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We've talked a lot about simulationism. But really I think it grates on me the most from the gamist perspective. If I as a player can...

Of course, different games serve different purposes, even the same game at different tables.

If I wanted systemic features to boss the game around, I go play 4th Edition!

Getting an enemy to surrender or run away should IMO count as defeating them for purposes of xp.

This is one of the best points made in this thread, show that it is not only acceptable to retreat and live another day but that it is a...

Absolutely. Morale is a thing (or should be), and IMO enhances the verisimilitude of the experience.

I assume the DM who wants players to run when appropriate will also have their monsters retreat from a battle once in a while to show...

In over a decade of running several adventures, I've never seen a party flee. No matter the odds. IME players like to gamble: they...

Fortunately my group appears to be generally wise enough to flee when they need to. I will neither confirm nor deny that past experience...

When my group played 5E they never ran. When we played AD&D, they did. Superheroes v Heroes.

If only there was a solution that could be included into the game like morale. I know people have an aversion to this as it takes...

I’m an older gamer and we used to run away in 1st/2nd edition as it was deadlier. I’m wondering at some point it became 2 easy to keep...

It's harder these days to get players to wrap their heads around the idea that an encounter might be over their heads, and that running...

Some of the most extensive optimization I've ever seen was in superhero games, where the genre conventions run from low to no lethality...

Bring me the head of Galactus!