Another tale from Darren's campaign. Again, my LE Gray Elven MU with an Intelligence of 19 and an Eye in the back of his head is adventuring with his sister, the Crazy CE Elven Fighter and Leon, the also Evil half-orc Cleric/Thief. Our army of humanoids, which we had raised at the behest of the Shadowlord, but already decided to keep for ourselves, is engaged in battle with another army, led by some good aligned NPC's. I have a magical staff, which, amongst other things, casts Volley, 1/day. I've never used it.
I don't recall exactly how Darren described the scene, but it was in a mountainous area and remembering it, I always picture a red sky. One of the NPC's is a Magic-User and he's standing on a ledge, a little ways up a mountain. This enemy Magic-User, who's wearing black robes in my memory of the imagined scene, begins casting a spell and he's looking straight at me, with Righteous Vengeance all over his face. I activate the Volley.
His spell goes off and hits my Volley, rebounding back upon him. He makes his Save. It bounces back and I make mine! The tension is palpable! The unknown spell rebounds, back towards its originator and again, he Saves! Holy Shit! I just know this is probably something bad-ass and I'm about to Die! I roll my d20 and make my second Saving Throw! The spell hurtles back towards the NPC Magic-User and this time, he Fails! The "Hero" NPC Magic-User, then Disintegrates! Fuck! I've just won my first MU vs. MU Duel! And made two Save or Die Saving Throws in a row to do it!
All in all, it was one of the most intense gaming sessions, I've ever experienced. And extremely gratifying. Making those two Saves and then having that goody-two-shoes bastard turn to dust was absolutely awesome! The thrill of Victory and the relief I felt when my Character survived to wreak havoc another day, was incredibly Sweet! And everything D&D combat promises to deliver!
I made the Save in Save or Die twice! I would have gladly sent 3d4 other characters to the Save or Die Graveyard, for that awesome moment of victory!
Ha! Sounds like fun. And I to love Save or Die!
ReplyDeleteAn occasional feature in my dungeons is a "Leader Board" upon which magical runes list a running tab of such PC accomplishments as highest Strength, most xp, most glorious and inglorious deaths, etc. Just a fun bit of meta-humor. An evergreen category is "most 'save or dies' survived." Haven't had a campaign go long enough since I instituted this to get a PC past 1.
ReplyDeleteHi Tim!
ReplyDeleteHi Scott - That's cool!
Sounds like a lot of fun.
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