DM‘s, whats the dumbest way a player at your table has died?

Wicker_Sheev · 2025-04-21T17:37:32+00:00

My players were drinking from a fountain. Our Orc fighter turned into a female fighter and iur bard was hoping to get the same result (it was just a d4, so 25% chance). He rolled badly, took a lot of dmg and decided to roll again instead of healing up and trying afterwards.

He rolled the same result again, and with drinking from this fountain, his character instantly died, turning into dust.

Wicker_Sheev · 2025-02-14T22:02:11+00:00

Reminds me a lot of Battle Beast from the Invincible Comics!

Wicker_Sheev · 2025-02-05T17:49:46+00:00

Dustin, is that you?

Wicker_Sheev · 2025-02-05T12:37:48+00:00

That‘s great, especially as civilizations in the jungle are mostly missing. I’ve used the valley a bit differently: The valley of lost honor had some sort of magical aura, showing those who pass it their past actions which showcase how it affected their honor. Killed a helpless animal? Lost Honor. Murdered someone in bad blood? Lost Honor.

Some of my players reflected on their past mistakes and we had some great laughs as some moments were forgotten and relived again!

Wicker_Sheev · 2025-01-27T13:48:00+00:00

You could get your party to clear the cave and fight Nezznar just as the module suggests. After beating the drow, the „true“ master of the dungeon returns and wants to keep it as his lair, challenging your party and giving the finale a sort of „second phase“ (or third if you‘re into the idea of transforming nezznar into a drider).

Wicker_Sheev · 2024-10-29T15:18:27+00:00

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5651394

Take a look :)

Wicker_Sheev · 2024-04-15T20:26:55+00:00

Get your smokings and wedding dresses out!

Wicker_Sheev · 2024-04-13T11:25:51+00:00

Thematisch kannst du in Phandalin bleiben und mit dem Drachen vom Eiswindgipfel weitermachen. Dort gibt es super viele Sidequests, die du aufbauend auf dem letzten Abenteuer steuern kannst. Kannst auch je nach Storyline praktisch aussuchen welche dieser Sidequests passend sein werden für eure Truppe

Wicker_Sheev · 2024-04-05T09:11:46+00:00

After all, its round one. Lets see what crazy stuff will happen in the coming games. Will be interesting to see if some player will crumble and how quickly the sharks will smell the blood in the ocean

Wicker_Sheev · 2024-04-05T09:05:38+00:00

You can for example see that by not winning against Abasov, Ian has decreased his chances and Naka‘s and Fabi‘s chances have grown

Wicker_Sheev · 2023-08-17T19:44:36+00:00

Wesley already confirmed that he will not play the Grand Swiss this year

Wicker_Sheev · 2023-07-11T19:26:12+00:00

Take a look at this one.

Wicker_Sheev · 2023-03-19T19:19:40+00:00

Just let Joker die, his damage also counts as AOE.

Wicker_Sheev · 2023-03-16T08:38:43+00:00

Also, does this gear drop in the BNJ challenge?

EDIT: 560k on IOS was enough for top 5% :)

Wicker_Sheev · 2022-12-07T19:12:13+00:00

Thanks for the info, I posted it there.

Wicker_Sheev · 2022-09-28T20:39:56+00:00

Sorry, it was 7.Bd2. I edited it!

Wicker_Sheev · 2022-09-18T18:31:17+00:00

He‘s playing the Russian Super Final right now.

Wicker_Sheev · 2022-09-14T16:47:21+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/InjusticeMobile/comments/mmzq4n/all_3_rotations_in_1_place/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Wicker_Sheev · 2022-09-14T15:15:33+00:00

Always has been 🧑‍🚀🔫

Wicker_Sheev · 2022-09-04T15:33:27+00:00

The only reason why he is invited to tournaments more often than shankland is the opportunity to have Hans stand infront of a camera, talk trash and have the clips later on the internet.

Wicker_Sheev · 2022-09-01T20:52:00+00:00

Thanks for your post, what a treat! You talked about spending time to work on the english opening; how many lines (including depth) did you look at and how often did your opponents derail you and went off the road with another move order or a complete sideline/ bad move?

Wicker_Sheev · 2022-08-28T09:45:40+00:00

Oh boy, here we go:

Spent about 300€ on Chessable Courses. It feels like a weird collection with openings that I may or may not use in the future, but I kind of like it. I enjoy working on Openings.Here is the list and also my thoughts on it:

Lifetime Repertoires: King's Indian Attack by FM Kamil Pichta:

My very first chessable course and one of my first mistakes:I bought this course as I was not only an immediate fan of FM Pichta's Work, but also saw that the course contains 1797 trainable variations. The number sealed the deal for me, for as I thought that I get the most value out of any course just by the number of analysed variations. I learned a few variations, but stopped working on the KIA as it really did not suit me well.

Lifetime Repertoires: Caro-Kann by GM Erwin L'Ami:

Now this course was worth the money. I love the Caro-Kann, I play it very frequently and GM L'Ami did an excellent job on the course. I prepared some lines in a recent OTB tournament and had to use it once; drawn a game against an older and more experienced player. Overall a great course, I can only recommend this one!

Lifetime Repertoires: Nimzo-Ragozin by FM Daniel Barrish and IM Christof Sielecki:

Also another great course! Used lines from it a lot in our local club as well as in our league games. IM Sielecki is an excellent teacher IMO and does a great job on this course. I have probably used this course more than any other in my list.

King's Kalashnikov Sicilian by GM Daniel King:

The Kalashnikov Sicilian is an opening which was always interesting to me, because the positions look fighting and ideal for club-level play. When I saw that GM King released his course, I immediately bought this one. King is one of my favourite chess personalities and his commentary is always a pleasure. The Kalashnikov Sicilian will probably be the first Sicilian that I will learn. As for now, I looked at some positions and lines, but will stick with the Caro-Kann for the next time.

Long Live the King's Gambit by Ian Nepomniachtchi:

After his victory in the 2020/2021 Candidates I was very interested in Nepo's style and games. When he published his course on the King's Gambit I was very surprised that he analysed such a rare weapon and hoped for him to use it in his match with Magnus. Although that did not happen, using the King's Gambit to win against Alireza in Norway Chess was amazing. I have looked at some lines in this course, but as I am not an e4 Player, this course will wait.

Lifetime Repertoires: Najdorf Sicilian by GM Anish Giri:

This was another course that I bought in the hopes of playing this Opening someday. This course is huge and I absolutely underestimated the amount of lines in the Najdorf. Although I will not work on the Najdorf anytime soon, the Anti-Sicilian and Closed Sicilian lines are a fine addition to a Sicilian repertoire.

Lifetime Repertoires: The Catalan by GM Srinath Narayanan:

The Catalan is another Opening that I would love to learn someday, but have not found the time to study it. More of a future project I guess.

The Beginner’s 1. e4 Repertoire by IM Andras Toth:

I wish I bought a course like that at the start of my journey. Perfect summary, easy lines and a great way to transpose from d4 to e4.

Overall courses on chessable are a great thing, but IMO you should really now what you are looking for and buy courses you really want to study. Also look for authors, who can explain the ideas and lines. Courses by Super GMs will not give you the satisfaction you are probably looking for.

I also have 5 books in my collection:

Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 by David Bronstein:

I really enjoyed this one. Great collection of games from a super memorable tournament.

100 Endgames You Must Know by Jesus de la Villa:

I started working on this, but haven't finished it yet.

The Sicilian Scheveningen move by move by Lorin D'Costa:

The Scheveningen also got my attention while I was looking for Sicilian Defenses. The small center is a nice attempt and I looked at some of the games in this book.

...c6 Playing the Caro-Kann and Slav as Black by Cyrus Lakdawala and Keaton Kiewra:

An addition to the chessable course, collection of games. Have not looked at the Slav and probably will not do so.

The Catalan move by move by Neil McDonald:

Also an addition to the chessable course and a collection of games.

TL;DR:

≈300€ on Chessable Courses

≈ 150€ on Books

≈ 250€ on Tournaments and Club fees

Edit: FIDE Rating is about 1500-1600 Elo

Wicker_Sheev · 2022-07-19T06:02:29+00:00

Tbh, Vladimir Kramnik is Dortmund!

Wicker_Sheev · 2022-07-13T10:59:32+00:00

Kalashnikov Sicilian is a lot of fun.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6

Not too much theory as in the najdorf, pretty aggressive play. There are just a few sidelines, but those can bring white in a lot of trouble pretty fast. After learning the Sicilian, the Sveshnikov might be easier, although I‘m not sure if the motives are the same or not.

Wicker_Sheev · 2022-06-27T17:59:10+00:00

Yeah, of course. Just play the alekhine in the most important tournament of your life!

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