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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guilt Puppy" data-source="post: 366864" data-attributes="member: 6521">From both a player's standpoint and a DM's standpoint, I totally agree. So long as the timescale was enough that Level Boss could actually get ahold of the dust, then you're set. If not, that's just being harsh...I've always gone for as much versimilitude as possible in my game: Strongholds are built to take into account as many clever tactics as possible, enemies who the PCs overpower will flee instead of sacrificing themselves to the party's XP, NPCs will try to make things as unfair for the PCs as possible (in one case joining the party, "helping" them get into a crypt which was blocked by a heavy stone door, them letting it close, with only the ones too weak to open the door inside -- he was then slain by the party's Half-Orc)... Likewise, they will avoid doing certain things at the risk of giving the PCs ideas (for instance, the lich Sorceror they've been tracking can throw around Geases like nothing, but he doesn't exactly want them to realize how useful it can be.)In short, kill 'em if you have to. Only time I pull punches is when it appears the entire party will die (especially if it's from a miscalculation on my part... when it's their miscalculation, I'm a lot less nice), because that's just a poor way for a campaign to end. And I'm the first to admit that this isn't really the best way to run a game -- if the players learn not to fear party death, the game becomes a pointless exercise.</blockquote>

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