New Posts For Thread: Coup de Grace in LFRhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22307225/Coup_de_Grace_in_LFRIn a home game, there may be times when a GM uses Coup de Grace because character death is dramatically appropriate and/or helps the storyline.  In LFR, character death by Coup de Grace does not advance the story and, in my opinion, is not part ofJust to be clear, the Knocking Creatures Unconscious paragraph on page 295 of the PH says:"Until it regains hit points, the creature is unconscious but not dying.  Any healing makes the creature conscious.  If the creature doesn't receive any healihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22307225/Coup_de_Grace_in_LFR?post_id=390110025#390110025Just to be clear, the Knocking Creatures Unconscious paragraph on page 295 of the PH says:"Until it regains hit points, the creature is unconscious but not dying.  Any healing makes the creature conscious.  If the creature doesn't receive any healiFri, 12 Feb 2010 05:58:12 -0600And some monsters are just plain cruel.-karmahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22307225/Coup_de_Grace_in_LFR?post_id=390105801#390105801And some monsters are just plain cruel.-karmaFri, 12 Feb 2010 03:44:16 -0600Some will walk away, some wont. Some monsters are as or more intelligent/wise than the players and have complex motivations (written into the adventure). I fail to see what is unreasonable or DME about giving them a capacity for tactics, reasoning anhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22307225/Coup_de_Grace_in_LFR?post_id=390101209#390101209Some will walk away, some wont. Some monsters are as or more intelligent/wise than the players and have complex motivations (written into the adventure). I fail to see what is unreasonable or DME about giving them a capacity for tactics, reasoning anFri, 12 Feb 2010 01:39:41 -0600There is intelligent and there is Intelligent, intelligent monsters will walk away once the PC stops moving because now they can go tag team with a buddy speeding up the process of a TPK. An Intelligent monster is what happens when the DM runshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22307225/Coup_de_Grace_in_LFR?post_id=390100241#390100241There is intelligent and there is Intelligent, intelligent monsters will walk away once the PC stops moving because now they can go tag team with a buddy speeding up the process of a TPK. An Intelligent monster is what happens when the DM runsFri, 12 Feb 2010 01:16:03 -0600Does this leave the unconscious player able to be healed?The way I run it, it works pretty much like dying - you're out for the rest of the encounter if you fail 3 death saves.  With death having so little impact on a character in LFR, it's just myhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75854/22307225/Coup_de_Grace_in_LFR?post_id=389303401#389303401Does this leave the unconscious player able to be healed?The way I run it, it works pretty much like dying - you're out for the rest of the encounter if you fail 3 death saves.  With death having so little impact on a character in LFR, it's just myThu, 04 Feb 2010 12:22:14 -0600