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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 4041561" data-attributes="member: 8439">There was an extended discussion over on the 4e forum, about whether DMs should feel constrained by the rules of the game when establishing off screen background information. One of the examples given (and used ad nauseum) was of a warrior king who had heroicly slain a dragon at one point in his career dying by falling from his horse on a hunt and breaking his neck. The two basic point of view boiled down to :1) Anyone could die by breaking their neck in reality, and the rules which prevent that from happening "in play" don't effect what is possible in the gameworld unless the PCs are directly involved in the scene.or 2) The rules for what happens to every PC who falls off a horse or every opponent who the PCs knock off their horse form a part of the reality of the gameworld, and the players and characters should see something as "up" if someone as powerful as themselves dies from something they know could never kill them.Now, I'd like to leave aside the "should" of the situation, and the feelings of DMs and ask what players like. (Not expect, not have a right to, not demand, so let's not go there.) Do you like it better when off screen events are implausible within the rules, or do you dislike it? Assume that the particular situation is something that you notice the rules implausibility of.</blockquote>