History DyingMomentOfAwesome / TabletopGames

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* Dwarven Troll Slayers in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' are dwarfs that feel they are so irrereemably dishonoured, that they go in search of one of these by finding the biggest and scariest monster they can find, (most often trolls, hence the name), and fighting it to the death. Most succeed at this, but a few screw it up by winning, and are forced to find something even bigger and nastier to fight. There are a few Slayers that suck so hard at it that they're among the toughest and most skilled fighters in the game. The PrestigeClass for surviving Troll Slayers is ''Giant'' Slayers.
** Part of the slayer oath is atonement by destroying threats to the Dwarf race, not just by getting killed. If death were the point, they could just jump off a cliff. They have to take as many evil monsters with them as they can.
*** Also, the Oath is that they must die 1) In battle and 2) In a fair fight, meaning that they can't throw the fight.
** There are even PrestigeClass' for those that survive being a Giant Slayer- Dragon Slayer and ''Daemon'' Slayer. Consider that in this setting "killing" a daemon just banishes it, and it seems unfair that [[Literature/GotrekAndFelix the only Slayer]] since (the god) Grimnir who may have actually ''killed'' a Greater Daemon doesn't merit a mention on this page. He's still alive... He ends up replacing Grimnir as he is too badass to die.

* TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering: It is [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=128949 Radha's]] [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=124748 greatest desire]] to [[GreatWayToGo die an incredibly epic death]].
** [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=9856 Barrin]] knew how to [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=23098 go out with a bang]].
** Though it was ultimately futile, [[https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/magic-story/hour-glory-2017-06-21 Rhonas, god of strength, went out like a champ.]]
-->'''Rhonas''': [[AC:Death to the God-Pharaoh, foul trespasser and destroyer!]]
* The legendary FanFic/OldManHenderson, a CrazyIsCool [[OffTheRails plot derailer]] PC in ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', who was created specifically to piss off a crappy GM, finally died by blowing himself up and [[spoiler:PERMANENTLY KILLING [[EldritchAbomination HASTUR]].]]
** Though this is something of a subversion, as Old Man Henderson wound up being reincarnated after personally speaking with the entity he had slain. Which is a [[SugarWiki/MomentofAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in and of itself, as Hastur is to a human what a human is to a dust mite, if that.
* [[TabletopGame/DungeonsandDragons Dungeons and Dragons]] has had these built in since its inception, but special mention goes to [[TabletopGame/LegendoftheFiveRings Oriental Adventures]] for having a spell that allows one to gain a ridiculous combat buff - the only downside being that when the spell runs out, the user in question disintegrates, making them extremely difficult, if not impossible, to resurrect.
* ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'':
** One version of the metaplot's future has the entire Order of Hermes go out in a [[LastStand massive magical battle]] against the forces of evil. The Order is wiped out and Earth is engulfed by Hell, but if the [=PCs=] did it right, the Order's [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice]] leads to [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture a glimmer of hope]].
** The historical version of the game, ''Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade'' has the tale of artillery commander Roland Hoffmann. See TakingYouWithMe and [[Quotes/TakingYouWithMe its Quotes page]].
* [[TabletopGame/YuGiOh Yu-Gi-Oh]] has Chaos Emperor Dragon, it's effect allows to do the equivalent of destroying the universe taking itself down and damaging the opponent for each card it destroys.

* The legendary FanFic/OldManHenderson, a CrazyAwesome [[OffTheRails plot derailer]] PC in ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', who was created specifically to piss off a crappy GM, finally died by blowing himself up and [[spoiler:PERMANENTLY KILLING [[EldritchAbomination HASTUR]].]]

** There are even PrestigeClass' for those that survive being a Giant Slayer- Dragon Slayer and ''Daemon'' Slayer. Consider that in this setting "killing" a daemon just banishes it, and it seems unfair that [[Literature/GotrekAndFelix the only Slayer]] since (the god) Grimnir who may have actually ''killed'' a Greater Daemon doesn't merit a mention on this page. He's still alive... He ends up replacing Grimnir as he is to badass to die.

* The legendary FanFic/OldManHenderson, a CrazyAwesome [[OffTheRails plot derailer]] PC in ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', who was created specifically to piss off a crappy GM, finally died by blowing himself up and [[spoiler:PERMANENTLY KILLING HASTUR.]]

* MagicTheGathering: It is [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=128949 Radha's]] [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=124748 greatest desire]] to [[GreatWayToGo die an incredibly epic death]].

** Though this is something of a subversion, as Old Man Henderson wound up being reincarnated after personally speaking with the entity he had slain. Which is a [[CrowningMomentofAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in and of itself, as Hastur is to a human what a human is to a dust mite, if that.

* ''TabletopGame/MagetheAscension'':

* ''TabletopGame/MagetheAscension'' has the entire Order of Hermes go out in a [[LastStand massive magical battle]] against the forces of evil. The Order is wiped out and Earth is engulfed by Hell, but if the [=PCs=] did it right, the Order's [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice]] leads to [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture a glimmer of hope]].

** The last stand of Ultramar is another awesome one. 100 Ultramarines pitted against [[HordeOfAlienLocusts a full Tyranid hive fleet]] in 24 hours of solid, bloody combat. When the last Ultramarine died, just as re-enforcements arrived, the ground of the Ultramarines fortress monastery was that thick with Tyranid corpses that almost the entire complex was buried. Damn, say what you will about Ward's love of the [[CreatorsPet Ultramarines]], that is {{badass}}.

** And then there's the Ork Warlord Tuska, whose Waaaaagh came to a bloody end on a Khornate Daemon world in the Eye of Terror. When a Daemon Prince crushed his Weirdboyz with a single gesture, Tuska used the last of his strength to reach up between the Daemon's legs with his [[PowerFist Power Klaw]] and [[GroinAttack made a gesture of his own]].

* The legendary FanFic/OldManHenderson, a CrazyAwesome [[OffTheRails plot derailer]] PC in ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', who was created specifically to piss off a crappy GM, finally died by blowing himself up and [[spoiler:KILLING HASTUR. PERMANENTLY.]]

* The legendary FanFic/OldManHenderson, a CrazyAwesome [[OffTheRails plot derailer]] PC in ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', who was created specifically to piss off a crappy GM, finally died by blowing himself up and [[spoiler:KILLING HASTUR.]]

* ''{{Warhammer 40k}}'' has no lack of these, perhaps the most obvious goes collectively to the entire the Astral Knights chapter of the SpaceMarines, an otherwise unknown and unmentioned chapter. The Imperial forces fought the World Engine, a planet-sized Necron spacecraft that had annihilated 1/3 of a battlefleet without anything they did as much as breaching its shields - [[{{wavemotiongun}} laser batteries]], boarding crafts, teleport beams, you name it. The Astral Knights' Chapter Master eventually decided on trying to reach it by ramming through its shields with his battle barge, the flagship of the chapter's fleet. That finally got them close, and he and every available marine got in the drop pods, went to the surface to the ship, and for 100 hours fought against tens of thousands of Necron warriors, wrecking any control node, generator, or any possibly important piece of scenery they came across. Finally, when the space marines were whittled down to the Master himself and five other marines, they detonated thermal charges which brought down a massive tomb complex containing many of the Necron command arrays. That finally brought the World Engine's shields down, allowing the fleet to take it down with [[EarthShatteringKaboom cyclonic torpedoes]]. [[MacrossMissileMassacre Lots]] of [[EarthShatteringKaboom cyclonic torpedoes]].

** Ollanius Pius. During the climax of the HorusHeresy, Horus was triumphant in a battle against the Emperor. Just before Horus dealt the final blow, Ollanius, a random Imperial Guardsman, stepped in the way. To reiterate, Horus at the time was practically a [[PhysicalGod physical demi-god]] who was being used as a receptacle for ruinous powers of ridiculous might, while Ollanius was a [[PunyEarthlings basic human trooper]], the same as the ones who [[RedShirtArmy die in their millions]] every day defending the worlds of the Imperium. Ollanius stood ''absolutely no chance'' against a being of this power, and still had the balls to stand up to him rather than let the Emperor die. [[MoralEventHorizon Horus flayed him alive with a simple look]], [[HeroicSacrifice but it led to the Emperor re-doubling his efforts and defeating Horus]]. Sadly, Ollanius has since been [[RetCon ret-conned]] out of official lore, replaced by a nameless Adeptus Custodes. In the new Heresy novels, he's back.

** There are even PrestigeClass' for those that survive being a Giant Slayer- Dragon Slayer and ''Daemon'' Slayer. Consider that in this setting "killing" a daemon just banishes it, and it seems unfair that [[GotrekAndFelix the only Slayer]] since (the god) Grimnir who may have actually ''killed'' a Greater Daemon doesn't merit a mention on this page. He's still alive... He ends up replacing Grimnir as he is to badass to die.

** There are even PrestigeClass' for those that survive being a Giant Slayer- Dragon Slayer and ''Daemon'' Slayer. Consider that in this setting "killing" a daemon just banishes it, and it seems unfair that [[GotrekAndFelix the only Slayer]] since (the god) Grimnir who may have actually ''killed'' a Greater Daemon doesn't merit a mention on this page. He's still alive...

* The legendary [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Old_Man_Henderson Old Man Henderson,]] a CrazyAwesome [[OffTheRails plot derailer]] PC in ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', who was created specifically to piss off a crappy GM, finally died by blowing himself up and [[spoiler:KILLING HASTUR.]]

** And rather more interesting than just a simple Guardsman...