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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doc_Klueless" data-source="post: 41243" data-attributes="member: 261">I seem to recall this same subject coming up before, but in a slightly different tone. This one is by far less combative. heh, heh, heh.My take on the matter of PC death/No PC death has been made before, but since that was on the old board, I'll say it again.Saving the PCs at the last moment through a God Roll is not a bad thing. It probably won't affect the game much at all. Why? Because, so far as I know, this was an isolated event in your game. The players shouldn't be counting on it to happen all the time. They should still fear death. However....It should be noted that not everyone feels that the prospect of death is what is needed to feel heroic. You should sound out your group and find out how they feel about the matter. Do they want to play in a game that has the aspect of little to no PC death? Or do they want the chance of dying?Take my own group, for instance (yes, I'm actually playing now. 4 weeks in a row! Yippee!!). I had gone back into my old DMing mode of not killing PCs. They figured it out and basically told me that they wanted the chance of dying. Now I make all attack and damage rolls in front of the Players so they can see them. It really adds to the feeling of tention and suspence at the table.But, I had to ask them. You should ask your players and supply for them the type of game they want with the caveat that you get to have fun, too.Sooooo, (yes, I know. I'm rambling. I just woke up and am having my first cup of coffee.) it's not a matter of wrong or right. It never really is when it comes to gaming. Rather it's a matter of "what does the group (players and DM included) want for the game?" Once you have that answer and you stick to it, you can't go wrong.</blockquote>

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