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<blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 4051611" data-attributes="member: 18701"><p>I would never be irritated as a player by any sort of encounter unless it was obvious that the DM was trying to railroad me. </p><p></p><p>I would actually find your scenario a fun encounter. For me, I would find it extremely fun to figure out how to overcome that challenge after I had run away from it. Now you guys know what to expect, so what are you gonna do about it? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For every encounter that <em>wasn't</em> for you guys, there's 20 times that many that <em>wasn't</em> for the DM <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> I don't know how many times the PCs breezed through an encounter that was <em>supposed</em> to be challenging in our campaign. You guys can't handle getting your butt handed to ya once in awhile? Or was it obvious this DM was railroading you guys and purposefully keeping you from advancing? </p><p></p><p>I'm one of those DMs that believe that not every encounter is supposed to be fair. Even though players claim to agree with that most of the time, they still complain that a DM is being unfair when it happens <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>I actually think you guys played it really smart. Running away like you did was a sign of a smart bunch of warriors. Unlike players I've DMed who stay and fight no matter what and then complain when they lose and say that I don't know how to judge challenge ratings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oryan77, post: 4051611, member: 18701"] I would never be irritated as a player by any sort of encounter unless it was obvious that the DM was trying to railroad me. I would actually find your scenario a fun encounter. For me, I would find it extremely fun to figure out how to overcome that challenge after I had run away from it. Now you guys know what to expect, so what are you gonna do about it? ;) For every encounter that [i]wasn't[/i] for you guys, there's 20 times that many that [i]wasn't[/i] for the DM :p I don't know how many times the PCs breezed through an encounter that was [i]supposed[/i] to be challenging in our campaign. You guys can't handle getting your butt handed to ya once in awhile? Or was it obvious this DM was railroading you guys and purposefully keeping you from advancing? I'm one of those DMs that believe that not every encounter is supposed to be fair. Even though players claim to agree with that most of the time, they still complain that a DM is being unfair when it happens :p I actually think you guys played it really smart. Running away like you did was a sign of a smart bunch of warriors. Unlike players I've DMed who stay and fight no matter what and then complain when they lose and say that I don't know how to judge challenge ratings. [/QUOTE]
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