so the party is parlaying with the dragon moltenwing and trying to retreat as they dont like the look of the cavern when it grows bored of the conversation and attacks!
as an interupt snorter drops a green veil in front of it and stops it,s breath weapon as the party was in a conga line of death formation and looking forward to the said results.
the party all acting before moltenwing beat a retreat so dragon with its massive fort save goes thrugh veil knowing only a one could kill it!
guess what i rolled for its save then?
one dead dragon and not a single hit point of damage to pc,s.
can anyone top that?
... but then they died from rot grubs.
I've had similar experiences where the big nasty bad guy goes down in one hit or something and the whole fight you've been looking forward to ends up being nothing. Gaming is great for moments like that.
Two player campaign, one is a Cleric/Fighter Gestalt, the other a Wizard/Rogue Gestalt.
Enter Moltenwing's lair, fly over the lava to the shelf. Moltenwing emerges from the lava just south of them, demands to know why they are disturbing his sanctum. (Used a move to get out of the lava, free action to demand an explanation).
Cleric replies we're here to destroy the Cagewrights, so Moltenwing uses his standard action for his disintegrate breath weapon. Save or die, both characters in a line. Both made their saves (barely).
Next up, Wizard: Split Ray Avasculate (two touch attacks, both hit, brings Moltenwing to 1/4th hp, no save)
Then, Cleric: Power Word Kill (Moltenwing > 100 hp due to 2x Avasculate, dies, no save).
Needless to say, party feels pretty uber now :)
My party just went up against Gotrrod on Saturday. The dragon went second in the initiative order and got one good blast of fire off on about half the party before the warblade pulled his bow and rolled three twenties in a row. Gotrrod went from full hp to instant kill in the first round with most of the party still waiting to take their actions. Crazy Jared had hardly even begun his "epic poem" and the fight was over.
Too bad the only witnesses were the other party members and a lone, crazy hermit.
Really incredible, though. And awesome for the warblade player as I killed his last character with the harpoon spider in the last adventure.
My party just went up against Gotrrod on Saturday. The dragon went second in the initiative order and got one good blast of fire off on about half the party before the warblade pulled his bow and rolled three twenties in a row.
Ouch. It was quite the opposite for my players. Gotrrod got one other fiery blast in before finally going down, taking the party's bard (and Jared) with him.