# How did you last die?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [March 4, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339 "2013-03-04T21:53:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Pthalocy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1621 "2015-06-24T01:01:57Z")

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![](http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/terminal01/2011/10/20/16/flying-winged-bears-with-frickin-laser-beams-comi-1217-1319142802-1.jpg)

Well. More or less. Less Z-levels maybe. God damn bears.

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**Author:** ![Taraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@Taraq](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Taraq)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1622 "2015-06-24T03:54:00Z")

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> [@prytoclasm](#):
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> Died by C4 explosion … wanted to break a wall, armed the C4, dropped the wrong one … this feels so … STUPID!

Happened to my char a while ago. I meant to have a drink, pulled the pin on a grenade. A hulk heard it, and…

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**Author:** ![Dodging\_Rain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dodging_rain/32/1202_2.png) [@Dodging\_Rain](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dodging_Rain)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1623 "2015-06-25T03:32:51Z")

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A newly created character in a old world that another is still living in. Was running away from a swarm of zombies and was nearly dead on the head slot. Manage to find a garage and was using the wench to close the door so the zombies won’t get in but I wasn’t paying attention where I was standing and the door landed on my head.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1624 "2015-06-25T04:50:20Z")

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Steel rain. You can’t dodge it. owo

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**Author:** ![troll\_from\_behind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@troll\_from\_behind](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/troll_from_behind)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1625 "2015-06-25T07:25:59Z")

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Crushing things with doors sure brings back old memories from Dungeon Master.  
Wonder how lethal that door is, would it off shoggoth?

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**Author:** ![Nioca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nioca/32/331_2.png) [@Nioca](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Nioca)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1626 "2015-06-28T17:23:28Z")

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Lately, my last 11(!) characters have all died due to some combination of either head damage now getting multiplied and/or Smoker Zombies. Sometimes both.

Has anyone else found the new Head damage to be ridiculously lethal? I keep dying simply because some higher-end enemy and/or NPC and/or group of zombies lands one lucky hit. With high-end enemies, it seems to be lights out right then and there; with low-end enemies, the head hit seems to turn into a death spiral you can’t pull out of unless there’s no other enemies nearby.

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**Author:** ![Dlightfull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@Dlightfull](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dlightfull)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1627 "2015-06-28T19:06:17Z")

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[quote=“Nioca, post:1626, topic:339”]Lately, my last 11(!) characters have all died due to some combination of either head damage now getting multiplied and/or Smoker Zombies. Sometimes both.

Has anyone else found the new Head damage to be ridiculously lethal? I keep dying simply because some higher-end enemy and/or NPC and/or group of zombies lands one lucky hit. With high-end enemies, it seems to be lights out right then and there; with low-end enemies, the head hit seems to turn into a death spiral you can’t pull out of unless there’s no other enemies nearby.[/quote]

do you have some decent headgear? It’s one of the priorities for all my survivors. Until i have that, i try to avoid melee combat. Smoker zombies are total pushovers once you get a filter mask or better.

Edit: i try to make/loot a heavy survivor helmet and pad it with kevlar and leather, and ofcourse reinforcing it, thus protecting me from 61 bash and 72 cut damage. Almost as good as a power armor helmet 🙂

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**Author:** ![Rot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rot/32/454_2.png) [@Rot](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rot)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1628 "2015-06-30T05:39:13Z")

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[quote=“Dlightfull, post:1627, topic:339”][quote=“Nioca, post:1626, topic:339”]Lately, my last 11(!) characters have all died due to some combination of either head damage now getting multiplied and/or Smoker Zombies. Sometimes both.

Has anyone else found the new Head damage to be ridiculously lethal? I keep dying simply because some higher-end enemy and/or NPC and/or group of zombies lands one lucky hit. With high-end enemies, it seems to be lights out right then and there; with low-end enemies, the head hit seems to turn into a death spiral you can’t pull out of unless there’s no other enemies nearby.[/quote]

do you have some decent headgear? It’s one of the priorities for all my survivors. Until i have that, i try to avoid melee combat. Smoker zombies are total pushovers once you get a filter mask or better.

Edit: i try to make/loot a heavy survivor helmet and pad it with kevlar and leather, and ofcourse reinforcing it, thus protecting me from 61 bash and 72 cut damage. Almost as good as a power armor helmet :)[/quote]

Does head encumbrance even do anything or have any negative effects?

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**Author:** ![Pthalocy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1629 "2015-06-30T05:49:59Z")

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I think it just limits you from wearing like five helmets, honestly. Mouth encumbrance however, will slow you down.

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1630 "2015-06-30T05:57:00Z")

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Yeah, head encumbrance is just a limiter on how many hats you can wear at a time.

My last death? Stung to death by a giant wasp in the middle of a field. It stabbed me in the eyes until I collapsed from pain and had to just lay there and take it.

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**Author:** ![troll\_from\_behind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@troll\_from\_behind](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/troll_from_behind)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1631 "2015-06-30T13:38:45Z")

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Death by snusnu in gas stations restroom.  
By hulk and brute.  
All the ammo I could need, but no time to reload.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1632 "2015-06-30T15:00:58Z")

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[quote=“troll from behind, post:1631, topic:339”]Death by snusnu in gas stations restroom.  
By hulk and brute.  
All the ammo I could need, but no time to reload.[/quote]

Whacha gonna do, brotheeer, when Hulkamania runs wild over you?

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1633 "2015-07-01T02:49:09Z")

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Dick surges killed me.

 ![](http://i.imgur.com/CtGDRJI.png?1)

Best name ever.

Not even joking, i was going to show you guys and then got hit by a pretty accurate shot.

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**Author:** ![Random\_dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Random\_dragon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Random_dragon)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1634 "2015-07-01T02:51:55Z")

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Well he was indeed a dick, I’m guessing.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1635 "2015-07-01T02:53:06Z")

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You could say that he surged from nowhere and opened a whole in me.

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**Author:** ![Rot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rot/32/454_2.png) [@Rot](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rot)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1636 "2015-07-01T18:37:36Z")

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I’ve actually been quite fortunate lately. The only time I remember me actually dying was when I was starting out or relatively stupid accidents that were completely avoidable. (Use teleporters and have a chunk of royal jelly when trying to escape the labs, kids.)

I usually get my characters to seriously OP levels then just get bored because nothing’s a challenge.

Though I am currently occupied with the new version and me making a pimped out motorcycle in which to roll around the cataclysms with.

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**Author:** ![Codeslamer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/codeslamer/32/3433_2.png) [@Codeslamer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Codeslamer)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1637 "2015-07-02T21:00:37Z")

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Survived in one of those small (3 building) villages and managed to get every food supply there and use them up within 2 days. I needed to find more so I started going up a road in search of something. I found an electric sports car and drove that until I found a mansion and decided that I would either die anyway or try and find something in there. I went in and was doing really well. I had searched everything and got quite a few supplies and tried getting out. There were a lot of zombies and the only exit was a window. I ran towards it but ran out of stamina and slowly walked as the zombies got closer. I got about 4 tiles away from the window when a zombie grabbed me and 2 of his friends gave me a royal beating. So close, yet so far.

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**Author:** ![Dlightfull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@Dlightfull](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dlightfull)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1638 "2015-07-03T11:42:11Z")

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in those 2 days you could’ve easily train your archery to about 3 and get to that mansion prepared with a bow and some arrows (usually 40 is enough, maybe 60) which would’ve allowed you to claim that mansion for yourself, since there are usually only regular zombies there.

The scariest thing i have seen in a mansion was a zombie soldier and that one is as easily killable with a bow as regular zombies.

The bow would’ve allowed you to hunt too. The bow is an awesome weapon, completely silent too. With 6-7 skill in bow and marksmanship, you can kill even hulks and brutes with a bow and clearing that mansion would’ve probably get you close to these numbers.

All praise the bow.

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**Author:** ![Valpo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/valpo/32/341_2.png) [@Valpo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Valpo)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1639 "2015-07-03T18:05:09Z")

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Got kicked into a river by a hulk and drowned.

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**Author:** ![Dishonored\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Dishonored\_Archer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dishonored_Archer)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-did-you-last-die/339/1640 "2015-07-03T19:03:01Z")

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> [@Valpo](#):
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> Got kicked into a river by a hulk and drowned.

THIS. IS. (insert your world name here.) _kicks_

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