04-05-2003, 05:44 AM
D2X: Worldstone Keep, werebear druid with major life. I'd just waypointed in when I got an IM. Flipped to chat a moment, flipped back... got to watch fuzzy die to lightning. Oops.
D1: First time playing the game (at a friend's house), and I'm doing quite well. Down in one of the Caves levels (or just entering Hell, I forget which) my rogue gets beat up pretty badly by a pack of Balrogs, so I flee back up the stairs. No potions left, out of mana and nearly out of life, I swap her bow for a staff of town portal so I can restock.
Next thing I near is the rogue's death scream.
I could only stare in shock at the red screen for a few moments before realization dawned: the bow was some kind of bow of the stars (or similar +all affix). When I switched out the weapon, I lost all the extra hitpoints that were keeping me alive.
I was killed by my own haste.
D1: First time playing the game (at a friend's house), and I'm doing quite well. Down in one of the Caves levels (or just entering Hell, I forget which) my rogue gets beat up pretty badly by a pack of Balrogs, so I flee back up the stairs. No potions left, out of mana and nearly out of life, I swap her bow for a staff of town portal so I can restock.
Next thing I near is the rogue's death scream.
I could only stare in shock at the red screen for a few moments before realization dawned: the bow was some kind of bow of the stars (or similar +all affix). When I switched out the weapon, I lost all the extra hitpoints that were keeping me alive.
I was killed by my own haste.