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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7646410" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>OP, I think you made the best call you could have in that situation. Unless the group decides otherwise ahead of time, character death is one of the potential risks of adventuring. Everyone should know and be prepared for that possibility. And in my experience, the best way to lessen the sting of character death is to roll out in the open, and stick to the results of the rolls. Having to take it on the DM’s word that they rolled that natural 20 and maxed the damage dice sucks. Actually seeing the DM roll that natural 20 and max the damage dice might still suck, but it at least feels more fair. It is unfortunate that getting one-shotted turned that player off of the game, but I don’t think that’s your fault at all. I blame the rule that you die outright if the attack does enough damage to reduce you to 0 and still has your max HP or more left over, combined with 1st level characters having such low HP. Most of us who have been DMing 5e for any significant amount of time have had 1st level characters get one-shotted by an untimely crit, and it always feels bad. This is, in my opinion, a flaw in the rules, which can be fixed in a home game, but is sadly something you just have to deal with in Adventurer’s League.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7646410, member: 6779196"] OP, I think you made the best call you could have in that situation. Unless the group decides otherwise ahead of time, character death is one of the potential risks of adventuring. Everyone should know and be prepared for that possibility. And in my experience, the best way to lessen the sting of character death is to roll out in the open, and stick to the results of the rolls. Having to take it on the DM’s word that they rolled that natural 20 and maxed the damage dice sucks. Actually seeing the DM roll that natural 20 and max the damage dice might still suck, but it at least feels more fair. It is unfortunate that getting one-shotted turned that player off of the game, but I don’t think that’s your fault at all. I blame the rule that you die outright if the attack does enough damage to reduce you to 0 and still has your max HP or more left over, combined with 1st level characters having such low HP. Most of us who have been DMing 5e for any significant amount of time have had 1st level characters get one-shotted by an untimely crit, and it always feels bad. This is, in my opinion, a flaw in the rules, which can be fixed in a home game, but is sadly something you just have to deal with in Adventurer’s League. [/QUOTE]

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