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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kae'Yoss" data-source="post: 2215322" data-attributes="member: 4134">Yesterday, we had a wonderful case of conflicting views (DM/players).As 3 of our 7 players weren't here (two simply didn't show up or something, the other was sick), the DM decided to create a fast side-quest. We're in a small town, recovering from our long absence from civilization, when cries of alarm rise: The "Horde" is coming, again to pillage and loot. They had problems with them for weeks, and even sent for help, but since the assassination of the Regent (which we were blamed for, but that's not important right now), the whole Capitol and everything else is in disarray, so they hadn't reacted. Anyway, we go up to the first floor to look at those bandits. We se about 40 mounted highwaymen approaching the city. Now the DM thought that we'd do some dark-of-night commando mission to eliminate their leaders after we see them riding in, taking what they want, including a virgin and the usual stuff, and then riding off again, watchin in helplessnes (as they're 40 guys).Wizard: I fireball them all.Now that really was a moral imperative, since he's a LG exalted wizard, and he probably thought that these low-lives would never survive his 8d6 blast, and they rode in a bulk so he could fry them all.Of course, they survived his two fireball spells, went for cover, and then shouted out: We're coming back tomorrow at noon, we want those miscreants on a silver plate, or you will all die.Long story short, we convinced the villagers to stand up to them, and beat back the attackers next day (many were wounded and didn't show up, they thought 2 fireballs were all we had and with spreading out, they could make it. We had 8 fireballs and other stuff).Anyway, the DM meant that we should have realized that we cannot take on 40 men at level 7, fireball or not, and that we had to realize that sometimes you have to watch helplessly. Of course, our opinion was (and is) a different one (all with the wizard being forced by his consciousness to defend the helpless, even if it costs his live, and the fact that with a fireball, quantity is no longer an issue).</blockquote>

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