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<blockquote data-quote="WhosDaDungeonMaster" data-source="post: 7539901"><p>You know, since my rolls are behind the DM screen and the players never see how many HP the boss has left, I have never had this happen. As the DM, it is your (and my) option to adjust the outcomes so the bosses don't suffer from such situations. If I find out I didn't give the boss enough HP, I just keep letting the players whack on it until the situation is dire enough to justify the encounter as a boss and the party still wins out.</p><p></p><p>My group recently encountered zombies for the first time. Only one player knew about zombies not always dropping at 0 HP, but kept the secret to himself until after the fight. Well, due to some lucky checks on my part, one zombie (the last to go down...) took a whopping 79 points of damage before it was finally defeated! My players were stunned! Why wasn't this thing dropping? they would wonder. The new player (a cleric PC) explained to them afterwards, since he knew.</p><p></p><p>My point is, you can do the same with bosses. You don't have to have them go down at 0 HP, you don't have to have them fail a save or check if it means ruining the climax of years of gaming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WhosDaDungeonMaster, post: 7539901"] You know, since my rolls are behind the DM screen and the players never see how many HP the boss has left, I have never had this happen. As the DM, it is your (and my) option to adjust the outcomes so the bosses don't suffer from such situations. If I find out I didn't give the boss enough HP, I just keep letting the players whack on it until the situation is dire enough to justify the encounter as a boss and the party still wins out. My group recently encountered zombies for the first time. Only one player knew about zombies not always dropping at 0 HP, but kept the secret to himself until after the fight. Well, due to some lucky checks on my part, one zombie (the last to go down...) took a whopping 79 points of damage before it was finally defeated! My players were stunned! Why wasn't this thing dropping? they would wonder. The new player (a cleric PC) explained to them afterwards, since he knew. My point is, you can do the same with bosses. You don't have to have them go down at 0 HP, you don't have to have them fail a save or check if it means ruining the climax of years of gaming. [/QUOTE]
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