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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 2033022" data-attributes="member: 15651"><p>I let the dice fall.  If I really think a PC death will screw up the story aspect of the game at that particular time, I may have the enemy make different tactical decisions (No, the enemy does not have Power Word Kill memorized...he used it earlier in the day when one of his minions spilled soup on him).  I might fudge a roll behind the screen occasionally - usually a possible critical strike that fails to be a critical, or a maximum damage roll gets dropped a little - but that is not removing the risk, it is just mitigating it.  The PC might get hit again on the next round and that time it might be enough to kill him - oh well, he had one more chance to retreat or get assistance or whatever and chose not to.  But I let player rolls stand, I don't make the rolls for them, and I won't pull some kind of divine intervention crap unless somehow it REALLY fits into the story, that just takes away too much from the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>