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Message: <blockquote data-quote="catsclaw227" data-source="post: 4047014" data-attributes="member: 14197">Actually you are both right.I am sure that no one else has made this mistake before <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />, but in the heat of the encounter, I made an NPC perform an action that made sense for the NPC, but as a DM, I didn't think through the possible repercussions.  It was one of those crazy, high-intensity encounter things -- at 2am with everyone wacked on caffeine and junk food (and habanero, texas-style chili).I have talked it through with the Player and gave him a choice.  I usually give each player one mulligan at character creation that they get to use to do things like swap out a feat that they got at early levels that doesn't fit with the direction of the player, or maybe change a spell on a spell list, or something like that.Since I made a mistake during the encounter with the way action points work, I let him use his mulligan on the PC death.  He's badly jacked up, and the head wound from the morningstar will give him headaches and nasty visions for a while (giving me a new plot device), and he can still play his character.  And he'll likely take a Warblade level at 5th and go up in Warblade for a while.I appreciate all the comments, both as constructive criticism about my DMing and the way encounters and death should be handled in general.  I will have the "death talk" with the players in the next session.  I might not use a fate system to bail out PC deaths, but I might use the new 4e death/dying rules.  Who knows.... I will think on it and see.One good thing, the player was happy to still play his PC, he felt attached to him and his role in the campaign arc.  I guess, in itself, is a DMing win. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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