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<blockquote data-quote="Orryn Emrys" data-source="post: 794627" data-attributes="member: 6799">Besides... It seems to me that if your players have 'devolved' so horribly as to lose any grasp on the tactics needed to handle such an enemy, they are unable to fare so well against the challenges appropriate for the next leg of the campaign....&nbsp; I feel fortunate that, although I have seen more than one occasion of terrible luck on the part of the party, I have yet to deal with players who fail to review their options the moment a fellow combatant loses his/her life.And, I admit, although I've thrown some pretty demanding challenges at the party, I do not believe in TPK's.&nbsp; My general approach to keeping control of such events is to provide that the villain generally has a skewed agenda... thus providing ample opportunity for characters' natural habits to provide alternatives to dying.&nbsp; It is a good idea to know the characters... and their players... and be able to generally predict their behavior.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orryn Emrys, post: 794627, member: 6799"] Besides... It seems to me that if your players have 'devolved' so horribly as to lose any grasp on the tactics needed to handle such an enemy, they are unable to fare so well against the challenges appropriate for the next leg of the campaign.... I feel fortunate that, although I have seen more than one occasion of terrible luck on the part of the party, I have yet to deal with players who fail to review their options the [i]moment[/i] a fellow combatant loses his/her life. And, I admit, although I've thrown some pretty demanding challenges at the party, I do [i]not[/i] believe in TPK's. My general approach to keeping control of such events is to provide that the villain generally has a skewed agenda... thus providing ample opportunity for characters' natural habits to provide alternatives to dying. It is a good idea to [i]know[/i] the characters... and their players... and be able to generally predict their behavior. [/QUOTE]

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