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<blockquote data-quote="AdamBomb" data-source="post: 2954728" data-attributes="member: 28519">there's a fine lineI'm currently playing in a campaign with 2nd level PC's.&nbsp; Last session, we foolishly split the party.&nbsp; Half of us got ambushed by babarians.&nbsp; Due to some poor tactics on our part, two of us were dropped well into negative HP's while the rest of the party was gone.Incredibly, the barbarians stabilized us at -9 hitpoints, then took our stuff and left us unconscious.In my mind, the DM has broken the game.&nbsp; Now I know he won't kill PC's.&nbsp; Doesn't matter what stupid stuff we do, some Deus Ex Machina will prevent us from death.&nbsp; Without fear of death, the game is boring to me.I tend to go to the other extreme, unfortunately.&nbsp; I had my son and his friend each roll up 2 10th level characters for a one off the other night.&nbsp; 3 of the 4 died in their very first encounter.&nbsp; It was very poor tactics on their part that brought about their demise, as they charged in one at a time to go toe-to-toe with a 4 armed, 30 strength gargoyle, and he ripped them each apart.&nbsp; I could see what was going to happen, but my own sense of &quot;it has to be deadly or it will be boring&quot; kept me from pulling some punches and letting them play a little longer.There's a middle ground there somewhere, but I'm no good at finding it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AdamBomb, post: 2954728, member: 28519"] [b]there's a fine line[/b] I'm currently playing in a campaign with 2nd level PC's. Last session, we foolishly split the party. Half of us got ambushed by babarians. Due to some poor tactics on our part, two of us were dropped well into negative HP's while the rest of the party was gone. Incredibly, the barbarians stabilized us at -9 hitpoints, then took our stuff and left us unconscious. In my mind, the DM has broken the game. Now I know he won't kill PC's. Doesn't matter what stupid stuff we do, some Deus Ex Machina will prevent us from death. Without fear of death, the game is boring to me. I tend to go to the other extreme, unfortunately. I had my son and his friend each roll up 2 10th level characters for a one off the other night. 3 of the 4 died in their very first encounter. It was very poor tactics on their part that brought about their demise, as they charged in one at a time to go toe-to-toe with a 4 armed, 30 strength gargoyle, and he ripped them each apart. I could see what was going to happen, but my own sense of "it has to be deadly or it will be boring" kept me from pulling some punches and letting them play a little longer. There's a middle ground there somewhere, but I'm no good at finding it. [/QUOTE]

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