPC]

Here lies Rodrick the Bard
Sentenced to Death by Snoo Snoo

"I regret nothing"

[chiasaur11]

"Killed Death, then died just to show that he could."

[BloodyAngel]

"Here lies the Rothian Raal. He died wearing a dress."

[Tyndmyr]

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak and spongy!


Here lies "Happy", gnomish rogue. Sold into grueling slavery and an early death by his teammates.

Here lies "Nil", the rogue who never bothered to tell his teammates he stole a wand of True Rez, and who heavily trapped his pack. May he rest in pieces.

Here lies that paladin we never bothered to learn the name of. His brave discovery of the trap due to charging again despite only having a single hit point remaining will not be forgotten.

Here lies that kender bastard. We hope to see you again someday, because we haven't made you suffer enough.


This is my current party and sadly...I think Im missing about five deaths.

[Dracomorph]

This would qualify, but then there really isn't any space left for a tombstone is there.

There's always the Astral Plane.

[Set]

"Here lies Malhavec, we hope that seducing the BBEG's wife was worth it."

[taltamir]

"Here lies the Rothian Raal. He died wearing a dress."

so... he was a wizard?
Wizards... so powerful they can get away with wearing a dress...

[opheliagonemad]

Not my own, but another player in a recent campaign I played in:
"Here lies Dantan, cleric of Waukeen. Took a flying leap off a sheer cliff onto a hydra. At least the force of his fall killed the hydra too."


Of course, Dantan got better because of DM fiat, because he took something like 70 points more damage than he had hit points, but it was too awesome a heroic moment for him to actually be dead. Especially in a morally ambiguous/took a turn into evil campaign.

[BRC]

Died in a dragon crash, after successfully headbutting that dragon to death.

[Archpaladin Zousha]

Screw a tombstone, my paladin got a freakin' TOMB!

I need to think of a cool inscription for it though. "Sir Georg Redcrosse" followed by a laundry list of his accomplishments just doesn't have the same impact, yanno?

[mabriss lethe]

"Here or there...well...somewhere around here...lies the scattered ashes of Charles Akillingwerd.

Died because he was too cheap to buy deathward armor before gloriously sacrificing himself to kill a former PC"

Died because he rolled a 3 on a fort save vs. death attack from a minor wizard after he dusted the former PC cleric with a doubletap from his empowered eldritch blast. No one brought the materials to raise him and if they didn't do something quick there was a good chance that he'd raise on his own as something unsavory. So cremation was the order of the day and I wound up with a brand new, bright and shiny factotum to play.

[BloodyAngel]

so... he was a wizard?
Wizards... so powerful they can get away with wearing a dress...

Alas no. (also I just noticed my awful typo) Rothian was a rogue, who was performing a daring escape mission while disguised as a serving maid. Alas, when another clumsy party member bungled it, he was killed in the resulting fight.... by friendly fire.... while wearing a dress.

His last words were something to the effect of "Ow. My pride."

[JonestheSpy]

"He should have stopped after outlasting the fifteenth succubus"

[Sstoopidtallkid]

Screw a tombstone, my paladin got a freakin' TOMB!

I need to think of a cool inscription for it though. "Sir Georg Redcrosse" followed by a laundry list of his accomplishments just doesn't have the same impact, yanno?I'd make it a walkway through a hall of statues, each depicting him doing whatever that accomplishment was.
Paladin atop fallen gargantuan Devil, sword buried in it's eye, etc

Maybe make some into engravings on the walls, if you run out of space.

[Pika...]

"He should have stopped after outlasting the fifteenth succubus"

Hahahaha. :smallbiggrin:

Is that in reference to me, or did you beat me to the punch?

[Irreverent Fool]

Do Not Push This Button

[sambo.]

"Here Lies <xxx>; Raised from the dead so often, he ran out of Constitution"
- - - -
"I told you I was ill"

[bosssmiley]

You mean other than a Githyanki astral fortress? :smallbiggrin:

Probably the traditional "Well done, good and faithful servant" after being accidentally killed by your own henchmen.

true story:

Sacred to the memory of
Major James Brush
Royal Artillery, who was killed
by the accidental discharge of
a pistol by his orderly,
14th April 1831.

Well done, good and faithful servant.

Best cause of death:


Died during unprotected re-entry from orbit.
If you seek his monument, look about you.

(tombstone erected in the centre of a blasted crater a furlong across)

[Saintheart]

"Final hitpoint total when he came out of his Frenzied Berserker rage: -104.
Final bodycount at end of Frenzied Berserker rage: 30, including the BBEG."

[Blackfang108]

"He should have stopped after outlasting the fifteenth succubus"

OK, I'm impressed. But, Bear's Endurance, even Persisted, runs out eventually.

I'm sure it was Totally Worth It.

[tonberrian]

OK, I'm impressed. But, Bear's Endurance, even Persisted, runs out eventually.

I'm sure it was Totally Worth It.

I'd be concerned more with having Death Ward up, myself.

[Foryn Gilnith]

Exited life, pursued by a bear.

[MCerberus]

You don't have to outrun the Owlbear, just your friends.
He wore heavy armor.

[Blackfang108]

I'd be concerned more with having Death Ward up, myself.

*shrug*

I've got Impressive Saves. I'll be fine.

So long as I've got my Potato.

[Set]

"Here lies Joe's Wizard, who got tripped off of the Cloud Giants cloud island castle and plummeted to his death."

"This mountain of rubble you're standing on is his tombstone, because we broke the magic that made the castle fly and it crashed down on top of his corpse..."

[Tyndmyr]

*shrug*

I've got Impressive Saves. I'll be fine.

So long as I've got my Potato.

A POTATO?

Nice reference.

[Curmudgeon]

SHE SAVED THE WORLD
A LOT

(with thanks to Joss Whedon)

[Paulus]

Here lies the end of Vilious Bane,
A great evil stopped by a hero slain,
we honor the hero who never sought fame,
let all know your deeds, though none know your name.
-scrawled on the base of a huge black tree, with tiny blue and white flowers in the upper branches-

[Lycan 01]

Here lies the end of Vilious Bane,
A great evil stopped by a hero slain,
we honor the hero who never sought fame,
let all know your deeds, though none know your name.
-scrawled on the base of a huge black tree, with tiny blue and white flowers in the upper branches-

I like this one. :smallbiggrin:

[Nero24200]

"I'll be back!"

Written on the tombstone of a vampire who was buried just before turning.

[Sling]

I'm kind of cheating, because this is a friends character, and it didn't kill her. Then again, the only reason it didn't was because it the party decided it was too awesome to let kill her, as insane as it was.

"Here lies Thea. Tied herself to the airships ballista, but missed the roc."

[Eldariel]

"Herein lies Bel, whose merry life was cut short when a gnome fell on him."

This almost happened to me in one campaign. The gnome fell from up high. Stupid airships and careless gnomes *grumble*

[Closak]

"here lies Bob the perv.
He tried groping Tiamat.
It did not end well."

I still can't he believe he actually tried to do that.



"Even though the body may rot, the spirit remains."

Later came back as a Elder Evil.
Cookies if you got the reference.

[Athaniar]

"Herein lies Bel, whose merry life was cut short when a gnome fell on him."

This almost happened to me in one campaign. The gnome fell from up high. Stupid airships and careless gnomes *grumble*

New thing for DMs to use at annoying players: gnomes fall, everyone dies?

[Squidmaster]

Here lies Kent the knight
who, upon divine appeal
raided a necromancers tomb
and then, sh*t got real.




this is basically what happened to my first ever character about 80 times. In hindsight, I probably should have listened to the strategies the rest of the group was thinking up.

[rokar4life]

"Here lies your immortal god-king, turns out he was allergic to arrows."