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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8774503" data-attributes="member: 93670">Both experienced and newbies &amp; it's easy to believe when you consider the impact of death saves on player mindset.&nbsp; I started in the 90s well into the hickman revolution so d&amp;d was always heavy on story for me.&nbsp; Thanks to death saves though NPCs offering powerful healing potions/cure items went from &quot;oh wow how many can I buy&quot; to &quot;no... I think it's a waste of money but guess I'll buy one&quot;-&gt;gm: &quot;anyone else?&quot;-&gt;Other players: &quot;no...&nbsp; I have a regular potion&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp;Players don't have tools to save themselves when things are going bad &amp; they don't consider being at 7/70hp to be the end of the line.&nbsp; Death saves leave players shocked when the monsters confirm the kill or something &amp; as players they didn't even consider themselves to be in danger when the first attack dropped them &amp; even the second doing two death saves wasn't a nail biting moment when so many players could healing word them before that monster got another turn. When that expectation doesn't hold upplayers are shocked &amp; say things <a href="https://youtu.be/2ONqZ8Mxweo?t=198" target="_blank">like this</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 8774503, member: 93670"] Both experienced and newbies & it's easy to believe when you consider the impact of death saves on player mindset. I started in the 90s well into the hickman revolution so d&d was always heavy on story for me. Thanks to death saves though NPCs offering powerful healing potions/cure items went from "oh [I]wow[/I] how many can I buy" to "no... I think it's a waste of money but guess I'll buy [I]one[/I]"->gm: "anyone else?"->Other players: "no... I have a regular potion". Players don't have tools to save themselves when things are going bad & they don't consider being at 7/70hp to be the end of the line. Death saves leave players shocked when the monsters confirm the kill or something & as players they didn't even consider themselves to be in danger when the first attack dropped them & even the second doing two death saves wasn't a nail biting moment when so many players could healing word them before that monster got another turn. When that expectation doesn't hold upplayers are shocked & say things [URL='https://youtu.be/2ONqZ8Mxweo?t=198']like this[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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