I got fairly nommed on clearing myself out some space so I took some time off to read. First a moose came and Kicked the crap out of me while I was reading, then I ate smoke while cooking (note to self… stand 1 step away) and carked it frantically searching for bandages.
I was beaten to death by a hostile NPC as my dog and two pet blobs watched. I wouldn’t have lost, had I not taken so much torso damage while trying to siphon gas for my working semi truck.
I wanted to try the hardcore trait, and I had made it halfway through summer, until a friggin moose came out of the woodworks, and dumb me thought that I could handle it with a long bow, but it tanked it and killed me in a few hits.
I decided to do something really smart because I was bored. I made a hobo who had 4 in everything but strength and dexterity. Strength was 10 and dexterity was 6. I had High Adrenaline, Addictive Personality, Forgetful, Poor Hearing, Heavy Sleeper, Trigger Happy, and Ugly. I then proceeded to stack everything on melee. His name was random, and I never took the time to look at it, but fortunately I found him in the memorial files. His name was Logan Peterson.
So Peterson fought some zombies, but he wasn’t really as good as I hoped so I looked for a getaway. I found an electric car. I wanted to see if he could drive said car. Peterson did many U turns, smashing zombies. He was going at speeds of 500 KPH, poor old Peterson didn’t even remember his seat belt, let alone notice the forest directly ahead, and skidded towards it at speeds too large to be counted on his hands! He was flung from the seat, slamming into the door on his way out and right into a tree. Peterson was barely alive and it looked as if he was going to make it, but unfortunately for him, [glow=red,2,300][size=12pt]gravity.[/size][/glow]
He landed right on his chest, breaking his already broken heart.
His last thoughts were “I could use a drink”.
I cannot stop laughing right now.
You win two internetz, three cookies and a none!
I was naked and high on cocaine, running through the streets punching zombies with my beginner karate style. I died from smoke inhalation.
Hardcore trait, static & classic (can’t play without it now) and finally having a really nice run after a couple months. Found a cabin in the woods, cleaned it up and was in the process of fencing it while doing exploration runs for salt and salt water mostly, in preparation for winter. All in all, life was good, and looking better everyday…
…Until I woke up one night impaled on my bed…A moose actually came charging through the house and impaling me on my bed before I could even blink. Guess it was mating season or something…I literally stayed still looking at my screen and the log, going “What the fuck…” for 5 minutes then bursting into laughs.
Since then, I NEVER, EVER go without animal empathy, and don’t take heavy sleeper anymore! 
Edit:
Well, think I just topped my “stupidest death ever” mark…
Found a couple of dynamite sticks in military drop crates while exploring and figured they’d be perfect to take on that school I saw previously, which was packed to hilt with kids and teachers…
So I went, spent some time trying to round them up proper,lit the fuse, threw the stick and ran like crazy around the building corner, waiting for the boom…
…only to blow up. I threw the WRONG damn stick, the unlit one!!
i died in a flaming slime pit. if you want to read the whole story go to the graveyard thread it’s there.
My last death in a legitimate game of cataclysm where I wasn’t just conducting 2##SCIENCE## with mininukes and trucks involved me finding an RV with an engine and gas, and running into a wasp nest with it, then getting chased down by munchkin dead guys, then exploding myself with the missile launcher I had found earlier.
Eyed some military gear out in a clearing. With mp3 blasting, calmly walked up and wasted 4 zombie with an unsilenced magnum. I saw the zombie swarm forming, but kept the faith in the .44, grabbed the gear and walked 10 agonizing steps before dying off.
First real encounter with spores. I had the fungal infection, flu, and was going through cocaine withdrawal, so all in all, a quality situation to have. After managing to keep full for longer than five minutes, and getting to sleep, I woke up, threw up spores, they turned into fungaloids, my stats were something like 0-0-0-0, and I got swarmed by them, and died. I promptly updated.
[quote=“wonderwhale, post:564, topic:339”]I decided to do something really smart because I was bored. I made a hobo who had 4 in everything but strength and dexterity. Strength was 10 and dexterity was 6. I had High Adrenaline, Addictive Personality, Forgetful, Poor Hearing, Heavy Sleeper, Trigger Happy, and Ugly. I then proceeded to stack everything on melee. His name was random, and I never took the time to look at it, but fortunately I found him in the memorial files. His name was Logan Peterson.
So Peterson fought some zombies, but he wasn’t really as good as I hoped so I looked for a getaway. I found an electric car. I wanted to see if he could drive said car. Peterson did many U turns, smashing zombies. He was going at speeds of 500 KPH, poor old Peterson didn’t even remember his seat belt, let alone notice the forest directly ahead, and skidded towards it at speeds too large to be counted on his hands! He was flung from the seat, slamming into the door on his way out and right into a tree. Peterson was barely alive and it looked as if he was going to make it, but unfortunately for him, [glow=red,2,300][size=12pt]gravity.[/size][/glow]
He landed right on his chest, breaking his already broken heart.
His last thoughts were “I could use a drink”.[/quote]
Awesome write up.
Note to self Don’t drive too fast.
Day 34, Just completed my Nodachi, and the first room of my Cabin in the woods by a water source. Was walking through a swamp to find some food. Fell in a sinkhole. No rope 
Suicide!
Thats brutal…
Can you see sinkholes?
Thats brutal…
Can you see sinkholes?[/quote]
10 PE, yeah. Might be able to do it with 8-9 and no Eye encumbrance.
My last death was a melee hobo. I had seen a hulk while exploring my starting city, so I ran back to my stash to see if I had anything suitable to take it out. I found a LAW, and decided to try it for the first time.
I hit the hulk dead on, got some kind of miss message, and was then mercilessly beaten to death.
In retrospect, it probably wasn’t the best enemy to test the LAW on for the first time, but at the same time I wanted to update… So good enough.
Thats brutal…
Can you see sinkholes?[/quote]
10 PE, yeah. Might be able to do it with 8-9 and no Eye encumbrance.[/quote]
Wow…
If i go anywhere near a swamp, i’m bringing a rope.
[quote=“Conanthecanadian, post:576, topic:339”]My last death was a melee hobo. I had seen a hulk while exploring my starting city, so I ran back to my stash to see if I had anything suitable to take it out. I found a LAW, and decided to try it for the first time.
I hit the hulk dead on, got some kind of miss message, and was then mercilessly beaten to death.
In retrospect, it probably wasn’t the best enemy to test the LAW on for the first time, but at the same time I wanted to update… So good enough.[/quote]
hhahaha!
damn bro…
atleast a cop zombie didn’t kill you while you fired the law.
Had enough Perception. Wearing Gas Mask though 
Yeah, Eye encumbrance decreases your PE for trap-spotting purposes.