Clint_L
Legend
I just try to put myself in my monster/NPC's point of view and ask myself what makes sense for them.
They constantly try to run away, surrender, bargain, or bluff their way out. Very few, aside from mindless minions like zombies or something, will fight to the death unless there are no other options or they are absolutely enraged or something. Oh, and extra-planar entities don't generally care about "dying" too much.
But your typical beast just wanted an easy meal. Your typical bandit just wanted some loot. Even your typical BBEG doesn't want to die. So I don't like the idea of moral score or whatever. I'd rather just role-play it, though I will sometimes roll if I figure the creature could react either way.
They constantly try to run away, surrender, bargain, or bluff their way out. Very few, aside from mindless minions like zombies or something, will fight to the death unless there are no other options or they are absolutely enraged or something. Oh, and extra-planar entities don't generally care about "dying" too much.
But your typical beast just wanted an easy meal. Your typical bandit just wanted some loot. Even your typical BBEG doesn't want to die. So I don't like the idea of moral score or whatever. I'd rather just role-play it, though I will sometimes roll if I figure the creature could react either way.