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Message: <blockquote data-quote="radferth" data-source="post: 4379772" data-attributes="member: 5791"><p>Not having actually played 4e yet, I must ask why no one withdraws what whatever Shadowfell encounter is killing so many folks.  I remember in college, when we had many players (of various systems) who were playing tabletop for the first time (having only played eighties CRPGs up to that point).  Many them suffered from the if-we-can-find-it-we-can-kill-it mentality, resulting in them occasionally suiciding themselves against foes who seemed like obvious candidates to negotiate with, flee, or avoid to long-time tabletop players.  Has the careful scaling of 4e led many folks to believe all encounters will be beatable, or is there something about that encounter (or the system in general) that allows the deadliness to sneak up on you, so you don't realize what danger you're in until a bunch of folks suddenly fall?</p></blockquote><p></p>