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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paid a bod yn dwp" data-source="post: 8208766" data-attributes="member: 6872763">Yes both good points.I still feel there’s an element of danger missing from standard 5e play though. As it stands it models high heroics in high fantasy well. The lower levels still have a slight edge which I like, but higher levels tend to become quite bland for my taste as the risk becomes less and less. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want death for the sake of death, but as a device to create tension and excitement at all levels of the game. Sometimes a deadly threat is necessary to achieve this. If you fear the poison from a venomous giant snake, or the real threat of a knife wielding  assassin then the mechanics are doing their job. If you approach those encounters knowing that your hit-point pool is going to be a safety net, the fear and tension has gone before the encounter has began.In a game unlike the literature, I feel you need the opportunity to fail, or fear failure for this dark S&S atmosphere to be created, other wise it remains a high heroic, high fantasy game with little riskBut yes there’s more then one way to skin a cat.</blockquote>