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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Capellan" data-source="post: 518507" data-attributes="member: 6294">I don't go looking for TPKs, though I have had them in the past.There can be a lot of reasons they happen: freakishly bad luck, bad judgement (either by the DM in creating the encounter or the PCs in tackling it) or because it is a "pull out all the stops" end of campaign bonesnapper.In my home games, I generally avoid character death unless the player makes if inevitable - I'm not a fan of regular use of raise spells, even when the PCs are capable of using them, so I don't want to create too many opportunities for it to happen.The home games of others, however, are different - and if everyone in the group is happy with that style of play, then more power to them.  I know some players feel 'cheated' if it seems like the DM has 'gone easy' on them.  I can understand that, and I do my best to avoid fudging dice rolls for just that reason.  Instead, I generally set the EL of encounters as if I only had 4 players, even though most sessions I have 5-6.  The fights can still be very tense, but the PCs generally have a little extra buffer due to the additional manpower, which allows them to stabilise people.Con games, on the other hand, are a different matter.  They tend to depend on the subject or system of the module.  TPKs in Call of Cthulhu or Masque of the Red Death, for instance, are quite acceptable <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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