D&D 5E That was CLOSE!

[the Jester]

Yep, surviving by a hair is a great memory!


Gotta say though, my current DM (actually getting to play occasionally as opposed to DM!)
LOVES monsters with the bad things happen when they die rider. I'm starting to hate them, and feel pretty bad for the melee people in the group!

There was a one round delay in this case, but I was grappled and prone and unable to get far enough away.

 

[toucanbuzz]

...it would only take 64 points to insta-kill me... BUT!

I had cast that aid spell earlier.

It's also really good to remember you had that effect! There was a thread here awhile back about "oops" moments players had when they forgot a life-saving feature.

 

[RobJN]

Well, pardon me mister hoity toity with your fancy "paper" bags and septic tanks! You know what we had? Dirt! An' it wasn't even good dirt! It was the stuff everybody else rejected! But dagnabbit we ate that dirt and we loved it! Made real men out of us, put hair on our chests!

The womenfolk didn't always like that last part, but they did it anyway. You know why? Because we knew sometimes you just took one for the team. Now get off my lawn.

Paper bags?!?

LUXURY!

 

[Stormonu]

Back in my day, in 3E, 68 points of damage would've killed ya. Kids these days have it easy.

Damn cats!

 

[Seramus]

Bah! Back in my day your PC fell over dead if there was a strong breeze! They were exhausted because they had to walk uphill to the dungeon! Both ways!

Of course you walk uphill both ways. It's a hill! You have to go up it on the way there AND on the way back. That's how hills work!

I'm just being silly.

 

[TheSword]

Yep, surviving by a hair is a great memory!


Gotta say though, my current DM (actually getting to play occasionally as opposed to DM!)
LOVES monsters with the bad things happen when they die rider. I'm starting to hate them, and feel pretty bad for the melee people in the group!

I have to say I agree. I think when it’s telegraphed and factored into the tactics it can work ok but coming out of no-where it can kind of feel like a slap in the mouth.

We had an example recently of an ooze dosing us in acid if it was hit. But the individual damage was small so acted as it’s own warning and we had to adapt our tactics. That way it’s more fun. Had it exploded on death in an ooze-ball blast it would have been annoying.

 

[babi_gog]

paper bags, long rests, you all had it easy, some of us died in character gen

 

[James Gasik]

Yep, surviving by a hair is a great memory!


Gotta say though, my current DM (actually getting to play occasionally as opposed to DM!)
LOVES monsters with the bad things happen when they die rider. I'm starting to hate them, and feel pretty bad for the melee people in the group!

My current DM really loves "Deathsplosions". Especially on 4e Minions. Ugh.

 

[James Gasik]

paper bags, long rests, you all had it easy, some of us died in character gen

Oh you played Traveller?

 

[the Jester]

By the way, this is another example of why I love aid as it is in 5e. The playtest version that just gives temp hps is really piss poor, in my opinion.