so, here's the scene: my (demigod) adventurer sets off to kill a 'mate of the twilight troll' that lives in some stupid cave somewhere. easy peasy, i think, as i killed another one of its brood without any fuss whatsoever.
i go to the cave, pop my head 'round the door and see myself a big scary troll bitch. we do battle. i smack it in the skull with my scimitar (how did that not kill it?), but, shock horror, it bites me in the leg and latches on. i slice its hand off in an attack of opportunity, but this doesn't even phase it, rather alarmingly. it shakes me around, which hits a nerve and removes my freaking ability to walk.
'fuck, best plan what weapon to specialise in once this chump bleeds out', i think to myself. instead of running, i decide to stand, fight and die an honourable death. on the floor, i sink my pearly whites into this troll thing's leg, yet this only annoys it slightly. i'm backed into a corner with nowhere else to go, so i attempt a final gambit. a normal/normal aimed head attack, with the faintest chance of hitting, let alone killing in a single hit.
'the severed part flies off in an arc'.
after that page of melodrama, share with us your best near-death saves. the only criteria is that they must be awesome!
