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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bgbarcus" data-source="post: 7465411" data-attributes="member: 6784891">The biggest problem with monsters giving up is that they can only escape if the archers and spell casters want them to escape.  Very few monsters can get away before their few remaining hit points have been taken from ranged attacks.  If they can't flee the PCs have a problem, what do you do with a bunch of captured monsters?I like using morale checks or my own judgement to have monsters give up but it rarely works well.  I do have a house rule that if surrender is accepted and then the PCs decide to kill their captives, the monsters get advantage on all attack rolls for the rest of the fight as a sign of their anger and desperation.  It has only come up a couple of times in the last few years.</blockquote>