OD&D First Character Death

[Smarmot]

My very first character was a thief in basic d&d. My brother convinced me to play it and I wasn't enthused at all for this character (why would I want armour made of leather?) or even at all for a game with no board and no visuals. I kinda liked the dice though. He had, I think, three hp and was killed by an arrow after he failed his very low chance to move silently past an enemy. I did not feel loss.

My second character was a dwarf and I was much more attached. He was killed by the minotaur in the Caves of Chaos. I cried. Then my brother DM had a "wizard" appear and resurrect him on the spot. I dried my eyes and continued the battle and... The minotaur killed him again.

 

[Lanefan]

My second character was a dwarf and I was much more attached. He was killed by the minotaur in the Caves of Chaos. I cried. Then my brother DM had a "wizard" appear and resurrect him on the spot. I dried my eyes and continued the battle and... The minotaur killed him again.

That's always noteworthy, being killed twice by the same opponent, as it's rare that an opponent in D&D survives to fight you again another day...and that the same PC is around to fight it again.

In all the many years of our gaming here, dying twice to the same source has only happened 4 times:

one was a Dwarf killed twice by the same beholder on two consecutive in-game days
one was a Ranger-Mage killed twice by the same dragon, a few in-game months apart
one was a Cleric killed twice by the same dragon half an in-game year apart (this one was my own PC)
one was a particularly unlucky sod killed twice by friendly fire from the same other PC, a few years apart.