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<blockquote data-quote="Shaele" data-source="post: 375672" data-attributes="member: 3071">I think that you need to figure out what motivates your players. Some have suggested that you should never let a TPK happen, that &quot;plot is king&quot; and the PCs should always win. That's fine if you all subscribe to that type of campaign, but it doesn't work for everyone.Our group are mainly strategic players: plot and character development are important, but the players get the most satisfaction in strategically gameplay. The challenge for us is in combat and game mechanics, and we get satisfaction from knowing that we defeated badguy-x against the odds. If there's no risk of death, there's little satisfaction in winning.YMMV - this works for us because it's the way we enjoy playing. We actually had a TPK about 2 months ago: we ended up rolling up new characters who were hired by a known NPC to recover the bodies of the previous party. It made sense within the plot context, and let us pick up where we left off (to some degree). Were we bitter towards the DM? Not at all!! We made a few mistakes in combat, and it cost us the battle - we knew the risk ahead of time, and were prepared for the possibility. Again, I'd stress that you talk about it, figure out what everyone wants to get from the game and work out a compromise if necessary. The &quot;right&quot; answer is the one that results in everyone enjoying your game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shaele, post: 375672, member: 3071"] I think that you need to figure out what motivates your players. Some have suggested that you should never let a TPK happen, that "plot is king" and the PCs should always win. That's fine if you all subscribe to that type of campaign, but it doesn't work for everyone. Our group are mainly strategic players: plot and character development are important, but the players get the most satisfaction in strategically gameplay. The challenge for us is in combat and game mechanics, and we get satisfaction from knowing that we defeated badguy-x against the odds. If there's no risk of death, there's little satisfaction in winning. YMMV - this works for us because it's the way we enjoy playing. We actually had a TPK about 2 months ago: we ended up rolling up new characters who were hired by a known NPC to recover the bodies of the previous party. It made sense within the plot context, and let us pick up where we left off (to some degree). Were we bitter towards the DM? Not at all!! We made a few mistakes in combat, and it cost us the battle - we knew the risk ahead of time, and were prepared for the possibility. Again, I'd stress that you talk about it, figure out what everyone wants to get from the game and work out a compromise if necessary. The "right" answer is the one that results in everyone enjoying your game. [/QUOTE]

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