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Message: <blockquote data-quote="grimslade" data-source="post: 5936869" data-attributes="member: 6061">Death by HousecatD&D is about fantasy super heroes. More Batman, Green Arrow, Black Widow style than Superman, Spiderman and Thor. They are better than average citizens, or maybe the best of average citizens. Batman isn't downed by one mook in an alley, neither should a PC be downed by one lucky goblin.I had a wizard in 1E killed by a botched Find Familiar spell. Killed by a house cat. My DM was a Dire Rat Bastard. I had several wizards die at first level under his reign by humiliating means until I earned the right to play a wizard. My fourth wizard leveled enough to die in Tomb of Horrors, and I stopped playing wizards.I like a higher die for wizards and rogues plus Con mod in 5E. Con score + is too much, unless healing is gimped. With sufficient in combat healing and the Hit Die Surge mechanic, d6 + Con mod is good. You are more than one hit from a sub zero nap and even a great axe crit is not time for new character generation.The long rest mechanic is too much, unless you change 'long rest' to mean several days of convalescence.</blockquote>