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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilladian" data-source="post: 6470163" data-attributes="member: 2093">I had fun on Saturday; my PCs ran into the wraith in the starter set adventure; the cleric turned it, twice, but they were unable to retreat fast enough (while dragging the treasure chest) to get away to where it would not follow them, so it came up out of the floor after recovering from the 2nd turn effect, and slammed the cleric. Took her down immediately to 0 HP, and she failed the save, so she died instantly. I debated hard as to whether to go after the cleric, because I knew she was already wounded and not likely to survive a solid hit. I rolled nearly max damage, too. But I could not justify going after a different foe; she had been the one inflicting the pain of being turned. The creature hates the living, and she's a cleric of the Goddess of Life. So he took her out. My first 5e kill. I really believe the DM needs to play the monsters to their intelligence, to their traits, and as they would "really" act. No pulling punches. But wow, was that hard to do!I've actually started rolling all my dice in sight of the players, so I can't pull my punches as much as I would if the rolls were hidden. That's how I keep myself honest.</blockquote>