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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8259945" data-attributes="member: 29398">The specific situation I DMed once that made me ask was this:Party had entered a complex that, while there was various choice where to go nce inside, only had one way in or out.&nbsp; Going in they hit a glyph that did some big amount of damage but not enough to kill anyone; they then realized the glyph was permanent (reset after a few minutes) and not just a one-shot deal.&nbsp; Attempts to dispel it had no effect (if memory serves their odds weren't great but they did have a chance of getting it).Party then proceed into the complex and get hammered.&nbsp; All their healers either die or run out of spells (well, except for the psyonically-charmed one who turned against the party and then - having been told the glyph's password - fled outside) and the remaining few characters are beat to ratcrap.They try to leave, but the glyph is still there; only now the PCs all realize they're in bad enough shape that it'll kill any of them.&nbsp; So, they thought it over for a few minutes and then - in one of the most heroic things I've ever seen a character do - one of the PCs says &quot;Hoist one for me, guys&quot; and walks into the glyph, dying so the others could escape.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8259945, member: 29398"] The specific situation I DMed once that made me ask was this: Party had entered a complex that, while there was various choice where to go nce inside, only had one way in or out. Going in they hit a glyph that did some big amount of damage but not enough to kill anyone; they then realized the glyph was permanent (reset after a few minutes) and not just a one-shot deal. Attempts to dispel it had no effect (if memory serves their odds weren't great but they did have a chance of getting it). Party then proceed into the complex and get hammered. All their healers either die or run out of spells (well, except for the psyonically-charmed one who turned against the party and then - having been told the glyph's password - fled outside) and the remaining few characters are beat to ratcrap. They try to leave, but the glyph is still there; only now the PCs all realize they're in bad enough shape that it'll kill any of them. So, they thought it over for a few minutes and then - in one of the most heroic things I've ever seen a character do - one of the PCs says "Hoist one for me, guys" and walks into the glyph, dying so the others could escape. [/QUOTE]

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