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Deadly Dice
In this week’s Legends & Lore, Mike discussed a save or die mechanic....

March 7, 2012 at 5:34pm
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jl1975

As someone who has been playing DnD and running DnD campaigns for nearly two decades: players should never die. Player character death creates frustration, both in the affected player (if he/she did not see it coming) as well as in the other players ("what are we going to do now") but also for the DM. Game over usually means game over for everyone at the table. Death should never be a punishment for reckless behaviour of players. Talk things out before it gets out of hand. A worse penalty for...

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June 2, 2012 4:02 AM PDT

Kayal

My characters die all the time ...
... and I love it.
It makes the characters who do survive all the more memorable. When one of my characters reaches high level, it's an accomplishment.
For a while, we tried this whole "nobody dies unless sdoing something foolish" approach. Reaching high level was no longer an accomplishment. It felt a lot like graduation:
Player 1: "I made it to 20th level."
Player 2: "Who doesn't?"
So, we eventually went back a few steps to the...

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June 14, 2012 3:45 AM PDT

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