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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 3857956" data-attributes="member: 2011">It's not too much of a gamble. If the Fighters already did 100 points of damage, it's a fair bet that the Power Word Kill-like spell is going to finish the job.But like I said, shifting when it happens (round 5 instead of round 1) is not really resolving the issue.Isn't that the point? Who really cares if it takes 3 rounds to kill NPC monsters? What matters is that PCs do not die without some chance of affecting their own fate.NPCs do not play the game and do not care about their fate. If the DM gets upset about a special NPC dying, then it's time to look around for a new DM.Players do play the game, and they often care about the fate of their PCs.</blockquote>