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<blockquote data-quote="Vargtass" data-source="post: 6776325" data-attributes="member: 6801279">Make sure to telegraph clearly who it is that is out to get him. In your example, it was the boss death cleric, not you. Was this clear to the players when it happened? The boss could scream at the top of his lungs &quot;you killed my minions! Die, die, die!!!&quot; or he could have had wanted posters of the barbarian posted in the dungeon. This could steer the barbarian player's resentmen from you as DM to your boss monster where it belongs.I once had (in 3.5) a bugbear ranger utter &quot;filthy elves&quot; under his breath to telegraph his favored enemy. He immediatly grew into the personal nemesis of the group, ultimately advancing to right-hand man of the boss. Telegraphing can take the story far, and keep the players focussed on in-story reasons rather than an out-of-story sense of unfairness.My character is treated unfairly in story - he/she rises to the occasion. I get treated unfairly at the table - of course I don't like it. Don't leave the impression the latter may be true.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vargtass, post: 6776325, member: 6801279"] Make sure to telegraph clearly who it is that is out to get him. In your example, it was the boss death cleric, not you. Was this clear to the players when it happened? The boss could scream at the top of his lungs "you killed my minions! Die, die, die!!!" or he could have had wanted posters of the barbarian posted in the dungeon. This could steer the barbarian player's resentmen from you as DM to your boss monster where it belongs. I once had (in 3.5) a bugbear ranger utter "filthy elves" under his breath to telegraph his favored enemy. He immediatly grew into the personal nemesis of the group, ultimately advancing to right-hand man of the boss. Telegraphing can take the story far, and keep the players focussed on in-story reasons rather than an out-of-story sense of unfairness. My character is treated unfairly in story - he/she rises to the occasion. I get treated unfairly at the table - of course I don't like it. Don't leave the impression the latter may be true. [/QUOTE]

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