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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BlackCat" data-source="post: 2943083" data-attributes="member: 38901">Honestly, it didn't seem to be a terribly Rat Bastard thing to do to me at the time.The thing that I like very, very much about how el-remmen runs his games is that he manages to balance challenging the players, playing the bad guys in their desire to kill/torture/maim the PCs and the uncaring world around them.In this particular instance, he played a demoness that wanted to be smart and move among the party and when that failed fought them. When it became clear that she had an advantage we ran but she was able to exact a harsh toll.To my mind he managed to do two things:1. He brought about a highly emotionally charged environment by presenting a cruel choice to a PC. By Ora presenting Kazrack with the choice of which companion to kill, he created a very demon-like situation. Without getting too esoteric, I think that given a choice between killing an opponent or hurting one, a demon should choose the latter. Bravo!2. He spared the party. Let's face it, that fight wasn't going well for our heroes. Yes, we chose to back off and retreat but had he chosen otherwise, the demoness could have easily come right after us and that would have been bad.So maybe I'm misunderstanding the meaning and role of the RBDM but I think he did a fantastic job in this case, as he has in quite a few before and to come.Sorry, el.</blockquote>