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<blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 6965067" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I think that it would be incredibly difficult to actually achieve a true TPK accidentally, meaning that all party members die in the encounter. With the Death Saving Throw mechanic, it's actually pretty tough to kill a PC, let alone all of them. Especially since, once the last one goes down, you can simply end the scene and then decide as the DM what happens. Maybe any currently surviving PCs are captured or left for dead or whatever. Maybe some friendly NPCs arrive to help them. So there seems to be a lot of DM decision involved that would make an accidental TPK very unlikely. The math for Death Saves is on the PCs' side, so you have to expect that most PCs will survive that process. Yes, they can get failed saves as a result of damage, but then that kind of goes against the &quot;accidental' aspect that we're talking about. Honestly, I'd say it's almost impossible for a true TPK to happen accidentally. There are just too many points in the process where the DM's desires enter the equation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hawkeyefan, post: 6965067, member: 6785785"] I think that it would be incredibly difficult to actually achieve a true TPK accidentally, meaning that all party members die in the encounter. With the Death Saving Throw mechanic, it's actually pretty tough to kill a PC, let alone all of them. Especially since, once the last one goes down, you can simply end the scene and then decide as the DM what happens. Maybe any currently surviving PCs are captured or left for dead or whatever. Maybe some friendly NPCs arrive to help them. So there seems to be a lot of DM decision involved that would make an accidental TPK very unlikely. The math for Death Saves is on the PCs' side, so you have to expect that most PCs will survive that process. Yes, they can get failed saves as a result of damage, but then that kind of goes against the "accidental' aspect that we're talking about. Honestly, I'd say it's almost impossible for a true TPK to happen accidentally. There are just too many points in the process where the DM's desires enter the equation. [/QUOTE]

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