Shieldhaven
Explorer
I don't know if other DMs are kidding about mocking players whose characters get killed. I hope so. I mean, as DM, I have an infinite statblock, based solely on how awful of an encounter I'm willing to dump on them. I feel less sympathy if they were obviously overmatched and ought to have run away. But a round of bad luck - i.e., you went total defense to boost your AC to 27 because you've just got too many people on you, but you still get killed by the direwolf because no one in the party can bail you out - that's not a cause for mockery. Sorry, kiddo, have fun waiting for the rez. This is actually why I enjoy the game more at 9th level and above - the PCs can cast their own Raise Dead spells, so I don't have to derail the evening's plot nearly as much to get them back in the action.
Haven
Haven