Is it Fair?

[JoeGKushner]

Well, I was running the sewer fiend today. The party gets to the big encoutner where they fight some rat men and their arcane spellcasting master. Now this dude has virtually no combat related spells, but he gets a sleep spell off and gets one of the players.

The party moves back into the hallway to fight them in coridors instead of in the open.

The sleeping character is dragged into the room and his throat slit.

Is that realistic and fair or should something else have happened?

 

[LostSoul]

It makes sense, sounds fair. I don't know if I would have done it, but the PCs did give the initiative to the other side...

 

[Teflon Billy]

If I was a DM, I'd have done it in a heartbeat.

If I was a player, I would've expected it had we left behind a Magically sleeping cohort.

If you are asking my opinion, you did right.

Now, if you're looking for other options, the Ratmen could have used the unconscious guy as a hostage to get the PC's to surrender.

But in my experience as a DM, this Never works, so actually disregard it

You did the right thing

 

[James McMurray]

Its perfectly fair. the other characters left one of their own behind and he faced the consequences. It certainly wouldn't have made sense for he ratmen to hang out and wait for the guy to wake up so they could have n enemy in their midst.

 

[Eternalknight]

The only probelm is you might now have a disgruntled player. Hopefully this won't happen, but you may have to work out a way to make this player happy again.

 

[James McMurray]

But if he's going to be mad at anyone, it should be the other players who left him high and dry.

 

[ATO_DM]

I second the comments made by McMurray.

 

[James McMurray]

Yes! I rule!

 

[Bonedagger]

Sounds okay.

BTW. Good excuse to learn them to protect each other. You know like in "cooperate"

 

[BadMojo]

Now, if you're looking for other options, the Ratmen could have used the unconscious guy as a hostage to get the PC's to surrender.

But in my experience as a DM, this Never works, so actually disregard it

I agree, TB. The whole "hostage" angle would have been extremely tough to believe. If this had happened to me as a player, it would feel like the DM was cutting me a break by not killing me off.

Maybe it would work if the Ratmen were on the losing side of the battle, but they clearly have the advantage at the point where the party is retreating into the corridors and one member is incapacitated.

Anyway, don't worry, Joe. You chose wisely. The path you walk is the true one: the Way of No Cheese.