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<blockquote data-quote="shadow" data-source="post: 315545" data-attributes="member: 2182">Generally, when I DM I try to challenge the party a little.&nbsp; I throw in some tough encounters (CR slightly higher than the party's level) for major battles.&nbsp; Players don't drop like flies, but there is the occasional fatality.I've seen both extremes.&nbsp; On one extreme I knew a munchkin DM who bragged about killing a 5th level party.&nbsp; He sent them up against a 20th level wizard/psionicist lich who knew the wish spell.&nbsp; (This was back in Jr. High days.&nbsp; Thankfully, the aforementioned DM is no longer into gaming.)On the other extreme, I've played with groups who never kill off characters, lest it interfere with the &quot;story&quot; the group was creating.Just my observation, but it seems like groups who are more into dungeon crawl and hack 'n slash are more likely to have a higher PC body count.&nbsp; Whereas groups more into storytelling have fewer PC fatalities since constantly rolling up new characters could interfere with the flow of the story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shadow, post: 315545, member: 2182"] Generally, when I DM I try to challenge the party a little. I throw in some tough encounters (CR slightly higher than the party's level) for major battles. Players don't drop like flies, but there is the occasional fatality. I've seen both extremes. On one extreme I knew a munchkin DM who bragged about killing a 5th level party. He sent them up against a 20th level wizard/psionicist lich who knew the wish spell. (This was back in Jr. High days. Thankfully, the aforementioned DM is no longer into gaming.) On the other extreme, I've played with groups who never kill off characters, lest it interfere with the "story" the group was creating. Just my observation, but it seems like groups who are more into dungeon crawl and hack 'n slash are more likely to have a higher PC body count. Whereas groups more into storytelling have fewer PC fatalities since constantly rolling up new characters could interfere with the flow of the story. [/QUOTE]

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