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Message: <blockquote data-quote="comareddin" data-source="post: 2756955" data-attributes="member: 28529">As a DM I have a certain thing. Any NPC with int 8 or more who is losing the fight against the PCs will try to escape, if it is a viable option. I usually like to do this in a cinematic and sure method. The ones I have used so far that come to my mind are:- NPC wizard's stoneskin is about to expire (too much damage) He is cornered in his chamber. He makes a x4 dash for the corridor provoking AoOs. PCs shoot arrows. Wizard casts web to fill the corridor, leaves. PCs are left alone to dance with the zombies.- Sahuagin warband leader, after half his party dies and he is pretty low on hp, jumps back into the water from the ship's deck where the sharks were eating the crew of the ship thrown into the water. (Sahuagin like to chat with sharks)- The rogue guy, he is cornered and knows he is going to die in 10-20 seconds. The room is  a high domed chamber with the only exit nicely covered by a PC. He activates a ring of jump, jumps really high and grabs the rope dangling from a man sized hole at the top. Mechanism activated, our rogue waves bye bye to the PCs as he rises into the escape chamber.Can you come up with similar ideas like this? I really do not like my NPCs with sheets dying. I have a special connection to them just like players to their characters.Com</blockquote>