A one-shot that went off the rails in the best way possible

I ran a simple level 3 dungeon crawl last Saturday where the goblin boss rolled a nat 20 on intimidation and my players actually fled the whole setup instead of fighting. They spent the next three hours bartering with a grumpy owlbear merchant I made up on the spot, and that ended up being the most memorable session I've had in two years. Has anyone else had a campaign moment where the dice just hijacked your whole plan and made it better?

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holly_williams17h ago

My last boss got charmed into a wedding and honestly it saved the whole campaign.