Definitely not as impressive as some of you.
About 20+ years ago I was Larping.... Yes... Larping
Anyway, we had just gotten up on a Saturday morning (Full weekend game, In character, the whole time) And we were going to breakfast when we were set upon by 6-8 “Beastmen”. We were fighting them off and I dropped my first one. He landed at my feet. I looked over my shoulder as I heard another chugging up full tilt behind me. Big guy with a 2 handed club.
My brain says “hey idiot, get away from this body at your feet or you'll trip over him.” So I run forward to get some distance on the guy bearing down on me like a locomotive... And I adroitly trip over the body I was trying to get away from.
My brain now says: “Nice going ass, now use some of those 10 years of judo and forward roll out of this so you don't take this on the chin.” However, my body was much closer to the ground than I had thought and I basically dove, point-of-right-shoulder first, into the hard packed dirt of the road. It sounded like a giant knuckle popping. Out and then in.
Everyone else heard the pop and the fight stopped. I waved them off with my left hand and walked over to a tree. I “felt” it but it was really dull. Adrenaline is a hell of a drug. Anyway, as I caught my breath I rolled my right should to get the kinks out (as you do) and it hurt so bad that I did not feel it but I threw up. My brain said: “You can't handle this, moron, so I'll just make you vomit instead”
Now of course I should have gone to the hospital, but several of the players were Drs or EMTs. All said that it was soft tissue damage and all the ER would do is put in a sling. So I put it in a sling and played (and fought) the rest of the weekend... with my left arm. Shoulder still gives me issues if I sleep on it wrong.
I have broken arms, dislocated elbows, been thrown/knocked off of galloping horses and myriad other craziness. But that was by far the most painful injury I've ever had.
In retrospect, I should have taken it on the chin.
