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<blockquote data-quote="Nathal" data-source="post: 664494" data-attributes="member: 1809">The DM has control over the difficulty of challenge in a game, and smart players can avoid death in most situations for their characters if they learn when to cut and run or learn to prepare.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Whatever.&nbsp; Any decent DM can control the challenge of his campaign so that the &quot;mortality&quot; rate is increased or decreased according to taste and group player style.&nbsp; The art of running a fair campaign requires more than proficiency at number crunching.&nbsp;&nbsp; How many do you know?&nbsp; You're telling me that situations of ambush and potential capture is not a common plot device that troubles DMs running games for higher level characters?&nbsp; Maybe if you weren't so pretentious you'd learn something.&nbsp; Try having a single unarmored 15th level fighter with a knife surrounded by 10 1st level guards with swords (or crossbows) and chain mail who demand that he give up his sword or be slain.&nbsp; Try it.&nbsp; The outcome is predictable.&nbsp; &quot;Realistically&quot;, no one man could survive such an attack.&nbsp; He would surrender or be killed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nathal, post: 664494, member: 1809"] [B][/b] The DM has control over the difficulty of challenge in a game, and smart players can avoid death in most situations for their characters if they learn when to cut and run or learn to prepare. [b][/b] Whatever. Any decent DM can control the challenge of his campaign so that the "mortality" rate is increased or decreased according to taste and group player style. The art of running a fair campaign requires more than proficiency at number crunching. [b][/b] How many do you know? You're telling me that situations of ambush and potential capture is not a common plot device that troubles DMs running games for higher level characters? Maybe if you weren't so pretentious you'd learn something. Try having a single unarmored 15th level fighter with a knife surrounded by 10 1st level guards with swords (or crossbows) and chain mail who demand that he give up his sword or be slain. Try it. The outcome is predictable. "Realistically", no one man could survive such an attack. He would surrender or be killed. [/QUOTE]

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