The Tomb of Annihilation

Fridge was decapitated by gladiator Zuri's longsword mid-fight, but Dahc avenged him seconds later with a Divine Spark that made Zuri's head explode in front of the roaring coliseum crowd.

Kaarl Korvax was teleported mid-briefing into a hellish corporate compliance seminar, then passed a combat assessment against three devils by Eldritch Blasting one, Hellish Rebuking another to ash, and talking the third down.

Dahc Doorblack rode the T-Rex Deadly Treasure to a hard-fought first place finish in the city-wide dinosaur race, while a dying Goliath collapsed onto Bob moments later to deliver a cryptic death curse warning with its final breath.

Bob Smith defused a massive goblin keg bomb by cutting the green wire with only two ticks left on the clock, saving the entire boat from detonation.

Dahc Doorblack was decapitated by a goblin's coup de grace, his soul saved only by Eku's rare soul-trapping amulet, and days later he awoke reborn in the body of a grung frog just before the ritual deadline expired.

The legendary Black Death itself appeared in a bubble of unnatural silence at the edge of camp, its massive red eyes freezing most of the party in paralyzed terror before it melted back into the treeline.