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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brotton Goodfellow" data-source="post: 9865084" data-attributes="member: 6812740">Death is always on the table in my games. I’ll throw dangerous encounters at my players, but I won’t make that the primary source of fear in the game. To quote Rocky IV, “If he dies, he dies.” I know my players enjoy the thrill of battle and there’s been lots of close calls. I’ve actually implemented “Zymer’s Candle” from 5E Hardcore Mode into the dungeon I’m currently running. It’s like a save point for the characters. If they die, they are returned to the chapel in which holds the candle, albeit with a permanent(ish) 1 point reduction to their constitution score. So again, they won’t die, but now they’re down HP. It’s made them cautious and when faced with a particular threat, they don’t screw around and put it down quick and hard. Definitely need that balancing act. It’s easy to implement rules that seem like fun when really all they do is bore and frustrate.</blockquote>