My first-ever character, a high elf Diviner wizard, in a homebrew Pathfinder 1e campaign run by one of my good friends.
The party was deep in a dungeon, and for whatever reason we didn't have a healer equivalent whatsoever, so my character was down to half health. His 8 con and d6 hit die meant that even at 10th level he was crazy squishy.
We encountered a few mimics disguised as doors. I started cautiously, but as the fight seemed to be wrapping up in our favor, I got cocky, and moved him into a corner (to this day I don't know what I was thinking). Unbeknownst to me, the DM had buffed those guys up, and by my next turn my character was dead.
Wizard in a battle with 182hp. Gets blinded. Casts meteor swarm centered on himself. Biggest mistake ever
Why did they cast that?
Maybe because they couldn't accurately identify and designate the points for the spells effects without sight? RAW I don't think there's anything that suggests you can't designate points when blinded, but it logically makes sense.
Running through a dungeon, from a bunch of drow NPCs, my character rounds a corner to find more drow approaching from that direction, and a light-less hole in the wall, nearby. Character dove into it, a sphere of annihilation. Poof! Gone!
not me but a friend he was playing as a bard and rouge they tried to do a crisma check on a town guard rolled a nat 1 around 6 more guards came in to the room they both lost (this was the second fight)
Running through a dungeon, from a bunch of drow NPCs, my character rounds a corner to find more drow approaching from that direction, and a light-less hole in the wall, nearby. Character dove into it, a sphere of annihilation. Poof! Gone!
That comes across as less stupidity on your part and more the GM being a jerk.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
^ I can see your point. The GM read it straight from the module that they were using at the time. It was there all along, and the GM decided to make use of it. Still sucked at the time, but the GM didn't place it there to be a jerk, just decided not to remove it, or maybe relocate it elsewhere. Oh well, it was a long time ago.
I was saved in the nick of time so it's kind of cheating, but: Halfway through an absolute gauntlet of enemies, our party arrived at a bottomless cliff that we were supposed to use a rope to swing over. It was a DC 5 situation. I rolled a 1. My character fumbled the rope and would definitely have died an embarrasing death in out very first session if our Barbarian hadn't finished his encounter quickly and come to my rescue. I still get teased with this :')
Missed half a session due to work. Arrived to find out my characters previous advice was ignored and party has started a fight with a beholder. I exit the extra dimensional plane I'm in only to be instantly disintegrated. Yay eye beams.
I've only ever once been a player, the way my human Paladin died was of old age which was lame, it wasn't in the glory of battle or anything like that. The how here isn't stupid, it's what the other players were doing while I was dying that was stupid. Basically, everyone else got trapped in the Feywild where in this campaign an hour there was one year in the material plane. They were there for 48 hours and because of that the BBEG could now destroy all multiverses allowing for crossovers from anime shows and Shrek. Of course that's asides the point. I was in my deathbed saying my final words but the players were yelling and arguing and playing Smash Bros over the top of me and the DM waited to interrupt until after my character died. One of the players used speak with dead and they asked what I what I really thought of them. So, my Lawful Good Paladin and my inner annoyance for everyone in the party came out and I started fake cussing them off one by one until everyone had a piece of my mind.
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Hello There. I am a worldbuilder and proud DM that is creating a huge world called Eldredom. I'm pouring many hours into it and I may make some things later...
So, my Lawful Good Paladin and my inner annoyance for everyone in the party came out and I started fake cussing them off one by one until everyone had a piece of my mind.
Twas my first — and only campaign, ran by a new DM. We were in a tavern, hearing rumors of a Tarasque emerging from the ground, when I, a level 1 ranger, said something that offended an orc behind me. They got up, threw a “punch” (the DM used a greataxe attack by accident), and I proceeded to explode in my booth. Campaign ends.
Back in ye olden days when I knew next to nothing about dnd but played it anyways, I was playing as a sorcerer with my friend (can't remember who he was playing as) with another friend as DM. I had failed wisdom throw against a Goblin group's deception saving throw, so me and my friend walked straight into the goblin's arrows, dying instantly.
Twas my first — and only campaign, ran by a new DM. We were in a tavern, hearing rumors of a Tarasque emerging from the ground, when I, a level 1 ranger, said something that offended an orc behind me. They got up, threw a “punch” (the DM used a greataxe attack by accident), and I proceeded to explode in my booth. Campaign ends.
I didn’t even make it out of the tavern :’)
Dude , you can make mistakes like that so easily. Hopefully your DM brings him back somehow. :'(
died to a little girl who was actully a level 20 witch. she used make a wish and summoned a silver dragon. also are characters are now haunted by the teddy bear she had
Twas my first — and only campaign, ran by a new DM. We were in a tavern, hearing rumors of a Tarasque emerging from the ground, when I, a level 1 ranger, said something that offended an orc behind me. They got up, threw a “punch” (the DM used a greataxe attack by accident), and I proceeded to explode in my booth. Campaign ends.
I didn’t even make it out of the tavern :’)
Dude , you can make mistakes like that so easily. Hopefully your DM brings him back somehow. :'(
Unfortunately, we are no longer on speaking terms for reasons outside of D&D, so my first character rests in pieces.They will forever live in my heart, and in my D&D Beyond character sheets.
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Wizard in a battle with 182hp. Gets blinded. Casts meteor swarm centered on himself. Biggest mistake ever
DM: “Who’s your patron?”
Warlock: “Ummm”
DM: “Hurry Up”
Warlock: “yOu”
*All other players look at each other with utter fear*
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My first-ever character, a high elf Diviner wizard, in a homebrew Pathfinder 1e campaign run by one of my good friends.
The party was deep in a dungeon, and for whatever reason we didn't have a healer equivalent whatsoever, so my character was down to half health. His 8 con and d6 hit die meant that even at 10th level he was crazy squishy.
We encountered a few mimics disguised as doors. I started cautiously, but as the fight seemed to be wrapping up in our favor, I got cocky, and moved him into a corner (to this day I don't know what I was thinking). Unbeknownst to me, the DM had buffed those guys up, and by my next turn my character was dead.
He had been killed by a door.
A door.
In my experience...
Why did they cast that?
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Maybe because they couldn't accurately identify and designate the points for the spells effects without sight? RAW I don't think there's anything that suggests you can't designate points when blinded, but it logically makes sense.
In my experience...
No, but why did they choose to cast that particular spell as opposed to any other spell they had prepared?
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
i thought striking sword into a wall would slow my descent into the Underdark
first place in instakill the tarrasque solo
The crime boss had a hidden switch under their desk.
Fearing that it might be booby trapped, my Bard stepped away to the front of the desk, and flicked the switch using “Mage Hand”.
…which triggered the trap door I was currently standing over (which of course, in hindsight, is what it was designed for).
Cue the decent amount of fall damage…and the underground chamber with three long, narrow hallways…each one with a Gelatinous Cube at the end.
By the time the rest of the party figured out what happened…they hadn’t been inside the room yet…the Bard was, uh…mopped up.
A long time ago, AD&D rules:
Running through a dungeon, from a bunch of drow NPCs, my character rounds a corner to find more drow approaching from that direction, and a light-less hole in the wall, nearby. Character dove into it, a sphere of annihilation. Poof! Gone!
not me but a friend he was playing as a bard and rouge they tried to do a crisma check on a town guard rolled a nat 1 around 6 more guards came in to the room they both lost (this was the second fight)
That comes across as less stupidity on your part and more the GM being a jerk.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
^ I can see your point. The GM read it straight from the module that they were using at the time. It was there all along, and the GM decided to make use of it. Still sucked at the time, but the GM didn't place it there to be a jerk, just decided not to remove it, or maybe relocate it elsewhere. Oh well, it was a long time ago.
I was saved in the nick of time so it's kind of cheating, but: Halfway through an absolute gauntlet of enemies, our party arrived at a bottomless cliff that we were supposed to use a rope to swing over. It was a DC 5 situation. I rolled a 1. My character fumbled the rope and would definitely have died an embarrasing death in out very first session if our Barbarian hadn't finished his encounter quickly and come to my rescue. I still get teased with this :')
Missed half a session due to work. Arrived to find out my characters previous advice was ignored and party has started a fight with a beholder. I exit the extra dimensional plane I'm in only to be instantly disintegrated. Yay eye beams.
I've only ever once been a player, the way my human Paladin died was of old age which was lame, it wasn't in the glory of battle or anything like that. The how here isn't stupid, it's what the other players were doing while I was dying that was stupid. Basically, everyone else got trapped in the Feywild where in this campaign an hour there was one year in the material plane. They were there for 48 hours and because of that the BBEG could now destroy all multiverses allowing for crossovers from anime shows and Shrek. Of course that's asides the point. I was in my deathbed saying my final words but the players were yelling and arguing and playing Smash Bros over the top of me and the DM waited to interrupt until after my character died. One of the players used speak with dead and they asked what I what I really thought of them. So, my Lawful Good Paladin and my inner annoyance for everyone in the party came out and I started fake cussing them off one by one until everyone had a piece of my mind.
Hello There. I am a worldbuilder and proud DM that is creating a huge world called Eldredom. I'm pouring many hours into it and I may make some things later...
Yeouch.
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Twas my first — and only campaign, ran by a new DM. We were in a tavern, hearing rumors of a Tarasque emerging from the ground, when I, a level 1 ranger, said something that offended an orc behind me. They got up, threw a “punch” (the DM used a greataxe attack by accident), and I proceeded to explode in my booth. Campaign ends.
I didn’t even make it out of the tavern :’)
Back in ye olden days when I knew next to nothing about dnd but played it anyways, I was playing as a sorcerer with my friend (can't remember who he was playing as) with another friend as DM. I had failed wisdom throw against a Goblin group's deception saving throw, so me and my friend walked straight into the goblin's arrows, dying instantly.
Dude , you can make mistakes like that so easily. Hopefully your DM brings him back somehow. :'(
died to a little girl who was actully a level 20 witch. she used make a wish and summoned a silver dragon. also are characters are now haunted by the teddy bear she had
Unfortunately, we are no longer on speaking terms for reasons outside of D&D, so my first character rests in pieces.They will forever live in my heart, and in my D&D Beyond character sheets.
o7