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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GlassJaw" data-source="post: 3671989" data-attributes="member: 22103">First off, I hope they were captured legitimately.  If you railroaded them into capture, it won't end well.As others have mentioned, capturing the PC's is never good, basically because it leads to something like what happened in your game.  The PC's had to choose which one of them would die?  Even if the rat people would deal with captives that way (which I find odd), there's no fun to be gained by having that happen.  I'm not saying you shouldn't kill PC's but killing a player's character die without giving the player a chance to survive isn't something I would do.  Again, it's not fun if the player feels helpless to prevent their character from dying.That aside, why did the ratmen let two of them leave?  What is their alignment?  Intelligence?  Are they the minions of some more powerful boss or do they operate independently?  Do they have an alliance with any other races or organizations?First off, I would have figured out some reason that the ratmen would keep them alive.  If you've captured the PC's, at least give them a chance to escape, even if without their gear.  That can lead to an exciting game.If the ratmen wouldn't keep them alive for any reason, have them do something stupid and allow for the PC's to take a shot at escaping.  Have the ratmen's lair raided by more adventurers or other monsters.  Something, anything.</blockquote>