Greatest Failure
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This is one of Writer_X's that I was privy to, and I'll share because I don't know how often he pops back in here and it's the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard. First you have to understand that this was during the Reign of Syntax, when level 40 NPCs and plotlines better suited to Elminister were being thrown about.
Writer_X played a Bhaal assassin named Janu, who did an absolutely badass assassination of a Tychean cleric mid-sermon with a poisoned shuriken, that only took fatal effect long after he had already fled the scene and the priest was surrounded by his friends. This got him the attention of a level 40 lich who proceeded to give him the Wand of Orcus.
For those of you who don't know, Orcus is the demon prince of undeath. The Wand of Orcus famously holds the power to kill any living thing it touches.
You might think such an item was a little beyond the scope of a level 1-10 server where people chase wagon axles for a living - but not our visionary leader, Syntax, who proceeded to give the staff such unassuming powers as On Hit: Power Word Kill, Summon Monster IX, and the ability to summon liches. He also gave a Venom-esque "second-skin" armour+helm whose powers us mortals can only dream of.
Wielding such untold powers, Janu went out into the world…
...and within two days was ganked by some goodies who recognized him from the temple assassination before he could whip the staff out. -
Brutal.
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Biggest failure was earlier this week.. using my awesome warlock powers to freeze and nuke Harvey for the gem.. after paralysing him and getting him to badly wounded I then decided to try out one of the newer single use powers i had been given that was described as a shield.
What happened was that I was struck blind by my own power and was unable to target any other spells, ran around old town avoiding him for a good while until I realised i was going to be blind until rest…..
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Huh… I suppose I do have a few more. My Sharran Cleric / Werecat, was going places. A solid team of evil derps, and I was even soon making a Staff that would eventually summon a Nightmare ish eternal darkness on Arabel. So, when I met three adventurers, one of them Thunes Lord of the Gates, I decided to gloat a bit. I was attacked by one, but subdued him, and instead of shifting, or using magic, just bested him. Still feeling invincible, I didnt even use my awesome shadow staff, but let the first adventurer live. Then I got knockdown spammed to death, and left in a ditch by Thune.
My Bahamut Cleric, leader of the rebellion against Kreswell. I was a bannerman of Lady Lhal, I had npc backing, I was even given a hideout in Eveningstar. Then it just... faded out, and the character ended up being retired, accomplishing nothing of her ultimate goals.
But! My most ultimate failure, was also my greatest character, Laura Greymourne, Senior retainer of House Bhaliir. Me, Lizard man, Hinx and Luinil were rocking the house big time. We had awesome meetings where we would hatch the most vile and insane plans. But for some odd reason, our plans NEVER succeeded. Not a single damn one. Each and everyone of them went down the drain. Eventually, she got killed on a dm quest by an orgre, and I retired her. I always wondered what I could have accomplished if I had stuck to it.
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During the civil war, hesitating a second too long and not making the killing blow on Aldek when Moira had the chance. I could have ruled Arabel for Tyche.
(later found out he had 3 HP left…)
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In relations to Khamal. Attacked Aldek, was subdued by dumb Awesomeman, as Aldek had three HP left.
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LOL. I was playing Aldek at the time you nearly killed him, Khamal.
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I remember a PC named Holy Pyre stomping a water puddle in the name of Kossuth which turned out to be an elder water elemental that went rampant and killed her entire party. That was epic.
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When I played my first app concept, Belgarth Sadine, a candlekeeper, I was given the plot intro by a DM but I was never told, nor never cared, that I should have kept things a secret. I started telling people about how the CoCK wanted to kill the gods and release the mighty Sentience behind the Rift. I ended up destroying all the plans and action from older players, including the resident fugue plane number 1, Andros Olen - getting him killed in the mean time for treason. Were it not for SewerDweeling Shadovar-Monster Captain, that plot would have ended badly.
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Made a eldritch knight named Zane Von D'arkhan which happened to be horny for Lizardman's sorceress, Vazlah. I tried my ass to enter Mage's Guild but never made it, becoming Zool Gamwell's Scathelock squire. I couldn't get past lvl 5, until magic happaned and I managed to go to level 6. One nice day we went doing Pilgrim quest and I was supremely killed twice back to level 3 or 4. I ragequitted and become rping Zane's journey through hell on the forums, until I got an ear pull from Moloch telling I was being stupid.
That's all I can remember now.
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Szcarne Cerce, while a lot of fun, was a very damaged individual– was supposed to be NE- but wound up doing enough good things to earn him TN status... Since the idea behind Szarne was to show -I-could do stuff to bring fun and conflict to others, earning that TN status was sort of a big failure for me.
Cormac --- should never have backed away from conflict with CB's malarite.
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- Made a eldritch knight named Zane Von D'arkhan which happened to be horny for Lizardman's sorceress, Vazlah. I tried my ass to enter Mage's Guild but never made it, becoming Zool Gamwell's Scathelock squire. I couldn't get past lvl 5, until magic happaned and I managed to go to level 6. One nice day we went doing Pilgrim quest and I was supremely killed twice back to level 3 or 4. I ragequitted and become rping Zane's journey through hell on the forums, until I got an ear pull from Moloch telling I was being stupid.
Good times
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I have a new greatest failure… FDing myself with my own spell.
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@Notsoslimshady:
I have a new greatest failure… FDing myself with my own spell.
You HAVE to elaborate that Slim. Because it sounds about as crazy as when Cake dies on The Bat Quest.
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Even though i wasnt on FD damage I managed to FD myself and only subdue the person I hit with the spell…
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I had a whole cycle of someone being blacked out and searching the pack after the above happened.
The DMs changed its inventoried appearance and I couldn't find the damn thing in the nearly ten pages of crap while being tired. I had to pick the gem up from being handed it nicely from I_F. Proof that plot items aren't worth guarding by yourself, because no questage.
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All my chars are a failure :(
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Didn't you mean to mention something about flavor? That they tend to have. ;)
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- Made a eldritch knight named Zane Von D'arkhan which happened to be horny for Lizardman's sorceress, Vazlah. I tried my ass to enter Mage's Guild but never made it, becoming Zool Gamwell's Scathelock squire. I couldn't get past lvl 5, until magic happaned and I managed to go to level 6. One nice day we went doing Pilgrim quest and I was supremely killed twice back to level 3 or 4. I ragequitted and become rping Zane's journey through hell on the forums, until I got an ear pull from Moloch telling I was being stupid.
Good times
I didn't even know diabo Satan played that guy until half a year or more into dming. It's a good job too or I might have respected him from the start.
Speaking of Gamely scathelock.
Died in the helmand to manticores, sold his soul in the fugue, got murderised fairly quickly after that one. Bit silly considering.
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I think my greatest failure was probably my character not realizing that he wasn't the center of the universe and fulfilling a prophecy that awakened a slumbering primordial that destroyed most of Arabel and a considerable part of everything else around it.
Whoops. (My bad)
(Also misclicking my Displacement potion hotkey during the final assault, running up to about 8 frost giants. (Rocks fell. I died.)
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This sounds like an awesome contribution to history, not a failure, HellzYeah!
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- Made a eldritch knight named Zane Von D'arkhan which happened to be horny for Lizardman's sorceress, Vazlah. I tried my ass to enter Mage's Guild but never made it, becoming Zool Gamwell's Scathelock squire. I couldn't get past lvl 5, until magic happaned and I managed to go to level 6. One nice day we went doing Pilgrim quest and I was supremely killed twice back to level 3 or 4. I ragequitted and become rping Zane's journey through hell on the forums, until I got an ear pull from Moloch telling I was being stupid.
Good times
I didn't even know diabo Satan played that guy until half a year or more into dming. It's a good job too or I might have respected him from the start.
Speaking of Gamely scathelock.
Died in the helmand to manticores, sold his soul in the fugue, got murderised fairly quickly after that one. Bit silly considering.
Don't forget the part where he hit on Vazlah and then found out she was really a dude.
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I hate you