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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 7426878" data-attributes="member: 6879661"><p>I think attacking dying characters is bad form when there are acive threats.</p><p></p><p>If there is a good reason why that PC has to die above all others then maybe NPCs would keep an eye on the unconscious. Otherwise, it sounds a bit like DMs picking on players. </p><p></p><p>If several characters are being brought back by healing word in fight after fight I have to question if your encounter difficulty is a problem. After all it’s a limited use spell which could be used for other things.</p><p></p><p>I like using real table examples. Two sessions ago the party had an intentionally difficult owlbear encounter that they had been sent to by an enemy who was trying to get them killed. The party rogue who was scouting ahead was roughed up round one with an unlucky crit for the beasts claw and a hit with the beak. Taken to zero.</p><p></p><p>The other party members engaged the beast and the following round the Druid cast healing word and the rogue played dead until his go at which point he critt’d the beast in return and killed it. Sure I could have had the owlbear savage his fallen prey killing him off. Is the game better or worse for doing that though? As it turned out, poetic irony, good teamwork and some common sense made it a great encounter and they survived the trap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 7426878, member: 6879661"] I think attacking dying characters is bad form when there are acive threats. If there is a good reason why that PC has to die above all others then maybe NPCs would keep an eye on the unconscious. Otherwise, it sounds a bit like DMs picking on players. If several characters are being brought back by healing word in fight after fight I have to question if your encounter difficulty is a problem. After all it’s a limited use spell which could be used for other things. I like using real table examples. Two sessions ago the party had an intentionally difficult owlbear encounter that they had been sent to by an enemy who was trying to get them killed. The party rogue who was scouting ahead was roughed up round one with an unlucky crit for the beasts claw and a hit with the beak. Taken to zero. The other party members engaged the beast and the following round the Druid cast healing word and the rogue played dead until his go at which point he critt’d the beast in return and killed it. Sure I could have had the owlbear savage his fallen prey killing him off. Is the game better or worse for doing that though? As it turned out, poetic irony, good teamwork and some common sense made it a great encounter and they survived the trap. [/QUOTE]
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