Ok the best Beat the Odds story I have ever heard was the following. My friend made a character (elf rogue). He and the party are in a tower and have just gone to town on a Major Big bad, with a young red dragon circling the tower, more as ambiance than anything if I recall.
The whole party is either dead or has their Str reduced to 1 so they are all on the floor. The elf loots the room taking all manor of magical potions with him, and decides to forgo the dangers of the tower by climbing down the side.
This brings the dragon into play now. He is almost dead no weapons left and carrying a bag of potions and his friend.
The Dragon comes in and I believe my friend won initiative. He does the only thing he can, he lobs the bag of potions at it.
DM rolls for Random Magical Effect: Summon Monster VII Spell.
Random Roll for Which creature gets summoned: Giant Squid.
Result: Awesomeness.