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<blockquote data-quote="Asisreo" data-source="post: 8267541" data-attributes="member: 7019027"><p>As a DM that frequently kills their PCs, sometimes accidentally, its still a bit mindboggling when DM's have trouble killing their players. </p><p></p><p>I'm in a campaign as a player and when we survive a difficult encounter and I have the majority of a creature's abilitiea in the back of my head, I easily realize we survived because the DM didn't affect us with that one effect or spell that could have actually done damage. </p><p></p><p>So I feel like many DMs hold themselves back far too much then wonder why combat isn't a challenge. I could kill a good portion of players with some relatively standard enemies with simplistic tactics because I don't pull punches. </p><p></p><p>And before you ask, I actually don't specifically target downed PCs. Sometimes I do if there's a personal grudge or a sadistic need to kill in front of allies, but otherwise I let them make their saves and get healed only to mangle them up again. Trust me, they get fearful alright. </p><p></p><p>Anyways, I prefer to see if things can be made better from a perspective that doesn't naturally change the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Asisreo, post: 8267541, member: 7019027"] As a DM that frequently kills their PCs, sometimes accidentally, its still a bit mindboggling when DM's have trouble killing their players. I'm in a campaign as a player and when we survive a difficult encounter and I have the majority of a creature's abilitiea in the back of my head, I easily realize we survived because the DM didn't affect us with that one effect or spell that could have actually done damage. So I feel like many DMs hold themselves back far too much then wonder why combat isn't a challenge. I could kill a good portion of players with some relatively standard enemies with simplistic tactics because I don't pull punches. And before you ask, I actually don't specifically target downed PCs. Sometimes I do if there's a personal grudge or a sadistic need to kill in front of allies, but otherwise I let them make their saves and get healed only to mangle them up again. Trust me, they get fearful alright. Anyways, I prefer to see if things can be made better from a perspective that doesn't naturally change the game. [/QUOTE]
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