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Thread: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
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2009-11-13, 08:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Knock Knock, It's Reality.
Have you ever been playing and, say, made a skill check that came out *unfortunately* exactly as it should?
Here's my example:
So, I'm currently on fire. From a kobold I killed three rounds ago. I have rolled 5 saves (2 from allies abilities) and gotten a 3,1,2,2,1 in order. (I later found out I only needed a 5).
In an effort mostly out of frustration and I wanted to do something even if it was stupid, I make a diplomacy check on the fire. Yes, I tried to talk non-sentient fire into not burning me. I rolled a natural 1.
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2009-11-13, 10:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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2009-11-13, 10:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
I would say that they had, except I killed a Kobold of strange reseliance to being stabbed fairly quickly. This may have had something do do with my 3d6+4+2d8(sneak attack) hitting for 30. (6+5+3, 4, and 5+7)
Edit: He was leading the attack on us. And I was level 1, using my daily. I was happy.
Otherwise I'd be checking to see if the DM handed me loaded dice.
On another note, I found a jar of fire-producing substance. (I don't know what it was, it was a sling orb that set things on fire. I was hit with one as explained above) and a jar of whatever the glue is that is stupidly strong. I took out ink to label the two, and he makes me roll a check. 18 on the fire orb, but a natural one on the glue made it explode on my hand.
Edit2: This was a 4E game, obviously.Last edited by Shnezz; 2009-11-13 at 10:45 AM.
"Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for you are both flammable and an easy target.""... Sneak attack?"
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2009-11-13, 01:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-11-13, 01:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
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2009-11-13, 01:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
you should have made a check to convince it to stop burning you
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2009-11-13, 01:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-11-13, 01:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-11-13, 01:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
You succeed beyond your wildest dreams, and the fire is now fascinated with you. So much, in fact, that he brings all of his fiery friends to hear the new "truth". You are now on fire. And fire. And fire, and fire, and fire. And the fire is on fire. Also, the original fire is now your cohort, and so does ..whats your hd again? 7d4 damage per turn rather than the 1d4 he starts with as a base creature.
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2009-11-13, 01:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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In a superpowered game, I was playing an extremely evil character masquerading as one of the party's own. We had holed up in a crummy house while the BBEG had our base under surveillance, and while the party was talking strategy, I stomped off to the other room and an actual NPC hero teleported in to try and thwart me. We ended up breaking into this huge brawl which the other party started to come investigate, and even though this guy is WAY better than me, I'm rolling nat 20s constantly.
We end up tumbling into the bathroom and I manage to slam the door so the party doesn't see me pummeling Captain Superpants, and I finally overcome him and disintegrate his remains, and then flush him.
The party had no idea what was going on, only that I rolled a half-dozen natural 20s and then came out of the bathroom looking pleased with myself.
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2009-11-13, 01:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-11-13, 02:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-11-13, 02:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
FYI: A 1 on a skill check is not a critical fail, however, the humor of the situation is not lost on me.
DM'ing for a party of about 8 characters, the halfling monk (who later QP'd an aboleth savant) failed a saving throw vs a paralyzation effect by a homebrew embalming zombie (nat 1). He was subsequently tied to a 50 foot length of rope and used as bait to get the next group of zombies to walk right into an ambush by the party (they had orders to attack anything that moves in a certain hallway, the halfling was rolled down the hallway and slowly drawn back to the party by the rope). Unfortunately for me, the DM, the embalming zombies were wiped out in the surprise round. The halfling eventually overcame the paralyzation and couldn't untie himself (couldn't beat the Use Rope DC). The party left him tied up until they were out of the mortuary section of the ruins they were in, and kept on using him as bait.
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2009-11-13, 02:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
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2009-11-13, 08:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-11-13, 09:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
I once rolled a natural 1 when I tried to seduce a priestess. Seems reasonable enough.
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2009-11-13, 09:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-11-13, 11:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
Me: I'd get the paladin to help, but we might end up with a kid that believes in fairy tales.
DM: aye, and it's not like she's been saved by a mysterious little girl and a band of real live puppets from a bad man and worse step-sister to go live with the faries in the happy land.
Me: Yeah, a knight in shining armour might just bring her over the edge.
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2009-11-14, 01:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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2009-11-14, 01:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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after several rounds against one wounded goblin where everyone in the party was missing it and was missing everyone else (and we dropped our weapons several times), the DM says "ok, thats it... he commits suicide in frustration"... one of us tells him to roll to see if he hits himself with his own sword... he rolls a nat 1 and fails his reflex save... dropping his weapon and failing to commit suicide...
After another 2 players attacking and missing the unarmed goblin (one of which drops his weapon) the DM just declared him dead by fiat. That was hillarious; and frustrating.Last edited by taltamir; 2009-11-14 at 01:24 AM.
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2009-11-14, 07:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
In a ADD campaign my character was about to be sacreficed by tentacle monsters (i'm sure they were called something else in the MM but hey) to their vile god. the rest of the party came to my rescue! and the ranger/and/or fighter (multiclassing and whatnot) charged in and chopped off his foot.
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2009-11-14, 02:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
I was in a game where a PC foolishly put on a Necklace of unknown magic powers... turned out to be Strangulation, of course.
The party Barbarian decided he would help out by cutting the necklace off with his axe. The DM was dubious that you could defeat a cursed item that way, but he let the Barb roll anyway.
The Barbarian rolled a natural 1.
On the plus side, the PC didn't die from strangulation!www.WorldOfPrime.com and Sword of the Bright Lady (Flintlock Fantasy!)
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2009-11-14, 03:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
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2009-11-14, 03:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Knock Knock, It's Reality.
One of the players in my game kept making ridiculous statements as a naive attempt to bluff opponents - like "We're not in!" when the guards are banging on the door...
He generally rolled very poorly.
When he did roll a 19 bluff check after claiming to have gone away, the guard's check was higher. As it should be.
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2009-11-14, 07:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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