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My son is legendary for his luck. I've said numerous times that it borders on the supernatural. He's a good player, too, and that can be a lethal combination. His luck is consistently better than mine, especially when it comes to his green dice; his evade reflexes are Jedi-like.

All that changed in our game last night. His squad:

Soontir/PTL

Bounty Hunter Firespray

Delta Defender/HLC

Mine:

Corran/VI/FCS

Etahn

2 Prototypes/Chardaan Refit

He starts off with his typically amazing evades: 11 attacks against the Defender (due to some range bonuses), and at least eight hits that I remember, resulted in two shields down. Sigh.

Several turns later, that luck evaporated in a horrific, hilarious way. I K-turned with Corran and Etahn behind the Firespray and started shooting. The first volley wiped out the shields. Next came Corran's double tap. This was my natural, Range 1 roll:

Crit. Crit. Crit. Hit. The hit, of course, was upgraded to a crit because of Etahn. His evades: Blank. Blank. That was "Massive Luck, The Movie."

Then came "Massive Luck, The Sequel." The crits:

Direct Hit. Direct Hit. Injured Pilot. Direct Hit.

Kablooey goes the Firespray.

First we stared at the red dice, then all over again at the crit cards. Simply mind-boggling. Having lost Soontir the previous turn, my son, realizing the Dice Gods were toying with him, conceded.

Sometimes it *is* better to be lucky than good.

(free EPT upgrade to everyone old enough -- or cool enough -- to get the headline reference)

My son is legendary for his luck. I've said numerous times that it borders on the supernatural. He's a good player, too, and that can be a lethal combination. His luck is consistently better than mine, especially when it comes to his green dice; his evade reflexes are Jedi-like.

All that changed in our game last night. His squad:

Soontir/PTL

Bounty Hunter Firespray

Delta Defender/HLC

Mine:

Corran/VI/FCS

Etahn

2 Prototypes/Chaardan Refit

He starts off with his typically amazing evades: 11 attacks against the Defender (due to some range bonuses), and at least eight hits that I remember, resulted in two shields down. Sigh.

Several turns later, that luck evaporated in a horrific, hilarious way. I K-turned with Corran and Etahn behind the Firespray and started shooting. The first volley wiped out the shields. Next came Corran's double tap. This was my natural, Range 1 roll:

Crit. Crit. Crit. Hit. The hit, of course, was upgraded to a crit because of Etahn. His evades: Blank. Blank. That was "Massive Luck, The Movie."

Then came "Massive Luck, The Sequel." The crits:

Direct Hit. Direct Hit. Injured Pilot. Direct Hit.

Kablooey goes the Firespray.

First we stared at the red dice, then all over again at the crit cards. Simply mind-boggling. Having lost Soontir the previous turn, my son, realizing the Dice Gods were toying with him, conceded.

Sometimes it *is* better to be lucky than good.

You forgot to mention that the BH blanked on his defense dice.

Actually, I did mention it, cement head: "His evades: Blank. Blank."

(No reporting me, please. This was a joke. tiefanatic is my son.)

lol yeah for some reason, (I'm looking at this on my phone) it doesn't show it on here. Weird.

Frank Sinatra for the reference in the title? Or am I missing something...I probably am.

TGM -- you got it! Take two free EPTs out of petty cash.

Any two?

Actually, I did mention it, cement head: "His evades: Blank. Blank."

(No reporting me, please. This was a joke. tiefanatic is my son.)

You have our commiserations.

Actually, I did mention it, cement head: "His evades: Blank. Blank."

(No reporting me, please. This was a joke. tiefanatic is my son.)

Darth Vader *cuts of Luke's hand* "It's a joke. Luke is my son."

That is amazing, but you roll enough good rolls you will eventually get bad rolls. In addition it is ALWAYS better to be lucky than good, at least IMO.

Pfft, that was easy.

Luck is always a lady, it's just that sometimes she likes to play dominatrix...

From the title I would say Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls.

Luck is always a lady, it's just that sometimes she likes to play dominatrix...

I have to put that on a T-shirt...