Sorc: Scorcing Ray!
DM: do you take the - 4 to hit so that you don't hit Og (the Barbarian, already into melee)?
Sorc: ummm, hell no.
*Rolls*
Sorc: woops
DM: (laughs) You incinterate Og in a flash of red light. And get (checks table) #### XP for incinerating one Barbarian.
My CE halfing: Excellent, there may be hope for you yet young one...

This made the 2nd Party member *killed*, the first was assassinated by my Halfing. The other party memebers in this campaign that had been lost were due to other reasons such as...

"Where's the bard?"
"We are letting her sleep it off, you know, all that beer from the last town..."
"But we haven't been in town in 3 days!"