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<blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 211020" data-attributes="member: 2013">My solution...This has already been discussed, but my solution in all such &quot;rules-bending&quot; situations has always been to allow it and then throw it back at the PCs during their next adventure.&nbsp; Constantly.&nbsp; Unflinchingly.&nbsp; Until they tell me, &quot;we should change the rule - get rid of the instakill cheese&quot; or their characters are killed.&nbsp; Then I start a new campaign with an added House Rule... with the instakill cheese removed.Either way, the characters are encouraged to be creative, but not cheese-creative, and I get the cheese stuff House-Ruled either way <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ... my smarter players have caught on and usually will start telling me &quot;we need to change that ruling&quot; right after the PCs &quot;get away with it the first time.&quot;IOW, you can get creative with instakill cheese, but only expect the trick to work once. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; I think that's the best way to do it.&nbsp; Players who are creative should be rewarded once, but if they keep trying the same trick, &quot;do unto others...&quot; curbs the abuse.--The Sigil</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Sigil, post: 211020, member: 2013"] [b]My solution...[/b] This has already been discussed, but my solution in all such "rules-bending" situations has always been to allow it and then throw it back at the PCs during their next adventure. Constantly. Unflinchingly. Until they tell me, "we should change the rule - get rid of the instakill cheese" or their characters are killed. Then I start a new campaign with an added House Rule... with the instakill cheese removed. Either way, the characters are encouraged to be creative, but not cheese-creative, and I get the cheese stuff House-Ruled either way :D ... my smarter players have caught on and usually will start telling me "we need to change that ruling" right after the PCs "get away with it the first time." IOW, you can get creative with instakill cheese, but only expect the trick to work once. :) I think that's the best way to do it. Players who are creative should be rewarded once, but if they keep trying the same trick, "do unto others..." curbs the abuse. --The Sigil [/QUOTE]

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