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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9065267" data-attributes="member: 7035894">We have the opposite experience. We don't use alignment, so any encounter is potentially hostile...but also potentially not. Well, except for mindless predator types and things like zombies. But for the most part, players have more options for cleverness, not less.Again, this does not track my personal experience of AD&amp;D. Mostly, we wanted to kill everything and get its treasure, because that's where the experience was. It was seldom possible to get that loot without a fight - look at a typical AD&amp;D module.Say what? I use them regularly. I don't see how edition has anything to do with choosing to use those sorts of scenarios. They are pretty standard in every edition, in my experience.This is definitely true. But we also had hirelings to throw in front of a lot of that stuff.I will agree that D&amp;D is less lethal than AD&amp;D (hello healing word), though ultimately this comes down to the DM in any edition, but your characterization of 5e is pretty hyperbolic. Players can and do feel various types of loss, in many ways more so than AD&amp;D because there is greater emphasis on story, and characters do die.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 9065267, member: 7035894"] We have the opposite experience. We don't use alignment, so any encounter is potentially hostile...but also potentially not. Well, except for mindless predator types and things like zombies. But for the most part, players have more options for cleverness, not less. Again, this does not track my personal experience of AD&D. Mostly, we wanted to kill everything and get its treasure, because that's where the experience was. It was seldom possible to get that loot without a fight - look at a typical AD&D module. Say what? I use them regularly. I don't see how edition has anything to do with choosing to use those sorts of scenarios. They are pretty standard in every edition, in my experience. This is definitely true. But we also had hirelings to throw in front of a lot of that stuff. I will agree that D&D is less lethal than AD&D (hello healing word), though ultimately this comes down to the DM in any edition, but your characterization of 5e is pretty hyperbolic. Players can and do feel various types of loss, in many ways more so than AD&D because there is greater emphasis on story, and characters do die. [/QUOTE]

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