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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9068303" data-attributes="member: 7030563">I play mostly RAW 5E, actually one of my DMs is even a little easier with potions as a bonus action.  Since 2014 as a player I have personally had 3 PCs die and have seen another 2 party members die.  As a DM I lost 1 PC and the character actually heroically died by intentionally diving into a portal to Elemental water to close it from the other side and save the rest of the party (and the world).That is a lot less than died during the 80s playing 1E (both basic and AD&D), but the lower chance of death has not dulled my enthusiasm for 5E.I remember one 1E campaign where I was DM (and an adult) and a girl, about 15, was playing a Drow Cleric/Magic User in a neighborhood game.  They were around 13th level I think, I still remember her characters name - Silversun (wierd for a Drow, I know).  Anyway she died as part of a TPK to a bunch of Erinyes.  She started crying and I felt horrible, I felt like I had shot her dog or something.  She did not complain at all nor ask me to bend the rules but she did cry for like an hour while everyone was rolling up new 1st level characters.  Six months or so later the next party also got  TPKed (a naga and an Army of Orcs if I remember correctly).   Second time around she did a lot better. Given the choice between the two, I much prefer the "easy mode" of 5E ..... and if you don't like it easy you can always play an Elemental Monk.</blockquote>

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