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How The Dice Gods Work in Mysterious Ways
During a difficulty ramped version of "Hoard of the Dragon Queen," we saved a solid number
of villagers, and my paladin was the one Cyanwrath chose to fight.
I already knew, and so did the others, out of character that is, that he's supposed to
be unbeatable, as he appears later on.
Keep in mind that this is harder than standard, and we are standard PCs.
I accept, and prepare to roll a new character, since I am the only healer and I am a level
one paladin.
I hop over the ramparts and land all hero-like, talk to Cyanwrath and immediately earn his
respect, and his apologies, as we both know I am going to lose.
He tells me that, even though I do not have a chance, he respected my willingness to sacrifice
myself for others, and so he releases the hostages.
The rogue offers to shoot him but I deny, and roll Initiative.
I rolled a nat 20, compared to his natural 1.
Nonchalantly, I put on the Fairy Tail theme because it has got some nice fantasy fight
vibes.
I attack, and roll another critical.
With our DM, crits do double damage.
I have a battle axe and shield, so I roll my 1d8+3.
Max damage.
11 damage times 2, for 22 damage, a third of his health in less than ten seconds.
The party is going wild.
Langdedrosa swings, and crit fails.
Usually those are punishing to NPCs and PCs alike, but for the difficulty up, a crit fail
is only a fail for NPCs.
He action surges, and my heart falls.
That is game, more than likely.
He breathes lightning.
I crit the save, and take no damage, sprinting through it like a madman, and crit him again.
1d8+3, I get a 9.
18 more damage, that's 40 total, and he has 17 left.
He swings, and crits me.
We all start yelling, and his second attack lands.
All in all, he stands to do 21 damage, almost twice my health.
I scan my character sheet and remember that I'm a goliath.
Stone endurance will be my saviour.
I roll a 1d12+2, and reduce it to 7 damage, leaving me with 5 hp.
Should I Lay on Hands?
Should I try to finish him?
I two hand my axe and swing.
The chat goes silent as the janky roll bot breaks.
It is tense and silent for five minutes, until out of the blue, Avrae spits out a value.
1d20 + 5 = 25.
Critical Hit!
We erupt into cheer like we had just seen the gates of heaven open.
I swing for 1d10+3, and get a seven, plus three for 10, doubled because of my Crit.
The DM goes into cinematic mode.
"Brushing aside the lightning crackling along your body, ignoring your wounds though they
were not there, your advance is unstoppable.
Realization dawns in Cyanwrath's eyes, and as he's tackled to the ground, he utters one
final word to you.
‘Incredible…’
His life fades, and you stand victorious."
I took his sword as my own, and picked up his spear, running it through a fallen Greenest
flag to use as a banner, and bellow at the top of my lungs at the kobolds and cultists.
"ALL OF YOU, KNEEL!"
I roll intimidation.
Crit success.
Obediently, every one of them drops to their knees before me as I stand above the corpse
of Langdedrosa Cyanwrath, brandishing his spear as a banner, and his sword.
"If I see any of you, EVER again, I will bring the same divine wrath down upon you!
SCATTER!"
Literally every single enemy failed the save and became frightened, fleeing the town and
the dragon with it.
Incredulously, the DM informs me that that is not supposed to be possible, and he has
to make a new half dragon for a later encounter to replace Cyanwrath.
The party is nuts, and I am on an adrenaline high.
Since I'm a paladin of conquest, the DM gave me inspiration for that legendary display,
and the townspeople dubbed me the champion of Greenest.
I leveled from that up to 4, since we saved a bunch of villagers prior for a bunch of
xp each, and I solo’ed Cyanwrath, earning me and me alone a nice 1,100 xp.
Word spread fast, and once I had acquired plate and decorated it with the decorations
on Cyanwrath's armor, I was recognizable.
It was not long before other party members hit similar strokes of luck, but I waltzed
into the keep with a dozen survivors, waltzed back out, and slaughtered that man like he
was nothing.
I had gained a permanent +3 to intimidation rolls against Dragon Cultists.
God, it was just great.
That was a once in a million lifetime’s event.
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