Here’s Flannigan’s recap of the event:
Low pulls out his back pack and activates ALL his explosives for 12 seconds and jumps on Vader in a wookie rage, summoning all his primal strength while calling upon the Force to aid him in his last seconds of life in this world. The power of his wookie rage is enough to even stun Vader.
Hoodan, still succumbing to the sadness of his clan’s slaughter, and haunted by the partial guilt he shared in the events leading to their deaths, sees one of the most dear people to him (still alive) willingly sacrificing his life for his and other’s welfare. This moves him to act without thinking, but through feeling. He jumps into the fray trying to lend to the pinning of Vader to the ground. We will never know whether it was the nightmare guilt of another close friend dying before his eyes that caused him to act so rashly. Was it that he refused to live with any more personal death? Was it the fear of such a weight??? Or maybe he was inspired by his friend to live one last glorious moment of excellence. To spit in death’s very face and laugh at perdition’s flames as they closed in upon him. And truly, do his motives matter? The actions of a man in such moments of crisis define him. Not the fleeting thoughts which exist in the shadow of such actions.
11 seconds…
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Vader lays down at the last moment. As if surrendering to something? Reaching out to something? What are the last thoughts of this dark figure?
1 second…
Lowfryyka looks into the eyes of his prey, his victim, knowing that though his people have suffered, and he may have fallen from grace with them, at this moment he speaks for them against the very darkness which seems to be crossing the galaxy. He whispers something in wookie?
Was he speaking to Vader?
Was it to himself?
To the friend at his side?
What words passed between this noble warrior and this legendary anti-hero?
Only Hoodan, Vader and Low would know…
0.
A flash of light expands out in a tight ball 4 meters wide. Then a wave of heat pours over the party. A blast of force knocking the air from their chests. At least those still breathing.
Their eyes clear.
There is nothing but a smoldering crater where death warred with life.
Yeah. Star Wars rocks.
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That was awesome. An excellent way to go out.
Thanks. Much better than a bad die roll.
I think the only person who has ever died from a bad die roll in one of my games was an NPC Imperial officer. As I recall, he made two nat 20 saving throws to avoid some explosives, and then crit fumbled his attack roll with a grenade. Very sad.
I’ve lost both my arms because of bad rolls.
1, 2, and a 1 in perfect order.
It was only fitting for the Wookie and the Sakiyan to go down together.
I thought that was really cool. I was actually surprised. If you hadn’t held on, I wouldn’t have been able to re-grapple for the last 6 seconds.
Life debt repaid?
in full