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<blockquote data-quote="Dannager" data-source="post: 6308315" data-attributes="member: 73683">If you say so.I think it's pretty obvious when a game's characters are more superhero than hero. I've played plenty of games like that. D&amp;D, of any edition, doesn't come close.It should only take &quot;dozens&quot; of them when there's a large power disparity between the player and the attacker.I don't see why you'd come to the conclusion that this is a good philosophy for D&amp;D. D&amp;D is a game. Actual people are playing it. Actual people get attached to their characters. On balance, high survivability is better than low survivability. Obviously a middle ground is preferable.Is this something your players have consistently asked for? Have they expressed a common concern, in other games, that their characters die too infrequently? I've been DMing for quite some time now, and I have yet to have a single player come up to me after a campaign and say, &quot;You know what would have improved things for me? If I'd died more often.&quot; In my experience, high-lethality is the sort of game trait (along with things like &quot;low-magic&quot;, &quot;anti-magic-mart&quot;, etc.) that is almost never requested by players and is almost always suggested by DMs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannager, post: 6308315, member: 73683"] If you say so. I think it's pretty obvious when a game's characters are more superhero than hero. I've played plenty of games like that. D&D, of any edition, doesn't come close. It should only take "dozens" of them when there's a large power disparity between the player and the attacker. I don't see why you'd come to the conclusion that this is a good philosophy for D&D. D&D is a game. Actual people are playing it. Actual people get attached to their characters. On balance, high survivability is better than low survivability. Obviously a middle ground is preferable. Is this something your players have consistently asked for? Have they expressed a common concern, in other games, that their characters die [I]too infrequently?[/I] I've been DMing for quite some time now, and I have yet to have a single player come up to me after a campaign and say, "You know what would have improved things for me? If I'd [I]died more often.[/I]" In my experience, high-lethality is the sort of game trait (along with things like "low-magic", "anti-magic-mart", etc.) that is almost never requested by players and is almost always suggested by DMs. [/QUOTE]

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