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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5977261" data-attributes="member: 4937">It's been a harsh year at my table.PC deaths:1) Rex, 4th level human Fanatic: Beaten to death while running up a staircase by a small army of Kelternist cultists wielding wooden mauls. 2) Lythen, 4th level elven Sorcerer: Died at the foot of the same staircase to the same group of beserk vengeful cultists.3) Mandible, 4th level human Explorer: Sliced apart in a darkened ally by a pair of Malenti assassins while running from a bunch of crossbow wielding pirates.4) Blue, hobgoblin Explorer 1/Feyborne 1/Fighter 2: Paralyzed by a gang of ghouls, who proceeded to horrificly eat him alive.5) Quelos, elven Fighter 2/Wizard 2: Brought down from behind by a ghoul while fleeing the scene of Blue's death, and then torn apart.6) Jarl Felix, human Rogue 2/Hunter 2: Crushed to death after stumbling into a black tentacles trap.7) Maruth, 4th level human Cleric: Crushed to death by the same black tentacle trap.Although its not entirely clear from that, all of that is from two near TPKs - 3 deaths (out of six) on one night, followed not that long after by 4 deaths (out of six) on another night.&nbsp; There is a tendency for one death to start cascading into many, as the party finds the loss of one or more members puts it increasingly over its head and unable to extricate itself.&nbsp; In both cases, the players a) split the party and b) avoided warning signs of danger and c) paniced, lost party cohesion and adopted an 'every man for himself' approach that manified the actual danger.&nbsp;&nbsp; In both cases, the party had successfully handled worse odds without loss of life.Still, all characters will be missed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 5977261, member: 4937"] It's been a harsh year at my table. PC deaths: 1) Rex, 4th level human Fanatic: Beaten to death while running up a staircase by a small army of Kelternist cultists wielding wooden mauls. 2) Lythen, 4th level elven Sorcerer: Died at the foot of the same staircase to the same group of beserk vengeful cultists. 3) Mandible, 4th level human Explorer: Sliced apart in a darkened ally by a pair of Malenti assassins while running from a bunch of crossbow wielding pirates. 4) Blue, hobgoblin Explorer 1/Feyborne 1/Fighter 2: Paralyzed by a gang of ghouls, who proceeded to horrificly eat him alive. 5) Quelos, elven Fighter 2/Wizard 2: Brought down from behind by a ghoul while fleeing the scene of Blue's death, and then torn apart. 6) Jarl Felix, human Rogue 2/Hunter 2: Crushed to death after stumbling into a black tentacles trap. 7) Maruth, 4th level human Cleric: Crushed to death by the same black tentacle trap. Although its not entirely clear from that, all of that is from two near TPKs - 3 deaths (out of six) on one night, followed not that long after by 4 deaths (out of six) on another night. There is a tendency for one death to start cascading into many, as the party finds the loss of one or more members puts it increasingly over its head and unable to extricate itself. In both cases, the players a) split the party and b) avoided warning signs of danger and c) paniced, lost party cohesion and adopted an 'every man for himself' approach that manified the actual danger. In both cases, the party had successfully handled worse odds without loss of life. Still, all characters will be missed. [/QUOTE]

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