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I can only think of the first session in Forge of Fury. The group I was DMing to was doing great, until they allerted the whole floor to their presence and the session ended in a heart pouding chase sequence with the sole surviving member of the group. #ddbstyle
We were playing the Dragon Heist, it was at the Gralhund villa. Every enemy was dead, it was just the couple, their guards and them discussing. Nat 20 on intimidation, they walked away "kidnapping" the husband so that he could tell what he knew to the city's guards. #DDBStyle
I'm currently playing a Tiefling Warlock (Great Old One). She was Level 4 at the time and has a long and storied history of missing whenever she casts Eldritch Blast.
The other day she and the group came up against some enemies we had not yet encountered. She rolled pretty high on initiative and on her first go she cast Eldritch Blast. Not only did she land the hit, she got a Nat 20!
I was ecstatic. She was over the moon. Hell, the whole group was cheering....until the enemy cast Counterspell. ><
She's now half-way through Level 5 and has yet to land a single cast of Eldritch Blast. #DDBStyle
In QotDH and my players ran into Langdedrosa for the 2nd time and half the party goes down with only Langdedrosa left that had been fighting the one he duelled in Greenest and I miss and the player got a nat 20 for the perfect revenge fight #ddbstyle
We were playing Dragons of Icespire peak, we encountered the dragon and my character fainted right away. Then one of the character got a nat20 on persuasion to leave us alone and go for the nearby dwarves. #DDBStyle
This one was not terrible exciting. We were chasing down a bandit in the sewers. He ran out of the room as we entered, when all of a sudden a bunch of undead rose up. We were a new group, so bad tactics led to a near tpk. I was down, along with all but a ranger who was at 2 hit points. I rolled a 20 to stabilize. He went down as I magic missiled the last zombie. Got everyone to 1 hp after. #ddbstyle
I was playing a homebrew setting, I was a first timer and had a "skyrim" mindset when it came to RPGs. I was a level 1 druid and tried to attack an enemy stealthly with my dagger, rolled a natural 20 on my stealth check and immediatly after I rolled a natural 1 and a 4 on the attack.
Suffice it to say that character is now resting in two clean cut halves. #DDBStyle
my players rolled like 4 or 5 nat 20s against their first boss, a horrible human trafficker, and destroyed her in one round. it was amazing. unfortunately, she had an item that revived her and she immediately killed two pcs in turn, but she didnt last long 😂
In Eberron, the party had climbed inside an old Warforged Colossus. After navigating its massive body and defending themselves from old "automated defence systems", they finally found themselves at its brain. As the giant began to stir, its default programming began to kick in; and the crystal canon in its chest began to power back up. But the party knew this wasn't a mindless machine; they plead to the Colossus to remember their past friends and family, to remember their own name: Aegis. They had learned enough of Aegis' past to get advantage on the roll; but the Colossus was so old that it was hard to access those memory banks, so they also had disadvantage. Now it was all down to one straight Persuasion check.
Natural 20.
Though not a crit, it was prompt enough for me to have Aegis move from their centuries-old resting spot with party still inside. Together, party and their newfound companion strode off into the sunset - and thus our campaign ended... for now. #DDBStyle
We were fighting something in the sewers, I can't remember what it was. Then I, a rogue, shot at the sewer monster with my arrow. I knew it was low on health, and I was just hoping to crit. And then, I critted. Crit failed, that is, and shot the unconscious wizard. #DDBStyle
As the four person party goes to open Acererak’s tomb, the only char who can *really* hurt him (Hexblade) is squished to a liquid by a trap. Our 11th lvl cleric rolls a "02" on divine intervention to restore our Hexblade! As everything was crushed, he comes back naked, but he can still summon a weapon & most of his spells are V or V/S. The party, led by the Warlock, enters the tomb and defeats Acererak! Sadly, the cleric has his soul sucked out during the fight.
I was DMing my frist game. The party was in a dungeon lair built by a follower of Orcus. The BBEG had enslaved a vampire, using powerfully magic shackles that prevented him from escaping. The party was only supposed to barter with the vampire for information about the dungeon and the boss. The grave domain cleric of the Raven Queen says "I want to try Dispel Magic on the shackles." I decided I'd at least let him try, warning him that the DC would be really high, while in my head thinking I'd probably only allow it with a nat 20.
And then I had to eat my hat because, lo and behold, he rolled a nat 20. So I had the vampire thank him, promising not to forget this debt, but leave, not wanting to be involved in the fight.
The cleric ended up dying in the fight against the boss, and the party wasn't going to be able to bring him back on their own, and the nearest town was several days away. I made some rolls behind the screen, determined the vampire was still close by. He came to the party as they were getting ready to bury the body, having seen the BBEG's tower collapse. He offered to turn the cleric to repay his debt, and the party agreed. The Scourge Aasimar Grave Domain cleric became a Fallen Aasimar Vampire, multiclassing in Grave Domain Cleric and Undying patron Warlock. #DDBStyle
One of the best times I hit a Nat 20 was with an old barbarian character who just lost his best friend in a fight. Went full frenzied rage and I think got like 2-3 Nat 20s in a single round of combat to just obliterate the rest of the enemies. I became a one-many army and it was so much fun. It's why I love D&D #DDBStyle
It was the finale of our Avernus campaign and I had the worst rolls of my life during the whole module. The final scene was my character proposing to his girlfriend and, yes, I rolled a Nat 20. It was the last roll for that campaign and it's precious to me. #DDBStyle
When I played Lost Mine of Phandelver I convinced the party that I can take on the Cragmaw Castle alone at level 3. I used Disguise Self to enter the throne room, got lucky with a Shatter (this is where the blood really started pumpin') and left with a Misty Step through the window. The Guards did not know what hit them. :)
My first experience of a true heart-racing moment must have been during my first time playing D&D. Being the mother hen that I am I became the DM. Whilst playing Lost Mine of Phandelver my group encountered a young green dragon. Despite warning the party that they should probably run away, they instead chose to either befriend or fight it. A chaotic fight later, which involved a poisoned goblin companion, badly hurt dragon cultists, an overconfident neck-stabbing rogue and a cleric who lost faith in both his god and his die, the dragon (with very few hit points) was about to take flight. However, the cleric stood in its path. I allowed him to roll one more attack to prevent the dragon from running. With bated breath, we watched him throw his die … and threw a dreaded natural 1. Not only did the dragon escape, but the beast also bashed the cleric away causing almost instant death. Seeing the disappointment on my group’s face I felt like I had to think of something to lift the mood. Whilst the party interrogated the one surviving dragon cult member, he told the party that the dragon was often seen by a nearby lake not far from here. Eyes glowing up, the party realised that they might have another chance. Although severely hurt, the party immediately went to the lake, which I totally just made up, to finish the job. Spotting the dragon from a nearby treeline, the party looked to their wizard who, up to that point, hadn’t really been able to roll high. However, this was her moment to shine. Being still roughed up from the previous fight, I and the party knew that if the dragon could even attack once, it would be over. As she casted magic missile (we didn’t know it was a spell that couldn’t miss at the time :O) we anxiously awaited as it spun and spun … and landed on a 20! With a shout and a cheer from the party, she rolled for damage. It was more than enough to lay low the dragon. In this single continuing fight I, as well as my party, experienced both the highs and lows that D&D manages to bring. We’ve been hooked ever since. #DDBStyle
We all know the heart racing moments of Dungeons & Dragons: Critical fails. Nat 20s. We want you to share the moment where rolls made YOUR pulse race for a chance to win!
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Mine would have to be my wizard was sneaking through a dark tavern that had a goblin looting in it, I crit failed a perc check, nat 20's my sneak and the goblin crit failed its perc check so I snuck through the tavern without seeing the goblin and the goblin seeing me. #DDBStyle
A time when my dice had my blood pumping was when my half orc barbarian was caught asleep in a conquered city and was facing down six enemies against him and a new found friend. Why this was so rough for me is that my luck when it comes to dice is much less than favorable. Without my armor donned it was a very tough fight in which I had to use relentless endurance and then relentless rage once, twice, and on the third time, I only made the roll by 1 so I survived the fight with 1 hp remaining.
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I can only think of the first session in Forge of Fury. The group I was DMing to was doing great, until they allerted the whole floor to their presence and the session ended in a heart pouding chase sequence with the sole surviving member of the group. #ddbstyle
We were playing the Dragon Heist, it was at the Gralhund villa. Every enemy was dead, it was just the couple, their guards and them discussing. Nat 20 on intimidation, they walked away "kidnapping" the husband so that he could tell what he knew to the city's guards. #DDBStyle
I'm currently playing a Tiefling Warlock (Great Old One). She was Level 4 at the time and has a long and storied history of missing whenever she casts Eldritch Blast.
The other day she and the group came up against some enemies we had not yet encountered. She rolled pretty high on initiative and on her first go she cast Eldritch Blast. Not only did she land the hit, she got a Nat 20!
I was ecstatic. She was over the moon. Hell, the whole group was cheering....until the enemy cast Counterspell. ><
She's now half-way through Level 5 and has yet to land a single cast of Eldritch Blast. #DDBStyle
First session in the first ever game I dm'd, was rolling against the players and almost killed off one of them first hit #DDBStyle
In QotDH and my players ran into Langdedrosa for the 2nd time and half the party goes down with only Langdedrosa left that had been fighting the one he duelled in Greenest and I miss and the player got a nat 20 for the perfect revenge fight #ddbstyle
We were playing Dragons of Icespire peak, we encountered the dragon and my character fainted right away. Then one of the character got a nat20 on persuasion to leave us alone and go for the nearby dwarves. #DDBStyle
This one was not terrible exciting. We were chasing down a bandit in the sewers. He ran out of the room as we entered, when all of a sudden a bunch of undead rose up. We were a new group, so bad tactics led to a near tpk. I was down, along with all but a ranger who was at 2 hit points. I rolled a 20 to stabilize. He went down as I magic missiled the last zombie. Got everyone to 1 hp after. #ddbstyle
I was playing a homebrew setting, I was a first timer and had a "skyrim" mindset when it came to RPGs. I was a level 1 druid and tried to attack an enemy stealthly with my dagger, rolled a natural 20 on my stealth check and immediatly after I rolled a natural 1 and a 4 on the attack.
Suffice it to say that character is now resting in two clean cut halves. #DDBStyle
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my players rolled like 4 or 5 nat 20s against their first boss, a horrible human trafficker, and destroyed her in one round. it was amazing. unfortunately, she had an item that revived her and she immediately killed two pcs in turn, but she didnt last long 😂
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In Eberron, the party had climbed inside an old Warforged Colossus. After navigating its massive body and defending themselves from old "automated defence systems", they finally found themselves at its brain. As the giant began to stir, its default programming began to kick in; and the crystal canon in its chest began to power back up. But the party knew this wasn't a mindless machine; they plead to the Colossus to remember their past friends and family, to remember their own name: Aegis. They had learned enough of Aegis' past to get advantage on the roll; but the Colossus was so old that it was hard to access those memory banks, so they also had disadvantage. Now it was all down to one straight Persuasion check.
Natural 20.
Though not a crit, it was prompt enough for me to have Aegis move from their centuries-old resting spot with party still inside. Together, party and their newfound companion strode off into the sunset - and thus our campaign ended... for now. #DDBStyle
We were fighting something in the sewers, I can't remember what it was. Then I, a rogue, shot at the sewer monster with my arrow. I knew it was low on health, and I was just hoping to crit. And then, I critted. Crit failed, that is, and shot the unconscious wizard. #DDBStyle
I was DMing my frist game. The party was in a dungeon lair built by a follower of Orcus. The BBEG had enslaved a vampire, using powerfully magic shackles that prevented him from escaping. The party was only supposed to barter with the vampire for information about the dungeon and the boss. The grave domain cleric of the Raven Queen says "I want to try Dispel Magic on the shackles." I decided I'd at least let him try, warning him that the DC would be really high, while in my head thinking I'd probably only allow it with a nat 20.
And then I had to eat my hat because, lo and behold, he rolled a nat 20. So I had the vampire thank him, promising not to forget this debt, but leave, not wanting to be involved in the fight.
The cleric ended up dying in the fight against the boss, and the party wasn't going to be able to bring him back on their own, and the nearest town was several days away. I made some rolls behind the screen, determined the vampire was still close by. He came to the party as they were getting ready to bury the body, having seen the BBEG's tower collapse. He offered to turn the cleric to repay his debt, and the party agreed. The Scourge Aasimar Grave Domain cleric became a Fallen Aasimar Vampire, multiclassing in Grave Domain Cleric and Undying patron Warlock. #DDBStyle
One of the best times I hit a Nat 20 was with an old barbarian character who just lost his best friend in a fight. Went full frenzied rage and I think got like 2-3 Nat 20s in a single round of combat to just obliterate the rest of the enemies. I became a one-many army and it was so much fun. It's why I love D&D #DDBStyle
It was the finale of our Avernus campaign and I had the worst rolls of my life during the whole module. The final scene was my character proposing to his girlfriend and, yes, I rolled a Nat 20. It was the last roll for that campaign and it's precious to me. #DDBStyle
When I played Lost Mine of Phandelver I convinced the party that I can take on the Cragmaw Castle alone at level 3. I used Disguise Self to enter the throne room, got lucky with a Shatter (this is where the blood really started pumpin') and left with a Misty Step through the window. The Guards did not know what hit them. :)
#DDBStyle
My first experience of a true heart-racing moment must have been during my first time playing D&D. Being the mother hen that I am I became the DM. Whilst playing Lost Mine of Phandelver my group encountered a young green dragon. Despite warning the party that they should probably run away, they instead chose to either befriend or fight it. A chaotic fight later, which involved a poisoned goblin companion, badly hurt dragon cultists, an overconfident neck-stabbing rogue and a cleric who lost faith in both his god and his die, the dragon (with very few hit points) was about to take flight. However, the cleric stood in its path. I allowed him to roll one more attack to prevent the dragon from running. With bated breath, we watched him throw his die … and threw a dreaded natural 1. Not only did the dragon escape, but the beast also bashed the cleric away causing almost instant death. Seeing the disappointment on my group’s face I felt like I had to think of something to lift the mood. Whilst the party interrogated the one surviving dragon cult member, he told the party that the dragon was often seen by a nearby lake not far from here. Eyes glowing up, the party realised that they might have another chance. Although severely hurt, the party immediately went to the lake, which I totally just made up, to finish the job. Spotting the dragon from a nearby treeline, the party looked to their wizard who, up to that point, hadn’t really been able to roll high. However, this was her moment to shine. Being still roughed up from the previous fight, I and the party knew that if the dragon could even attack once, it would be over. As she casted magic missile (we didn’t know it was a spell that couldn’t miss at the time :O) we anxiously awaited as it spun and spun … and landed on a 20! With a shout and a cheer from the party, she rolled for damage. It was more than enough to lay low the dragon. In this single continuing fight I, as well as my party, experienced both the highs and lows that D&D manages to bring. We’ve been hooked ever since. #DDBStyle
A time when my dice had my blood pumping was when my half orc barbarian was caught asleep in a conquered city and was facing down six enemies against him and a new found friend. Why this was so rough for me is that my luck when it comes to dice is much less than favorable. Without my armor donned it was a very tough fight in which I had to use relentless endurance and then relentless rage once, twice, and on the third time, I only made the roll by 1 so I survived the fight with 1 hp remaining.
#DDBStyle