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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7985655" data-attributes="member: 53980">Sure, I have been talking about my game, not anyone else's. Hasn't everyone been debating the various merits of their own approaches and outlooks? I don't hide this sort of thing at my table. I'll even warn the player when they declare the attempt. I'm not a fan of gotcha DMing. As I see it, the D&amp;D combat rules were designed for combat. They weren't designed with character suicide in mind. If someone is shooting the plasma cannon and you're doing your best to defend yourself, HP apply. However, if you put the plasma cannon to your head and pull the trigger, that's not combat (outside of maybe something like a dominate spell where you're probably trying to fight the command).I intended no offense by the Loony Toons comment. That's simply the only genre I could think of where suicidal actions that don't result in serious harm is an accepted genre convention.Personally speaking, I don't see that as a D&amp;D convention, though I suppose some people may. It reminds me of the old KoDT short where the thief character falls into lava and he's like, &quot;Do I survive? Don't forget I have leather armor +1!&quot;, and the DM replies, &quot;No, you're dead&quot;, to which the player sitting next to him responds, &quot;Dude, you got robbed!&quot;. YMMV</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 7985655, member: 53980"] Sure, I have been talking about my game, not anyone else's. Hasn't everyone been debating the various merits of their own approaches and outlooks? I don't hide this sort of thing at my table. I'll even warn the player when they declare the attempt. I'm not a fan of gotcha DMing. As I see it, the D&D combat rules were designed for combat. They weren't designed with character suicide in mind. If someone is shooting the plasma cannon and you're doing your best to defend yourself, HP apply. However, if you put the plasma cannon to your head and pull the trigger, that's not combat (outside of maybe something like a dominate spell where you're probably trying to fight the command). I intended no offense by the Loony Toons comment. That's simply the only genre I could think of where suicidal actions that don't result in serious harm is an accepted genre convention. Personally speaking, I don't see that as a D&D convention, though I suppose some people may. It reminds me of the old KoDT short where the thief character falls into lava and he's like, "Do I survive? Don't forget I have leather armor +1!", and the DM replies, "No, you're dead", to which the player sitting next to him responds, "Dude, you got robbed!". YMMV [/QUOTE]

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