D&D 5E The Larger Failure of "Tyranny of Dragons"

[Nagol]

None that I've ever played. Or would play.

shrug Many are quite fun. Death would not be genre appropriate.

 

[pemerton]

shrug Many are quite fun. Death would not be genre appropriate.

I already gave the example of Prince Valiant upthread. NPCs die (sometimes, at least) but PCs typically don't.

Prince Valiant achieves this result by making it a matter of GM discretion (having regard to the fiction, of course) what happens when a character's Brawn is reduced to zero as the outcome of physical conflict resolution.

 

[Nagol]

I already gave the example of Prince Valiant upthread. NPCs die (sometimes, at least) but PCs typically don't.

Prince Valiant achieves this result by making it a matter of GM discretion (having regard to the fiction, of course) what happens when a character's Brawn is reduced to zero as the outcome of physical conflict resolution.

Teenagers from Outer Space is high slapstick comedy where no lasting harm can occur.
My Life with Master feeds on angst and suffering. Death would be too easy a way out.
In Nomine is based on the players playing powerful universal forces.