I only have one "saved" death, he rest I've forgotten about. It was my first adventurer after I learned how to aim (shift-a). I leared this game the hard way, so it took awhile. Anyway, I made a standard Swordsman demigod, I get my first quest, I head out to kill these bandits. I arrive at the spot, I head in...
I counted around thirty-five of them. I had no companions, either. Here's where it gets epic and insane. I manage to kill about, four of them or so, when a bolt punches right through my swordsman's swordhand.
There I am, against about thirty remaining bandits, no armor save for a shield, and no ability to grip a sword. Back then I didn't know that you could wield both shield and weapon in the same hand, either.
Now, what followed, was the single most gruesome battle I've ever experienced in DF. This adventurer dodged, kicked, punched and bit like a madman. Refusing to just turn tail and flee, I/he dogged it out like a true champion, utilizing trees and maneuvers to split his opponents up so he wouldn't have to deal with more than two for each action. He was wounded time and time again, but he kept going, kicking, throwing corpses and bashing with his copper shield, until roughly twenty bandits were dead and around five were unable to fight. By then the place looked like a slaughterhouse with bodies everywhere, many that had tried to drag themselves away, resulting in bloody trails all over the place. Finally he grew tired from his many wounds, and he ended up with broken legs and arms before finally having his skull smashed in.
Pretty impressive it were, for a guy who started with no points at all in either Misc. Item Use, Kicking, Biting, Throwing or Striking.
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Topic: Your top 5 deaths! (Read 15565 times)