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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7965434" data-attributes="member: 6801845">It's not RAW that they die at 0 HP.  It's up to the DM as state in the PHB under "Monsters and Death".  Usually reserved for special villains of course, but always up to the DM.  It's a convenience and a metagame artifact that I don't think should ever make a difference in the behavior of an NPC.As far as people not fighting to the death ... have you never seen the news?  I find it difficult to say this without being insulting, but sadly people fight and die all the time.  Frequently about incredibly stupid things.In any case, as I stated above most fights are over in less than a minute.  Frequently in less time than it will take you to read this paragraph. It's not like people in the fight are sitting there analyzing their odds of survival.  Again, feel free to run it any way you want as a DM, I just don't buy the "the bad guys should always run away." They don't, they never have.</blockquote>