Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Ruined" data-source="post: 1303455" data-attributes="member: 113">My Players probably want to stay away from this thread.There’s a term in writing called ‘Kill Your Pretties’.&nbsp; It’s when you have characters that you love and enjoy so much that you find yourself afraid to inflict anything drastic upon them, including death. I’m leery of encountering this in my campaign.At the end of the current session, the PC warrior had just won a costly battle against a Fiendish Troll (leader of troll force). When we wrapped the session, three important NPCs were down (the other PCs were off involved in a different battle):Lawgiver Doran – priest of law god. Romantic interest of another NPC, travel companion to the party. Lost his clerical abilities months ago in game due to serious unlawful action he took. Regained powers during this battle, took serious AoO blow to heal fighter. Fell from strike afterwards.2 cohorts to fighter – Fellow jannisary slaves freed by PC fighter. Both cool in their own respect. One was crunched with a critical, the other was knocked back and down into a flaming trench.Now, I have the dice results from the fight, and they’re not pretty. I’m looking more for story impact as opposed to ‘letting the chips fall where they may’. I know some of the population here goes straight by the numbers, and have high death counts anyway. How do you DMs deal with ally deaths?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruined, post: 1303455, member: 113"] My Players probably want to stay away from this thread. There’s a term in writing called ‘Kill Your Pretties’. It’s when you have characters that you love and enjoy so much that you find yourself afraid to inflict anything drastic upon them, including death. I’m leery of encountering this in my campaign. At the end of the current session, the PC warrior had just won a costly battle against a Fiendish Troll (leader of troll force). When we wrapped the session, three important NPCs were down (the other PCs were off involved in a different battle): Lawgiver Doran – priest of law god. Romantic interest of another NPC, travel companion to the party. Lost his clerical abilities months ago in game due to serious unlawful action he took. Regained powers during this battle, took serious AoO blow to heal fighter. Fell from strike afterwards. 2 cohorts to fighter – Fellow jannisary slaves freed by PC fighter. Both cool in their own respect. One was crunched with a critical, the other was knocked back and down into a flaming trench. Now, I have the dice results from the fight, and they’re not pretty. I’m looking more for story impact as opposed to ‘letting the chips fall where they may’. I know some of the population here goes straight by the numbers, and have high death counts anyway. How do you DMs deal with ally deaths? [/QUOTE]

Verification