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<blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 8084542" data-attributes="member: 30438"><p>Yeah, I'd have seen where the dice fell there. But I'm also a big softy when it comes to giving the PCs every chance to save themselves. However, it's always going to be a balance between Rule-of-Cool and Rule-of Rules, with the DM trying to maintain that balance to the fun of the table. It's no easy thing, as a DM has to see what's going to happen at that moment, but also what repercussions that ruling will have going forward.</p><p></p><p>Just last session, I had a player that wanted to grab Acererak's staff and take it from him. The character did not have any abilities to disarm, so I said no. Because while it'd be pretty cool if the character had pulled that off, it would've opened a whole new can of worms. What happens when Acererak starts targeting everyone else's weapons in turn, leaving people completely helpless? What happens in future campaigns, when a band of goblins with high dice rolls can completely divest a party of everything they're holding and run off into the woods, never to be seen again?</p><p></p><p>Likewise, what happens if the DM rules that an NPC or monster using a similar effect to Terrifying Visage rules that the PCs all flee in terror automatically?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ralif Redhammer, post: 8084542, member: 30438"] Yeah, I'd have seen where the dice fell there. But I'm also a big softy when it comes to giving the PCs every chance to save themselves. However, it's always going to be a balance between Rule-of-Cool and Rule-of Rules, with the DM trying to maintain that balance to the fun of the table. It's no easy thing, as a DM has to see what's going to happen at that moment, but also what repercussions that ruling will have going forward. Just last session, I had a player that wanted to grab Acererak's staff and take it from him. The character did not have any abilities to disarm, so I said no. Because while it'd be pretty cool if the character had pulled that off, it would've opened a whole new can of worms. What happens when Acererak starts targeting everyone else's weapons in turn, leaving people completely helpless? What happens in future campaigns, when a band of goblins with high dice rolls can completely divest a party of everything they're holding and run off into the woods, never to be seen again? Likewise, what happens if the DM rules that an NPC or monster using a similar effect to Terrifying Visage rules that the PCs all flee in terror automatically? [/QUOTE]
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