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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 4696463" data-attributes="member: 467">While I think this case is altogether different than Varis' situation, I'd like to comment.What the player did here was act impulsively.  The player didn't ask further questions, didn't examine the istuation more closely and didn't listen to his fellow players.  instead, he got an idea, grabbed hold of it, and jumped.This hapopens in real life, too, often with the same disappointing or even tragic consequences.If I were GMing that session, the monster would have done what the monster does -- grappled and torn into tiny little pieces the halfling wizard.  Now, it would have done it by the rules -- an initiative roll, an attack roll, etc... -- but by your description the outcome would have been the same: a dead PC and an unhappy player (probably -- I know some players that would laugh it off as their own stpud mistake; I also know players that would cry foul and claim "DM fiat" or rules breaking).While I want the players to succeed in havinga  good time, I want the PCs to suffer adversity and danger around every corner. Players and their characters that act rashly tend to get killed.But I also don't play favorites or "cheat" in favor of the monsters or even my beloved BBEGs.  If the 4th level party rushes the Lich and manages -- through luck and/or tactics -- to destroy it, they get the XP and the treasure.  There's no such thing as a "level appropriate" world, either in favor of or hedged against the PCs.  The world is the way it is, with a demon haunted ruin here and a goblin warren there. Players must make an effort to figure out which is which: through research, "gathering information" and *careful* exploration.But jumping into the gaping maw of a monster?  I don't care how many times you've seen it in a movie or how cool it was. Chances are, you're dead.And, if you're not dead, if you pull it off and cut your way out of the purple worm's stomach holding its still beating heart in your hand, good for you! You just created one of those awesome memorable moments we all game for. Giving those moments away cheapens them and cheapens the game.</blockquote>

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