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Jun. 26th, 2010 08:57 pmTonight, I actually experienced a major, against-all-odds first in all of my two(ish) years of playing Dungeons & Dragons.
I got an instant kill (on a pretty tough monster, but that's not the significant part).
Here's how it works (for those who don't know the game):
1) A player uses a physical attack (as opposed to a spell), the player rolls a 20-sided dice to see if their blow hits their target - if that roll lands on 20 all on its own (before bonuses), that puts the target in threat of a critical hit (which is not only a hit but automatically doubles whatever number you get when you roll to see how much damage you do).
(I rolled a 20)
2) The player must roll a d20 again to "confirm" the critical hit (in our edition, you have to roll high enough to hit the target again -- the tougher the target, the higher you have to roll). If you roll a 20 on your own again, that puts the target in threat of an instant kill (exactly what it sounds like, the target dies no matter how much health it has).
(I rolled another 20)
3) In order to score an instant kill, the player has to roll a d20 again and "confirm" the hit in the same way as before (roll high enough to hit the target again).
(I rolled an 18)
At first, Le Boyfriend and I (sitting next to each other) were like
but then I
Appropriate gif is appropriate because holy GOD I'm such a humongous nerd for bragging about D&D on my blog
One of my fellow players calculated the odds of what I did and it came out to something like 0.00375% -- that's almost four thousandths of one percent chance. Holyshitlookitdemodds.
I just had to geek out about this because of how impossible it is (virtually no one knows about that rule because it virtually never happens). I now return you to your regular, much less geeky internet programming.
Cheers.
I got an instant kill (on a pretty tough monster, but that's not the significant part).
Here's how it works (for those who don't know the game):
1) A player uses a physical attack (as opposed to a spell), the player rolls a 20-sided dice to see if their blow hits their target - if that roll lands on 20 all on its own (before bonuses), that puts the target in threat of a critical hit (which is not only a hit but automatically doubles whatever number you get when you roll to see how much damage you do).
(I rolled a 20)
2) The player must roll a d20 again to "confirm" the critical hit (in our edition, you have to roll high enough to hit the target again -- the tougher the target, the higher you have to roll). If you roll a 20 on your own again, that puts the target in threat of an instant kill (exactly what it sounds like, the target dies no matter how much health it has).
(I rolled another 20)
3) In order to score an instant kill, the player has to roll a d20 again and "confirm" the hit in the same way as before (roll high enough to hit the target again).
(I rolled an 18)
At first, Le Boyfriend and I (sitting next to each other) were like
but then I
Appropriate gif is appropriate because holy GOD I'm such a humongous nerd for bragging about D&D on my blog
One of my fellow players calculated the odds of what I did and it came out to something like 0.00375% -- that's almost four thousandths of one percent chance. Holyshitlookitdemodds.
I just had to geek out about this because of how impossible it is (virtually no one knows about that rule because it virtually never happens). I now return you to your regular, much less geeky internet programming.
Cheers.
Tags:
- another sign i need a life,
- celebratory gifs for everyone!,
- crazy is as crazy does,
- dungeons & dorks,
- gifs speak louder than words,
- holy god so many tags,
- holy shit,
- holy shit it's not a stark post,
- homg so proud,
- i can't make this up,
- i need a hobby,
- i'm attacking the darkness!,
- interpretive gifs express my feelings,
- it's raining tags (hallelujah),
- math is on my side (for once),
- soy un perdedor,
- squee,
- tales of le boyfriend,
- the tags they breed,
- what an exciting life i lead,
- what is this i don't even,
- why is this entry here?
