c/reroll-recovery-club

The night I rolled 4 natural 1s in a row and turned it into a party trick

Back when I first started D&D, I thought a bad session meant the game was ruined. Then last month during a boss fight in Phandalin, my bard rolled 4 nat 1s in a row trying to charm a dragon. Instead of getting mad, I leaned into it and had my guy accidentally challenge the dragon to a dance-off, which the whole table loved and we still joke about it. Anyone else got a story where a terrible roll made the game way more fun?

Spent 6 hours trying to fix a character sheet that only needed 15 minutes of work

Told my pal his dice jail was silly... until I had a d20 that rolled 4 ones in a row

I kept making fun of my buddy for having a little cardboard box labeled 'dice jail' for his bad rollers. Then last session my trusty blue d20 rolled four natural ones during a boss fight and I threw it across the room. Has anyone else had a dice that just turned on you out of nowhere?

Vent: That one D&D session where I rolled nothing above a 6 for 3 hours straight

Last Saturday I sat down for a big boss fight with my level 5 rogue. First attack roll I got a 2, then a 3, then a 1 on my sneak attack damage. The whole party watched me fail to hit a single goblin for three rounds while the wizard was fireballing everything. I ended up using my action to throw a torch at a oil slick and lit up three enemies by accident, which turned into the funniest moment of the session. Has anyone else had a streak so bad they just gave up on rolling and started doing weird environmental stuff?

Just found out the DM fudging dice rolls actually ruins the tension

My group let the DM secretly reroll our crit fails for 6 sessions and the game felt flat, so I asked him to stop and now those failed lockpicks lead to a hilarious chase through a sewer.

A DM at the shop told me my nat 1 roleplay was 'too realistic' and it hit different

I was running a session last Friday where my half-orc barbarian fumbled a grapple check on a goblin and ended up hugging a fire pit instead. The DM pulled me aside after and said my description of the panicked flailing was so good it made everyone forget the combat was a disaster. Has anyone else had a bad roll turn into a better story moment than the good ones?

Almost rage quit D&D after my wizard failed three spell saves in a row

Last Friday night I was playing my level 5 wizard and we were facing this big ooze monster. I rolled a 2, then a 1, then another 2 trying to get a saving throw. My DM just looked at me with this pity face. Instead of dying though, I grabbed a jar of lamp oil from my pack and threw it onto the ooze while our fighter lit it up. Turned into a huge fireball that actually made the fight way cooler than if my spells worked. Has anyone else had a string of failures that accidentally made a better story?

Noticed my dice rolls got worse after switching tables at our FLGS

I used to roll at the old oak table in the corner and hit decent numbers, but after we moved to the plastic fold-out table near the window last month, I've been crit-failing way more. I think the new table's surface is way harder and bouncier, so dice skitter instead of settling naturally. Has anyone else had their luck change just from swapping where they sit? It feels almost superstitious but the stats are brutal.

Fumbled a stealth check three years ago and my rogue became a town hero

Last month I finally realized that rolling a critical fail on sneaking into the mayor's office back in 2022 actually forced my party to negotiate with guards, which turned into a whole festival plot, so has anyone else had a terrible roll that completely changed your campaign's direction?

Heard a guy at my FLGS say "nat 1 roleplay should be a thing" and it stuck with me

I was at Dragon's Lair in Austin last Saturday picking up some minis, and this dude at the next table rolled three nat 1s in a row on perception checks. Instead of being mad, he roleplayed his character having a sudden headache and missing everything. My group usually just laughs off bad rolls, but I took that idea home and now our cleric has a "bad luck prayer" that she stumbles through on crit fails. Has anyone else tried giving their failed rolls a story twist like that?

That time I rolled three natural 1s in a row at a convention game in Indianapolis

Last summer I was at Gen Con running a one-shot for some randoms. My rogue tried to pick a lock on a treasure chest and rolled a nat 1. Then I tried to disarm the trap and got another nat 1. The DM laughed and said I could try to just open the chest carefully. I grabbed the dice, took a breath, and rolled a third straight 1. My character's hand got stuck in a jar of honey inside the chest and the goblins heard us. It turned into this whole chase scene where I had to swing from a chandelier with a jar on my hand. Has anyone else ever had a bad luck streak that actually made the session more memorable?

Rolled a nat 1 on a persuasion check to convince a guard I was his long lost cousin... and my DM made him actually believe it

Had a player roll 3 natural 1s in a row during a boss fight

I was DMing a D&D session last month and our rogue tried to pickpocket a key from a sleeping guard before a big fight. He rolled 1, 1, 1 and woke up the whole dungeon. Ended up turning it into a hilarious chase scene where he bribed the guard with a fake magic rock. Has anyone else turned a terrible streak into something fun?

The time a new player rolled three 1s in a row and refused to re-roll

I was running a game at my local shop last month and a new guy joined, he rolled three critical failures on his first three attacks in a combat. Instead of getting upset, he announced his character tripped and knocked over a bookshelf that landed on the boss, which actually gave us an opening. Has anyone else had a player turn a terrible streak into something that made the whole table cheer?

My paladin rolled four 1's in a row last night at the local game shop

I was running a Pathfinder session at Dragon's Den Comics downtown and my buddy's paladin needed to make a save against a banshee. He rolled four 1's in a row on d20s and failed so bad the whole party got cursed. We turned it into a side quest where a grumpy hag demanded he apologize to the banshee's ghost for failing so hard. Now he has to deliver a handmade apology letter to a haunted well by next session. Has anyone else ever turned a catastrophic fail streak into a whole adventure hook?

My Paladin had to choose between saving a town or his sacred armor

Last session, my level 5 Paladin had to pick between saving a burning orphanage and keeping his +1 plate armor that was about to get crushed by a collapsing support beam. I chose to dive in and save the kids, lost the armor entirely, but the DM let me roll a performance check to rally the townsfolk into rebuilding. Ended up rolling a natural 20 and got a new set of gear forged by the grateful blacksmith two weeks later. Has anyone else had a moment where losing something valuable made the story way better?

My 5 year old character died last week and it turned into the best session we ever had

I had this half-elf ranger I played every other Friday for 5 years. Last session a goblin rolled a nat 20 and dropped me from full health to dead in one hit. No death saves, no last words, just a goblin with a lucky spear. I sat there for a minute thinking about how to handle it. Instead of getting mad I handed my sheet to the DM and said use him as a villain now. The DM made my old character the ghost that haunts the next dungeon. Now my new character is a rogue who hates goblins and we got a whole revenge arc going. Has anyone else turned a cheap death into something cool for the group?

Spent $60 on a custom dice tray and then rolled 4 natural 1s in a row

The tray had a little felt dragon on the bottom and I bought it for the aesthetic, but my Wizard missed every spell in a boss fight because the dice gods were punishing me for overspending. Has anyone else had a good luck charm backfire that bad?

Spent 4 hours trying to fix a character sheet I messed up on level 3 - rolled a nat 1 on my own handwriting

I sat down with a fresh character sheet for my 5e rogue after accidentally smudging half the stats with my soda can, and it took me three separate tries and a call to my buddy Eric just to figure out where I wrote down my passive perception.

Chose to throw a torch instead of shooting my crossbow last night, the goblin shaman caught it and threw it back

Our whole plan went sideways because I picked the option with more dramatic flair and ended up setting the rogue's cloak on fire, but the shaman rolling a 1 to put himself out turned that chaos into our win - has anyone else had a bad choice saved by an even worse enemy roll?