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[ricemastah]

ok so i just started playing adventure mode cause i wanted a break from the whole dwarf fort control thing... yea... i went into a cave and what happens?? a naked mole rat kills me!! i mean seriously... a naked mole rat!! not a dragon, not even a goblin... a mole rat!! any1 else have an extremely embarrassing death they want to share? or any1 know how such a small creature can take down a swordman?

[Toady One]

It was a naked mole *dog*.  Vicious creatures.  They feel no pain and have a very strong bite.

[ricemastah]

... i still feel the burning shame of being owned by a naked mole...

[Maximus]

That's nothing.  You're even more likely to get owned by a kitten.

Seriously, though, the first time I played DF I played adventure mode: wandered into a kobold cave and never even saw what shot me in the head, killing me instantly.

It was not the most encouraging first taste of the game.

[Misterstone]

My adventurer who could take out ettins and minotaurs as if they were little girls got her head bitten off by a giant cave spider.  

Not just bitten, bitten OFF.

I guess the fact that she walked into a web made it easier, but I was still pretty dumbfounded.

The last words I saw before finishing the game were: "The giant cave spider spits out the head of xxx"

And to think I was about to try to take on a titan in that cave... (sniff)

*edit* Here's the play by play from the game log.  Moral of the story, giant cave spiders are nasty!

You can't sneak because somebody can see you.
The giant cave spider bites You in the head!
It is torn!
You have been stunned!
Your left eye has been torn out!
Your right ear has been badly torn!
You feel numb!
The giant cave spider latches on firmly!
You bash The giant cave spider in the left third leg with your ®ðiron flailð¯!
It is broken!
You are feeling sluggish!
The giant cave spider shoots out thick strands of webbing!
You are caught up in the web!
You fall over.
You are caught up in the web!
The giant cave spider shakes You around by the head!
It is badly ripped!
The giant cave spider shakes You around by the head!
It is mangled!
The giant cave spider shakes You around by the head!
You lose hold of the ®ðdeer bone amuletð¯.
You lose hold of the ®*fox bone earring*¯.
You lose hold of the ®ðiron flailð¯.
You lose hold of the iron helm.
You lose hold of the Rope reed head veil.
The head is ripped away and remains in The giant cave spider's grip!
You have been struck down.
The giant cave spider spits out the Posa Materthrura Gisu Rusus's head.

[ December 17, 2006: Message edited by: Misterstone ]

[Capntastic]

Having about 4 or 5 adventurers die to a single cave croc was depressing.

[Varil]

I picked a fight with a horse in town with my first adventurer. I got knocked out in the first attacked and trampled to death long before I regained consciousness.

[FaultyLogic]

I was killing skeletons in insane amounts and felt quite confident in the matter. Suddenly, another skellie appears.. So I charge it, and it strangles me to death instantly.

[Genuine]

Gil (Jill) Cathiuse, my last adventurer, died quite horribly. She had near perfect stats (very strong, perfectly agile, superhumanly tough), was expert level or above in using spears, shields, armor, and wrestling, and was busy clearing out a dark fortress to avenge her fallen comrades when the unthinkable happened. A goblin swordsman, not even a master, took a swing at her head from the front and connected, knocking out both eyes, crushing her head, and tearing her throat out (mortal wound  ). Not even the exceptionally crafted iron helm she was wearing could save her. She was able to crawl three or four spaces before drowning in her own blood.

Seriously, after easily killing a dragon, iron giants, and dozens of other huge creatures, a weeny goblin gets in the luckiest shot of his life. Blah.

[FaultyLogic]

Still, the great thing about the game is that those kinds of things happen.

[Gaulgath]

Reminds me of NetHack! "You fall down a pit! You land on a set of sharp iron spikes! The spikes were poisoned! The poison was deadly... Do You Want Your Possesions Identified?"

And yes, I did have a rather sad death recently.  Decided to see how tough a goblin fortress is. Took a swordsman and some other guys with me, and dove in. Things were going well... until we ran into a goblin spear master. Knocked me down seconds after seeing him, but I crawled away while my stupid teammates futiley tried to battle it. Well... they bit the dust, and the goblin went after me:

"The goblin hits!
You are run through!
You have been struck down [more]"

[ December 19, 2006: Message edited by: Gaulgath ]

[ricemastah]

mt most recent shameful death was me just sitting around picking up rocks... thats right picking up rocks minding my own business. then a unicorn walks up to me and stabs me in the heart. i bleed to death because i didnt even fight back. when were unicorns so.... evil?

[segmose]

It was its lucky rock you stole, you meanie!

[Zengief]

I accidentally wrestled myself to death.  The takedown was beautiful and gouging my own eyes out was impressive, but the crowning achievement was exploding myself into a lump of gore.

j/k

[Sean Mirrsen]

A series of my characters died to a single giant that had the fortune to wrestle away from me a stolen iron two-handed sword (was my second character, didn't know how to buy stuff). I had some moderate success fighting him when he grabbed me by the sword. I tried to yank it away, but really, what chance did I have against the giant? So, the next turn it chopped me in half...
Then I had something like 4 or 5 characters try to beat him (without prior training, however), even with the help of a master swordsman from a nearby town. Unsurprisingly, the giant took them all out with ease, since the stolen sword he stole from me was of great quality, and with some art engraved on it.. The master swordsman held on probably longer than all my chars combined, and fell only when the giant hacked his sword arm off. Someday I'll train up a legendary dwarf axeman with some obscene amounts of shield skills, and slay that murderous brute.