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Is it fair to cast save-or-suck spells on the players?
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<blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 7149772" data-attributes="member: 67338"><p>in 98 he had been running games for 8 years, I don't think that's a 'new' DM and since as of today he still runs with the same rules and sees nothing the matter with it, you will excuse me if I don't agree on it being 'a newbie' thing. MY first campaign (about 2ish years before that) I knew not to use instant death effects on PCs...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>lets see what I said</p><p></p><p> nothing withheld. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I was imprisoned and PCs had no way to get me out... seems like all the info you need is there, let me bold it</p><p></p><p> all the details you need, unless you want to make an argument that the PCs did in fact have a way, when I spelled out they did not.</p><p> so here is me talking about verffying that I called the DMs house to ask him if the situation had changed... it had not.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>here is the end of it... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>see I just assumed the words explained that there was no way... I mean in retrospect I can even tell you what a pain it was to get the PC back with NPC help...</p><p></p><p></p><p> wrong all the details were there but people like to add "You could have done this hypothetical thing" instead of taking the information at face value.</p><p> </p><p></p><p>here is pertinent info... an experienced DM who ran games for years used an old school gotcha trap and thought that I should spend the next 4-5 hours doing nothing, and some of you seem to agree and say the 'consequences' was for me to sit out, or that I was supposed to act like a baseball player waiting for a turn at bat...</p><p></p><p>all the information that came out in drips and drabs were simply my way of stoping people who argued my orginal info was wrong...</p><p></p><p>a) I had nothing to do</p><p>b) I was stuck out of game with no PC for an extended point of time...</p><p></p><p>others tried to prove me wrong with crazy hypotheticals "Why didn't you just take an NPC" </p><p>so I had to answer questions "Because the DM doesn't do that."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GMforPowergamers, post: 7149772, member: 67338"] in 98 he had been running games for 8 years, I don't think that's a 'new' DM and since as of today he still runs with the same rules and sees nothing the matter with it, you will excuse me if I don't agree on it being 'a newbie' thing. MY first campaign (about 2ish years before that) I knew not to use instant death effects on PCs... lets see what I said nothing withheld. I was imprisoned and PCs had no way to get me out... seems like all the info you need is there, let me bold it [B][/B] all the details you need, unless you want to make an argument that the PCs did in fact have a way, when I spelled out they did not. so here is me talking about verffying that I called the DMs house to ask him if the situation had changed... it had not. [B][/B] here is the end of it... see I just assumed the words explained that there was no way... I mean in retrospect I can even tell you what a pain it was to get the PC back with NPC help... wrong all the details were there but people like to add "You could have done this hypothetical thing" instead of taking the information at face value. here is pertinent info... an experienced DM who ran games for years used an old school gotcha trap and thought that I should spend the next 4-5 hours doing nothing, and some of you seem to agree and say the 'consequences' was for me to sit out, or that I was supposed to act like a baseball player waiting for a turn at bat... all the information that came out in drips and drabs were simply my way of stoping people who argued my orginal info was wrong... a) I had nothing to do b) I was stuck out of game with no PC for an extended point of time... others tried to prove me wrong with crazy hypotheticals "Why didn't you just take an NPC" so I had to answer questions "Because the DM doesn't do that." [/QUOTE]
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