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<blockquote data-quote="MoutonRustique" data-source="post: 7302588" data-attributes="member: 22362">Sometimes (very, very rarely), I'll insist on a result for a given foe :- if I can't see any way in which the effect could not be lethal- if I really don't want the NPC to die AND the players' character really shouldn't want the NPC to die (don't scream at me, it is a rareisim thing, but it has happened twice for me - in 20 years...)Otherwise (i.e. &quot;always&quot;), it's the players' call.I take it as a personal challenge, because I am not good at roleplaying the informative/uninformative NPC out of hand - I often reveal too much, or end up not saying anything worthwhile when I should have (which I figure out 3h later...) But, you know, that's how you grow! (I'm hoping! It's been ... a while now, and I'm not seeing the improvement... But the hope is alive! <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=":)" /> )The big thing I try to do is make defeated foes defeated foes. They're not going to &quot;break free and murder them in their sleep&quot; or something to that effect. They will try to run away, or something if the players are telling me by their actions that they're kind of hoping they try, but otherwise, they'll act as defeated foes.But I'm not going to lie and say that the table sees defeat in the same way : I always find it fascinating when players prefer to have their character die than give up an important (not critical simply costly, or powerful) item, but seem to expect a defeated foe to hand over everything and anything - including oaths of allegiance, eternal servitude, etc. It can create some friction and disagreement, but then again, nothing so important that we stop playing! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoutonRustique, post: 7302588, member: 22362"] [I]Sometimes[/I] (very, [I]very[/I] rarely), I'll insist on a result for a given foe : - if I can't see [I]any[/I] way in which the effect could not be lethal - if I [I]really[/I] don't want the NPC to die [I]AND[/I] the players' character [I]really[/I] shouldn't want the NPC to die (don't scream at me, it is a rareisim thing, but it [I]has[/I] happened twice for me - in 20 years...) Otherwise (i.e. "always"), it's the players' call. I take it as a personal challenge, because I am not good at roleplaying the informative/uninformative NPC out of hand - I often reveal too much, or end up not saying anything worthwhile when I should have (which I figure out 3h later...) But, you know, that's how you grow! (I'm hoping! It's been ... a while now, and I'm not seeing the improvement... But the hope is alive! :) ) The big thing I try to do is make defeated foes [I]defeated[/I] foes. They're not going to "break free and murder them in their sleep" or something to that effect. They will try to run away, or something [I]if[/I] the players are telling me by their actions that they're kind of hoping they try, but otherwise, they'll act as [I]defeated [/I]foes. But I'm not going to lie and say that the table sees defeat in the same way : I always find it fascinating when players prefer to have their character [I]die[/I] than give up an important (not [I]critical[/I] simply costly, or powerful) item, but seem to expect a defeated foe to hand over everything and anything - including oaths of allegiance, eternal servitude, etc. It can create some friction and disagreement, but then again, nothing so important that we stop playing! ;) [/QUOTE]

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