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[flame99]

Playing a vampire necromancer, and I was doing pretty well, for my standards (Read: Dungeon level 3). I try to use-identify a scroll like a moron, and it ends up being a scroll of teleportation. Which places me in a corridor right next to a previous character's ghost. Who happens to be a minotaur berserker. I try to run away, only to run face-first into three orc warriors and an orc mage. What ensues was my body getting turned into what could easily be mistaken for Tabasco sauce.

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DCSS. I installed it recently, and it's become one of my favorite roguelikes.

[monk12]

Playing a vampire necromancer, and I was doing pretty well, for my standards (Read: Dungeon level 3). I try to use-identify a scroll like a moron, and it ends up being a scroll of teleportation. Which places me in a corridor right next to a previous character's ghost. Who happens to be a minotaur berserker. I try to run away, only to run face-first into three orc warriors and an orc mage. What ensues was my body getting turned into what could easily be mistaken for Tabasco sauce.

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DCSS. I installed it recently, and it's become one of my favorite roguelikes.

"Reasons to read-ID a scroll on an already explored level for 300, Alex."

Though that said, if you ARE on an already cleared floor then read-IDing is pretty safe. You probably don't want to do the same for potions until you've identified Degeneration, though, since that can be nasty.

[TripJack]

IMO mutation is a bigger threat than degeneration when quaff-identifying, but yeah

[nogoodnames]

I was playing my soul level 1 character in Dark Souls and after pushing my way to victory against the Four Kings and walking all over Seath, I decided to go through the DLC. I then proceeded to suffer more deaths against the sanctuary guardian than I had against all the previous bosses combined.
In a normal playthrough, the Guardian would be a cakewalk for me, but with base hp, extremely short attack range and no way to effectively block its attacks, it became one of the hardest fights in the game. Most of its attacks left me with a sliver of health, and since the Guardian is extremely aggressive and I was usually under some health draining effect, I would usually die if I let myself get hit once.
I finally overcame it with some boosted pyromancy. It hit hard and rarely gave me the opportunity to attack, but its lack of health meant it only took a few hits to kill. I can't wait to see how the Artorias fight turns out.

[monk12]

IMO mutation is a bigger threat than degeneration when quaff-identifying, but yeah

Oh, yeah, dur. My brain fuzzed on the "worst thing that could happen is that deterioration mutation" thing and spat out the wrong word. Though I suppose teleportitis would be pretty awful, and blurry vision sucks...

[Karkov]

I decided to be a Jewish Germanic Duke in Ethiopia.  I didn't realize that many peasants could hate me so.  Then there was another one where I was a random count in the middle of Europe, near Italy.  Was just doing my thing when a Muslim(?) boy-leader appears and an army of 20k comes marching over my 2 county area.  I need a couple of easier games to get my bearings on the war mechanics before I try either of those again.

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Crusader Kings II, I bought the game yesterday and it's taking me a little to learn the mechanics.  I understand most of it already, but the wars just kind of seem impossible for me to win.  I'll learn eventually.

[itisnotlogical]

Killed in about 10 seconds by some minigun-wielding bad guys that can apparently become intangible when they duck.

Quake 2 demo.

Edit:

Just achieved my 5th death in less than an hour of playing FTL. I happened to encounter a sun and a rebel ship at the same time.

During the battle, I had tried to combat the fires by closing my crew in the medbay and opening the burning compartments to space. While this did stop most of the fires in the short-run, the door controls were destroyed in the next solar flare and a fire started in the O2. Eventually, we ran entirely out of air while the surrendered rebel ship looked on smugly.

FTL: Faster Than Light

[Karkov]

What game?  It sounds interesting, dynamic pirates are fun.

[Man_Flayer]

Had my ass shot off when when a stray laser managed to shove itself through the 1 by 1 hole in my hull. Nevermind I had over three thousand effing shield units and the best power system money could build( i.e. the walls were made of fission reactors).

To throw a giant vitriolic cherry on it I was 25 sectors away from spawn.

[itisnotlogical]

I escape a Mantis encounter next to an asteroid with some minor damage. I skedaddle to the next system to rest and repair a bit before moving on.

Four goddamn Mantis boarders out of nowhere in a random encounter. I catastrophically miss with my own smart-bombs (how do you miss with a teleporting smart bomb aimed at your own ship) in an attempt to blow them up, then start opening compartments to space. Eventually, they corner two of my three crew in the oxygen room. They suffocate just before they reach the captain, but not before destroying my door systems. So the captain is all alone in a ship that is entirely open to space and no way to repair it.

FTL: Faster Than Light

[flame99]

Playing a Minotaur Berserker, and got through the Lair easily. I didn't want to take on the Snake Pit at the time, so I decided to try the Swamp. I was doing rather well, but I found a couple dragons nearby, and I was already pretty badly hurt from some named human caster which I couldn't seem to hit. I used a teleport scroll, and started to run. The turn before I warped, both of the dragons used a poison attack. I tried to use Trog's Hand since I was out of Potions of Curing, but it only delayed the inevitable death by poison. Goodbye, my +6,+5 War Axe of Chopping.

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DCSS again. I've been getting much farther in the game, though my noob-hood still reigns.

[joemoben]

Playing a Minotaur Berserker, and got through the Lair easily. I didn't want to take on the Snake Pit at the time, so I decided to try the Swamp. I was doing rather well, but I found a couple dragons nearby, and I was already pretty badly hurt from some named human caster which I couldn't seem to hit. I used a teleport scroll, and started to run. The turn before I warped, both of the dragons used a poison attack. I tried to use Trog's Hand since I was out of Potions of Curing, but it only delayed the inevitable death by poison. Goodbye, my +6,+5 War Axe of Chopping.

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DCSS again. I've been getting much farther in the game, though my noob-hood still reigns.

It makes me sad that I've played it casually for a couple of years now, but still havent got more than a few levels past the entrance to orc. Suppose it's a downfall about being either Summoner or Necro 98% of the time.

[flame99]

Playing a Minotaur Berserker, and got through the Lair easily. I didn't want to take on the Snake Pit at the time, so I decided to try the Swamp. I was doing rather well, but I found a couple dragons nearby, and I was already pretty badly hurt from some named human caster which I couldn't seem to hit. I used a teleport scroll, and started to run. The turn before I warped, both of the dragons used a poison attack. I tried to use Trog's Hand since I was out of Potions of Curing, but it only delayed the inevitable death by poison. Goodbye, my +6,+5 War Axe of Chopping.

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DCSS again. I've been getting much farther in the game, though my noob-hood still reigns.

It makes me sad that I've played it casually for a couple of years now, but still havent got more than a few levels past the entrance to orc. Suppose it's a downfall about being either Summoner or Necro 98% of the time.

I've actually found that skipping the Orc Mines for a time tends to be a good idea. Also, a lot of what got me farther were some great drops early on. Namely, a +2,+4 halberd with a frost brand from a wight, and the aforementioned +6,+5 War Axe of Chopping from Trog. I got my piety pretty high quickly because I found an amulet of the Normand, so I didn't need to butcher many corpses.

[joemoben]

I've actually found that skipping the Orc Mines for a time tends to be a good idea. Also, a lot of what got me farther were some great drops early on. Namely, a +2,+4 halberd with a frost brand from a wight, and the aforementioned +6,+5 War Axe of Chopping from Trog. I got my piety pretty high quickly because I found an amulet of the Normand, so I didn't need to butcher many corpses.

Yeah, Orc is much more dangerous than lair nearly 100% of the time.

[BlackFlyme]

Captain Vor and his damn lightning grenades. Anyone who gets downed within reach of one is probably best left alone. Everyone who has tried to revive someone within reach of one of those things just ends up down too.

How come no-one ever tries crawling away from the enemy when they've been downed? Most people seem content to just sit there and watch as team-mates take damage as they try to revive them.

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Warframe. I've been farming the first boss to get parts to make his gun.