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<blockquote data-quote="Eirikrautha" data-source="post: 6567473" data-attributes="member: 6777843">With one or two exceptions, this is not the normal mechanics of 5e, especially when compared to 1e or 2e.&nbsp; I stand by my statement.And, to KarinsDad, if it's not one roll, then it isn't &quot;blind luck&quot;, it's poor choices.&nbsp; At some point over the three or four rounds it takes to get those crappy rolls piling up, the character should be doing something to save themselves as they see things going down the tubes.&nbsp;&nbsp; It reminds me of the newspaper articles published every so often about young, unmarried women with children and how hard they have it because of [insert complaint here].&nbsp; They invariably start with a line like, &quot;When Susan found herself pregnant at 17, she didn't know what to do...&quot; as if her circumstance was totally a freak occurrence out of her control.&nbsp; Ditto that with a character failing death saves.&nbsp; Unless your DM starts each session with all of your characters at 0hp, then there was a whole pile of &quot;your fault&quot; that led up to the death saves.&nbsp; Starting your narrative at the point where the saves are failed is disingenuous at best.&nbsp; More than any other edition, characters are protected from single bad rolls and one unlucky occurrence.&nbsp; More than that, and it's either a challenge well beyond you (that you chose not to avoid) or your own poor choices that get you killed.Mod Note:&nbsp; Folks, let us leave the real-world phenomenon of teenage pregnancy off EN World.&nbsp; It is a hyperoblic comparison, and has little to do with how we pretend to be elves.&nbsp; ~Umbran</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eirikrautha, post: 6567473, member: 6777843"] With one or two exceptions, this is not the normal mechanics of 5e, especially when compared to 1e or 2e. I stand by my statement. And, to KarinsDad, if it's not one roll, then it isn't "blind luck", it's poor choices. At some point over the three or four rounds it takes to get those crappy rolls piling up, the character should be doing something to save themselves as they see things going down the tubes. It reminds me of the newspaper articles published every so often about young, unmarried women with children and how hard they have it because of [insert complaint here]. They invariably start with a line like, "When Susan found herself pregnant at 17, she didn't know what to do..." as if her circumstance was totally a freak occurrence out of her control. Ditto that with a character failing death saves. Unless your DM starts each session with all of your characters at 0hp, then there was a whole pile of "your fault" that led up to the death saves. Starting your narrative at the point where the saves are failed is disingenuous at best. More than any other edition, characters are protected from single bad rolls and one unlucky occurrence. More than that, and it's either a challenge well beyond you (that you chose not to avoid) or your own poor choices that get you killed. [color=darkorange][B]Mod Note:[/B] Folks, let us leave the real-world phenomenon of teenage pregnancy off EN World. It is a hyperoblic comparison, and has little to do with how we pretend to be elves. ~Umbran[/color] [/QUOTE]

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