I don't think we've ever done one of these. I was thinking about why we play, for the moments of awesome that are just unforgettable, and reminiscing with Lermanicus.
So.
2 Questions:
What's your coolest/most memorable moment *ever* role-playing?
What's your coolest/most memorable moment on TV?
I'll go first, but just on the first question.
Back in the day of AD&D 2E, the Bloodstone trilogy was pretty much the apex of module gaming. We had run through them and all had characters ranging from 18-25th level. Well, the final Bloodstone module went epicly bad. All the dice were against us, and long story short we were standing on top of the keep's tower as The Bad Guys were literally tearing it down stone by stone to get to us.
My buddy Chad looks at the GM, and in his quiet, serious way, asked "Can I make a god call?"
Chad had literally played the epitome of a paladin for the past year and a half. His character was good, thoughtful, inspiring, just, awesome. Like literally made you want to be a better person. He wasn't preachy or anything but there was no doubt that he was devout and pious. No. Doubt. (Chad would later go on to West Point and is currently a Lt. Colonel in the Army, which tells you what kind of guy *he* is)
So Darren, our GM, ponders it, then finally says "OK. 1% chance."
Chad picks up the two tens (a red and green) and declared the tens place (green) and rolled. The green came up 0 and the red came up a 1.
Dead. Silence.
Then the screaming and whoopin and hollerin started. It was EPIC. On a single die roll, our paladin's faith saved our entire party from certain doom. To this day, all of us still, in improbable situations (like forgetting to file a tax return extension), will look at one another and ask, "God call?"