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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 4503551" data-attributes="member: 46713">Well, that's clearly an important part about your 'problem'.If my players are playing smart and fighting well as a team (both of which rarely happens) then they're not really in danger of dying except due to extremely unlucky circumstances.I consider that a good thing. Shouldn't the players be rewarded for playing clever?My favorite sessions aren't the ones where a pc died it's the sessions where a pc (or several pcs) _almost_ died. The most gratifying battles are the ones that were close calls but were won by the pcs without anyone having to be raised from the dead. YMMV.Here's the next problem: no time pressure.If the pcs can take their time in every adventure it's unlikely they'll ever be seriously threatened by standard encounters. If your game is turning out to fall back into the old 15 minute adventuring day you'd have to engage in an arms-race you can only lose.Then again, if you're using the DMG's recommended encounter templates for 'hard' encounters from time to time I cannot imagine them to not be challenging.That surprises me a bit. At least the first two dungeons in H2 can quickly turn into death-traps if the party retreats and rests, giving the enemies time to regroup. Since their main goal should be to free the prisoners, I can think of several excellent ways to put the pcs under pressure...Well, if the drama in your game solely relies on the 'fear of death' then you may indeed have a problem.How do your players think about the issue of death, btw? Do they enjoy the game or would they prefer a harder challenge?</blockquote>

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