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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hjorimir" data-source="post: 2627423" data-attributes="member: 5745">I certainly won't fault you for playing as you prefer. The whole point of the game is entertainment, which is subject to taste.That being said, I would kill the PC with the critical. Yes, it can be harsh (and has been at times), but I really believe it elevates the level of gaming experience. Just this weekend I killed a PC in my game that has been played over the last year and a half. A 9th-level barbarian and without a doubt the toughest member of the group. What killed him? A lowly ghast performed a CDG while he lay there paralyzed.The player was completely fine with what happened; he knows I don't hold back and he wouldn't have it any other way even though he truly loved the character. In the same combat, the PCs managed to finally down a necromancer who they had been meaning to kill for about...oh seven months now. This necromancer has had his way with the group on quite a few occasions (and was responsible for the first PC death in the campaign).When he fell my players literally jumped out of their chairs and cheered. There were many high-fives being dealt out and one of them started running victory laps in my house ala Rocky. The player who had died stuck around just to cheer the others on and joined in the celebrations.I'm not exaggerating one bit.Now, I don't know how many others of you get these kinds of reactions out of your players, but it is one of those things that I really cherish from DMing; emotional investment in the campaign. The level of danger I put on the PCs, the utter lack of mercy, the evil laughs I give when they fail (although inside I'm always rooting for them) all add to this.We finished up the game after about nine hours of play. Most of the players stuck around my house until well past midnight talking about the great game along with a ton of Monday Morning Quarterback analysis of the big showdown with one necromancer and a fallen companion.</blockquote>

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