How many times have we made a die roll in our gaming history?  Untold thousands?  How many do you remember?  I just had one of those moments that will enter into my personal “Die Roll Hall of Fame”.  This got me thinking of the handful of specific die rolls I can actually remember from my gaming history.

Friday night was one for the ages.  Marshal Strong was facing one of those rare moments of destiny; go cosmic, and evolve to the next level of meta-human greatness, or fail and go out with a whimper, burnt to a very dead crisp, then vaporized.  Fortunately, the odds were in my favor and I had a very doable sixty-six percent chance of success on a d100.  Naturally, keeping with the clear trend of the evening, I rolled a 90.  Taking advantage of one of John’s house rules, I decide to try and “Karma” my roll (easy decision as the alternative was death).  A recently modified house rule, I now have to roll against my “Humanity” score on a d20 to lower my roll (at a cost of lots of experience points).  John asked me “What’s your humanity score?”.   Well, it’s a new rule and I don’t have one.  John said earlier in the evening that Colonel Strong would have to have a minimum of at least 14, so I thought about it for a second and said “15?”  John said go ahead and roll.  Okay, roll a 15 or under and I’m now a part of an elite group of Cosmic Guardians wielding incredible power, over 15 and I’m part of the less elite group known as The formerly alive meta-humans. No more second chances, no middle ground.  As I rolled the die I didn’t want to look.  *roll*….“Fifteen”.  Whew!  That was too close.  Makes me appreciate Marshal’s new identity as Cosmic Guardian even more.  So much better than being dead! 

Another one I’d rank up there was when Dr. Resin saved Shadowmon from dying -  having just a slim chance, and making it by a whisker,  using… acupuncture!   Classic moment that resulted in a bunch of spontaneous high fives. 

Of course my next post will have to be “The Die Roll Hall of Shame”. Lot’s of nominees for that!

Oh man, don't even get me started. The most recent memory is at Gary Con 2011. I'm playing in a game Bill Willingham is running. I'm the leader of our merry band of heroes, and we're battling the Destroyers on a train. Ratman and Behemoth to be specific. My character, Polarity, who, on his VERY FIRST attempt to do harm to any of the evil doers, makes an attack on Ratman with a pile of debris. The "only" way I can miss him is to roll a 20, guess what I roll?

Then to make matters worse, immediately after that, I get tagged by Behemoth, who barely touches me (I think my luck is changing), but I promptly fail my save and get knocked unconscious. I then go on to miss every single wake-up roll until the fight is over. Talk about embarrassing. 

I think it would be best if I wait for "The Hall of Shame" post.

I could write a book of Dicks criticle fumbles and then a short story of Einer Einricson crapping his drawers

Great stories! 

John:  based on the groups reaction it sounds like it was all more than worth it! 

dsumner:  ha! I know that feeling all to well!  Nothing is working. It's like, "okay guys, have a great night, I gotta go.  If my character bleeds out, do me a favor and throw his body in a dumpster and light it on fire. Thanks, bye."   

Majestic:  Awesome! Does it get any better?  Each roll feels more insane. It's like you can feel the change in the air!  "The prophecy is being fulfilled. From the jaws of defeat he will lead them to Victory!"

ONI:  er...hmmm... Dick Dante's best moments lie ahead?    (And btw, who is Einer Einricson?)

Paul:  Wow!  Not since Reggie Jackson in the '77 World Series...!  That must have seemed unreal. It's a shame your DM didn't seem to share your joy.  As a game master I think I would be more supportive.  Then again, remembering the Jr. High version of me as game master, I can be more forgiving of your childhood friend. 

Ranger wrote on Dec 15^th, 2013 at 10:13pm:


Ghost Bears all the way.

Marshal Strong wrote on Dec 14^th, 2013 at 12:00am:


What's really funny about you making this reference is that I was going through a 'dollar store' a few days ago and I spotted a book as I searched for other stuff.  I picked it up (being only $1, the cover price was $25) since it was about my favorite player: Reggie Jackson.  I've hardly put it down since (read a couple hundred pages already). 

John wrote on Dec 16^th, 2013 at 9:46am: