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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 7245940" data-attributes="member: 413"><p>Yep. I don't do it often. But it definitely adds to the tension. Some monsters want to kill PCs. </p><p></p><p>The will o wisp has two goals: survive and consume dying characters' life. They chased it off before it could finish a PC on two occasions. But because of that it is now personal. They really want to find it and kill it.</p><p></p><p>In another game a PC dropped to zero hp in a fight with 5 vampire spawn. She was isolated from the rest of the party (they were 50 feet above her on a bridge fighting 3 of the vamps while she was fighting two by herself). One dropped her. The other one could have moved to try to get to the other PCs...but why would it do that? It wanted to feed...so it did and killed her. The Paladin had revivify prepared but was getting low on hp as well...again. it added to the tension to keep him up so they could revive the dead PC. It's not something I go to often...but every few sessions the players ought to be reminded that the monsters are trying to kill them. In the entire run of 5e I may have permanently killed 3 PCs. All were 3rd level or less. But last night it came down to a death save and chasing the will o wisp off before it could feed. My players felt like they accomplished something by just surviving...and they did because I was fully prepared to off the PC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uller, post: 7245940, member: 413"] Yep. I don't do it often. But it definitely adds to the tension. Some monsters want to kill PCs. The will o wisp has two goals: survive and consume dying characters' life. They chased it off before it could finish a PC on two occasions. But because of that it is now personal. They really want to find it and kill it. In another game a PC dropped to zero hp in a fight with 5 vampire spawn. She was isolated from the rest of the party (they were 50 feet above her on a bridge fighting 3 of the vamps while she was fighting two by herself). One dropped her. The other one could have moved to try to get to the other PCs...but why would it do that? It wanted to feed...so it did and killed her. The Paladin had revivify prepared but was getting low on hp as well...again. it added to the tension to keep him up so they could revive the dead PC. It's not something I go to often...but every few sessions the players ought to be reminded that the monsters are trying to kill them. In the entire run of 5e I may have permanently killed 3 PCs. All were 3rd level or less. But last night it came down to a death save and chasing the will o wisp off before it could feed. My players felt like they accomplished something by just surviving...and they did because I was fully prepared to off the PC. [/QUOTE]
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