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<blockquote data-quote="DeanP" data-source="post: 6856585" data-attributes="member: 6681963">I primarily DM, and we've had a few character deaths in 5e.Three out of four characters died escaping from the dungeons of the slave lords (converted 1e module, which I never ran with this bunch, despite gaming with them since I was a teen). It was really a case of poor decision, followed by poor decision. When all four of the characters dropped against the escaping slave lords, I decided that they might survive the eruption of the volcano destroying the slave lord city. Bad decisions were followed by awful rolls (two players were done in by rolls of &quot;1&quot; during their death saves).&nbsp; One of the four survived, only to venture into a cavern that was the home of a basilisk (he didn't have to enter, but, curiosity got the better of him), and through another succession of poor rolls, was turned to stone.&nbsp; The dice giveth and the dice taketh away.During a different story, one character, an elven ranger, accepted the single challenge of an Orc champion. It was a fierce battle but my &quot;dice fu&quot; was strong, and back to back 20s dropped him, and the Orc, promising to take his head prior to the start of the battle, did just that. The most recent death, a character pressed his luck against a strange, stone guardian. The immobile guardian fired a disentergration spell, and the player failed his save and the character was ashed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DeanP, post: 6856585, member: 6681963"] I primarily DM, and we've had a few character deaths in 5e. Three out of four characters died escaping from the dungeons of the slave lords (converted 1e module, which I never ran with this bunch, despite gaming with them since I was a teen). It was really a case of poor decision, followed by poor decision. When all four of the characters dropped against the escaping slave lords, I decided that they might survive the eruption of the volcano destroying the slave lord city. Bad decisions were followed by awful rolls (two players were done in by rolls of "1" during their death saves). One of the four survived, only to venture into a cavern that was the home of a basilisk (he didn't have to enter, but, curiosity got the better of him), and through another succession of poor rolls, was turned to stone. The dice giveth and the dice taketh away. During a different story, one character, an elven ranger, accepted the single challenge of an Orc champion. It was a fierce battle but my "dice fu" was strong, and back to back 20s dropped him, and the Orc, promising to take his head prior to the start of the battle, did just that. The most recent death, a character pressed his luck against a strange, stone guardian. The immobile guardian fired a disentergration spell, and the player failed his save and the character was ashed. [/QUOTE]

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