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<blockquote data-quote="zenld" data-source="post: 1053898" data-attributes="member: 13204">even with resurrection, death should still be something characters should fear. if everytime they die you just allow them to get res, then soon they wont fear death anyway. i find that by letting them get to the edge of death before succeeding tension remains high. the players dont know whether i will kill their characters or not so they begin to think of other ways to do things. thus escalating the tension even more. everyone has to participate. lots of things have to go right. and death, permanent and unrecoverable is always lurking around the corner. ultimately everyone has a better time. i don't think of myself as a rat-bastard dm. and i am definitely not a spineless puppy dm. but elements of both in judicious mixture have led to the success of my campaigns.besides, there is no right or wrong. play the way you and your group have fun. i have read all kinds of advice and stories and it all comes down to i play different than you do. get over it.if you find success (ie fun) in being a spineless puppy, more jello to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zenld, post: 1053898, member: 13204"] even with resurrection, death should still be something characters should fear. if everytime they die you just allow them to get res, then soon they wont fear death anyway. i find that by letting them get to the edge of death before succeeding tension remains high. the players dont know whether i will kill their characters or not so they begin to think of other ways to do things. thus escalating the tension even more. everyone has to participate. lots of things have to go right. and death, permanent and unrecoverable is always lurking around the corner. ultimately everyone has a better time. i don't think of myself as a rat-bastard dm. and i am definitely not a spineless puppy dm. but elements of both in judicious mixture have led to the success of my campaigns. besides, there is no right or wrong. play the way you and your group have fun. i have read all kinds of advice and stories and it all comes down to i play different than you do. get over it. if you find success (ie fun) in being a spineless puppy, more jello to you. [/QUOTE]

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