GameOgre
Adventurer
For the sake of all players at all tables, I recommend that you not target their families.
When the DM starts targeting the family members of the PCs, the message that it says is that players should only play characters who are orphans. If their social bonds are used against them, then it teaches players to avoid forming social bonds.
Not at my table MISTER!
Belly up to my table with no one to care about no enemies,no chains connecting you to the world and your life expectancy ain't worth the paper its written on! Don't have those things? Well it must be because your enemies have already killed them all and have saved you for last. Last time it was a Lich.
No. Better come with tons of loved ones and chains that bind you to the world around you and adventure, You don't want to see what comes hunting.
BTW- My players are not there characters. The players know full well they are playing characters in a fantasy role playing game and they need to have bounds and attachments to organizations and npc's. Those are adventure opportunities! why would you not want those?