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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Skyscraper" data-source="post: 6805514" data-attributes="member: 48518"><p>I'm not in favor of fudging (I prefer to say it that way instead of saying I'm an anti-fudger, which I don't believe I am); and I like the idea of the red flag rule. However, in D&D in particular, I think that the possibility of PC death is a rare element that forces the players (not the PCs) to be honest, from not going all-out gung-ho. Players, even ones with strong RP inclinations, often use "lighter" RPGs such as D&D as an exhaust for real-life constraints, in that in the RPG there is little consequence for doing XYZ and in the heroic RPG that is D&D the paradigm of real life is replaced by a paradigm of often fighting for stuff, of wounds not meaning anything. PC death is a rare consequence that keeps the players in reign, even though most players I play with usually have an intrinsic honesty towards the game in that respect. But there comes a time, where many players will still decide that their PC will steal stuff, loot treasure that is not theirs, and even go as far as kill creatures for a perceived insult when facing an antagonizing NPC (and sometimes, even an antagonizing PC!). Removing the possibility of death in the RPG IMO would require that the players try to RP in a more conservative fashion if the game is to maintain some degree of balance, and often players are not looking for that kind of restricition in a heroic fantasy game such as D&D.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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