I didn't die. Under stress of being a rules lawyer, I did have to lash out and say, "I'm trying to keep my character alive, dickhead." It was tense. I will eventually die soon, I ... think. E: One character need to use his single innate wish to save the party. I used all my major spells. The war battle is like only 1/3 through. We are all dead. One party I did play with this ref a long time ago all died in two rounds. We were Spongebob Squarepants under the sea in an aeiry bubble or whatever. A dragon turtle came upon us and demanded all our magic to live. I said, "We are a bunch of humans at the bottom of the sea. We are a heavy threat. Are you sure you want to do this?" Then my paladin friend said something like, "Let's just kill it." It breathed on us and killed everyone but the paladin. It killed the paladin on the second round. Literally, high-level, many year campaign over in two rounds from a wandering monster. True! AD&D Forever! E: Just want to add. My "heroic" feats during this massive war was correctly identifying a spot where an invisible major opponent was at and casting a simple Dispel Magic on it. It was super charged with like ten spells. I nullified something like seven of them. The ref said it by itself probably could have taken us all out if I didn't do it and get lucky. Also, a gate opened to the Nine Hells and some goofy dragon came out (among other things). I flew over to it and hit it with the 7th level Holy Word. No save except magic resistance. Poof, back to the Nine Hells it went, haha! "You ... cannot ... pass!"