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<blockquote data-quote="UrathDM" data-source="post: 975883" data-attributes="member: 12560">I dunno... what would this be ?I am a logical-consequences sort of DM. I frequently &quot;pull punches&quot; when the dice seem to be going against the PCs, and I have been known to fudge the HP of the monsters when the PCs are having too easy a time. Most deaths in my campaigns have turned into total party kills. I have run with three groups, and their experiences are dissimilar. Group 1: Many deaths, 3-5 per year over 10 years. Group 2: Some deaths, 3-5 in 6 months, a repeating pattern over 2 years. Group 3: 0 deaths over 2 years (should count as 6 months, though - chat based game, very slow). Some are because the PCs meta-game think. Group 2 members tell themselves, and each other, that I would not throw something at them that they could not handle. Despite the fact that I say, flat out, not to think that way because that is exactly what I would do. Others are because the PCs have a win or die mentality (retreat is never considered). I think that Group 1 plays too many computer games ... they act like once they begin an encounter, it is win or die; and they often act like having a cleared some rooms, the opponents will not move back into them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="UrathDM, post: 975883, member: 12560"] [b]I dunno... what would this be ?[/b] I am a logical-consequences sort of DM. I frequently "pull punches" when the dice seem to be going against the PCs, and I have been known to fudge the HP of the monsters when the PCs are having too easy a time. Most deaths in my campaigns have turned into total party kills. I have run with three groups, and their experiences are dissimilar. Group 1: Many deaths, 3-5 per year over 10 years. Group 2: Some deaths, 3-5 in 6 months, a repeating pattern over 2 years. Group 3: 0 deaths over 2 years (should count as 6 months, though - chat based game, very slow). Some are because the PCs meta-game think. Group 2 members tell themselves, and each other, that I would not throw something at them that they could not handle. Despite the fact that I say, flat out, not to think that way because that is exactly what I [B]would[/B] do. Others are because the PCs have a win or die mentality (retreat is never considered). I think that Group 1 plays too many computer games ... they act like once they begin an encounter, it is win or die; and they often act like having a cleared some rooms, the opponents will not move back into them. [/QUOTE]

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