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2013-11-07, 08:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Most Epic Moments in RPGs
I was playing some Warhammer Roleplay thing a few months ago, and managed to roll up a Human Noble, Jebediah, who was not particularly gifted at anything bar drinking (comparable to the dwarves on the team). Ranged combat ability was poor, melee combat was even worse.
After a number of sessions where Jebediah unsuccessfully tried to perform some heroic acts (including one where he leapt off a boat to the shore to slaughter the enemies - the reality of it being he failed his skill check and just barely made the shoreline in a heap), the party descended on a warehouse containing a suspected evil ritual (*thunderclap).
Inside were cultists, the wizardy-ritual guy and a handsome noble, who on seeing us promptly turned into some demon of awfulness. The party cleared out the cultists pretty quickly, and after taking much damage Jebediah attempted some last ditch effort.
Backing out of the warehouse, he tried to taunt the demon into charging him. The plan was to take it out of the fight (if only temporarily), allowing the rest to take out the wizard. Perhaps they would both even up in the river immediately behind him. He was prepared for the heroic sacrifice. When it didn't bite, he charged at it instead.
What Jebediah saw: He charges valiantly at the demon, sword in hand. His grip is steady, his eyes are focused, and his fate is uncertain; he may or may not go down a hero. Just so long as the others are ok.
What everyone else saw: He runs at the demon, both hands gripping the hilt of his short sword, arms fully extended, the tip pointed forward and bouncing frantically. His head is thrown back, his eyes are shut, and he is screaming all the way.
What the dice show: Roll d100 to hit: Passed. Roll d10 for damage: 10
Max damage? That deserves a re-roll my friend, see if you can hand out more pain.
Roll d100 to hit: Passed. Roll d10 for damage: 10
10 again? Roll d10’s until you stop get max damage, then add it all up.
1… oh well, 21 damage is a little more than unexpected (!)
What the demon saw: A screaming human running headlong at him, a barely-controlled wobbling glint of steel, then… nothing.
The tip of the sword found its mark, and the blade was driven into the demons face right up to the hilt. Its head caved inwardly, blood and entrails spewing out as the creature collapsed to the floor still gurgling. Jebediah stood for a beat unsure of what just happened, then with renewed vigour threw himself at the wizard. Driven by a newfound bloodlust, or sheer suicidal recklessness, he could not say. Somehow his blade connected, severing the enemies leg just below the knee. The wizard was left keeling over staring in horror at his bloody stump, cursing the party for his now-failed ritual as he drifted out of consciousness.
The party quickly left the vicinity as a hole opened up beneath the dying wizard, and expanded to swallow the warehouse and half the harbour. Jebediah, self-important, snobbish and thoroughly incompetent, sailed away as a slayer of evil.