DM's: How many PC's do you kill per campaign?

[Mark CMG]

How many PC's do you kill per campaign?

DMs don't kill PCs, dice do.

 

[MonsterMash]

Rarely more than 1-2 as I use a fate point system which allows characters to avoid accidental deaths, so it's more when a player wants to go for it to start a new character and doesn't want the old one retired.

 

[shilsen]

Roughly half of the torture my PC's experience is from situations they create themselves.

Isn't that true of all PCs? You just show them a bit of rope and they develop this amazing urge to hang themselves

 

[Ashrum the Black]

5 to 7 is about average, but my campaigns tend to go a couple of years so thats not to out of this world.

-Ashrum

 

[Pure Puppet]

Let's see:

The Sign of Four Campaign (including resurrections): 10
The Oath Campaign: 25
"Out of the Frying Pan": 4

So what's that average to?

It's probably a bad sign that the first thing I did on reading that was figure out the average, right?

It's thirteen, by the way.

 

[DragonShadow]

Only half? You have great players (or I have horrible ones)....

They...have their moments. ;]

Isn't that true of all PCs? You just show them a bit of rope and they develop this amazing urge to hang themselves

And best of all, I'm generally there to kick the stool out from under them. To help them along, of course.

 

[rgard]

How many PC's do you kill per campaign?

I always figured 4 or so per 15 level campaign was average, but I'm finding myself taking out bunches per campaign now that our group has aged. I just don't have any mercy anymore as a DM.

I discovered the saying, "A God all mercy is a God unjust." Stick the word DM in there instead

jh

I voted 7-9, but there were actually 30+ character deaths. The campaign lasted 18 months.

 

[RFisher]

In the last few years:

• The last 3e campaign I ran: 2 (maybe 3, but his fate was never known for certain)
• Lord of the Rings: 0
• Classic Traveller: 0
• Classic D&D: 4

6 ÷ 4 = 1.5

Unless you count Toon, but nobody ever dies in Toon.

Edit: Oh, & the cT figure doesn't include characters that never made it out of chargen. I don't feel I can take credit for those. Especially when I offered the "injury" option.

 

[Wombat]

Per campaign?

I guess it would be about 5-6 ... unless we are talking about Paranoia...

 

[kolikeos]

too many