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<blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 4587493" data-attributes="member: 834">You don't ask yourself that, you ask the player.I've never met a player who wants to play a gimped PC fro a whole campaign but getting in a dire spot for a single encounter is quite fun to most mature players.&nbsp; I wouldn't try that while teaching D&amp;D to a 14 yeard old nephew, obviously, but most adult wouldn't mind IMO.Fights are not exciting without a serious and credible possibility of character death.&nbsp; There are many way to achieve this level of tension and having a few handicapped party members for a fight is one way to do it.&nbsp; As long as it's not an every session occurence, that's quite fun.&nbsp; ---That being said, as long as you built a level +0 encounter, the heavy armor guys won't be in that much trouble if they had Healing surges left before going to camp.&nbsp; Level +0 encounter are cake walk in normal circumstances so they'll just be a bit harder with the armor guys at low AC.Level +2 or 3 on the other hand needs everyone in tip top shape and you're headed for a TPK if you do that while the fighter is in PJs.&nbsp; As always, common sense is optional for the PCs but mandatory for the DM.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mal Malenkirk, post: 4587493, member: 834"] You don't ask yourself that, you ask the player. I've never met a player who wants to play a gimped PC fro a whole campaign but getting in a dire spot for a single encounter is quite fun to most mature players. I wouldn't try that while teaching D&D to a 14 yeard old nephew, obviously, but most adult wouldn't mind IMO. Fights are not exciting without a serious and credible possibility of character death. There are many way to achieve this level of tension and having a few handicapped party members for a fight is one way to do it. As long as it's not an every session occurence, that's quite fun. --- That being said, as long as you built a level +0 encounter, the heavy armor guys won't be in that much trouble if they had Healing surges left before going to camp. Level +0 encounter are cake walk in normal circumstances so they'll just be a bit harder with the armor guys at low AC. Level +2 or 3 on the other hand needs everyone in tip top shape and you're headed for a TPK if you do that while the fighter is in PJs. As always, common sense is optional for the PCs but mandatory for the DM. [/QUOTE]

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