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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1564175" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>Or more dangerous.</p><p></p><p>It can work very well to increase tension in a big combat if, as noted in another thread, the players don't expect their DM to <em>really</em> be out to kill them.</p><p></p><p>It's one thing when a long-time soft DM says "By the way, I'm not going to pull any punches in the BBEG combat this time." Players might have a hard time believing he really means it.</p><p></p><p>But when he turns control of the BBEG over to Sadistic Bob, and contents himself with running the mooks, the players realise that there isn't going to be any Hand-of-Providence fudging going on to keep them alive this time, and no "Maybe he'll accidentally forget to cast that spell this time... it's a bit mean..."; they know Sadistic Bob is going to be gunning for them to the best of the BBEG's ability.</p><p></p><p>And if they survive that combat, then next time, the DM can feel better about taking his <em>own</em> gloves off, without worrying that he's suddenly switching hats on them.</p><p></p><p>-Hyp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1564175, member: 1656"] Or more dangerous. It can work very well to increase tension in a big combat if, as noted in another thread, the players don't expect their DM to [i]really[/i] be out to kill them. It's one thing when a long-time soft DM says "By the way, I'm not going to pull any punches in the BBEG combat this time." Players might have a hard time believing he really means it. But when he turns control of the BBEG over to Sadistic Bob, and contents himself with running the mooks, the players realise that there isn't going to be any Hand-of-Providence fudging going on to keep them alive this time, and no "Maybe he'll accidentally forget to cast that spell this time... it's a bit mean..."; they know Sadistic Bob is going to be gunning for them to the best of the BBEG's ability. And if they survive that combat, then next time, the DM can feel better about taking his [i]own[/i] gloves off, without worrying that he's suddenly switching hats on them. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]
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