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Name: Dolok of Numeria
Race: Human (nay, Numerian!)
Class/Level: Cleric (of Gorum) 7
Adventure: Rivers Run Red
Location: Troll Lair
Catalyst: A creature wearing an unstable item containing one of the two elements it is most afraid of
Details: This was a surprise to us all, as Dolok was literally a walking tank. He wore full plate, was at the time Enlarged and Stoneskinned, and had enough Cures and Channels to cover the entire party, let alone himself. This level of protection, coupled with Dolok's fearless and bloodthirsty nature, may have provided the key factors in his untimely demise. Well, those things and a suicidally stupid Troll Lord.
Upon mowing through the various Trolls in the caves and temporarily sealing the Rock Troll in its lair (through crafty use of a Feather Token to spawn a 600 HP tree), we charged the leader in his throne room. He tried to say something threatening, but the sight of a violent party of adventurers, spearheaded by a spiky armored savage who was bigger than the Troll Lord himself, pretty much nipped the witty repartee in the bud.
If only our Wizard had still had a Fireball left, we would have bombed the fool from a distance and avoided the calamity that happened next. Instead, we charged to melee while the Wizard tossed the Ball Lightning spell behind the Troll Lord and elementally shifted the spheres to fire. Dolok engaged the Troll Lord while the other front-liners punked his last minion. The Troll Lord proved himself no putz, and Dolok took some heavy damage from a full attack. No matter, he can heal next round, right?
That is, of course, when we learned what happens when a Necklace of Fireballs, which the Troll Lord was wearing, gets exposed to magical fire and fails its save. The cave suddenly became ground-zero for five Fireballs. Overall, we were incredibly lucky that the majority of us managed to pass the majority of our saves. Those of us with Evasion even came out of the cataclysm barely the worse for wear.
Except poor Dolok, who failed every save. While his awesome armor and greatsword survived, the man himself was reduced to ash.
Dolok was promptly avenged, and a statue will soon be erected in the capital in his honor. Life-sized, it will wear his actual armor and sword, and will be the centerpiece of the new shrine to Gorum.