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<blockquote data-quote="Dykstrav" data-source="post: 4992291" data-attributes="member: 40522">For what it's worth, I certainly have considered my own death, and I usually have all my characters do it to. After all, what is a more concrete way of telling people what you believe to be important than what you're willing to shuffle off the mortal coil for?I'm a bit opposite of this attitude. Unlike some of the players that I've known, I expect a challenge first and foremost. I don't care how compelling the narrative is or how &quot;heroic&quot; my character gets to be if I feel like I'm just walking through it. I want a real danger of character death and a real chance of failure. I want to be rewarded for caution and taking calculated risks.I'd rather have a character meet a bloody and horrible death through my own choices and skill rather than have them succeed because he's the star of the show, or because the DM wants the players to feel empowered. My ideal DM would be a bit detached, clinical even, almost like a trial lawyer that adjudicates the life of my character without passion, prejudice, or remorse. I wouldn't enjoy the arbitrary, random-character-death sort of DM common in 1E days, but what I want is danger and a very real chance of failure. As long as I felt that the DM was being impartial, I'd be cool with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dykstrav, post: 4992291, member: 40522"] For what it's worth, I certainly have considered my own death, and I usually have all my characters do it to. After all, what is a more concrete way of telling people what you believe to be important than what you're willing to shuffle off the mortal coil for? I'm a bit opposite of this attitude. Unlike some of the players that I've known, I expect a challenge first and foremost. I don't care how compelling the narrative is or how "heroic" my character gets to be if I feel like I'm just walking through it. I want a real danger of character death and a real chance of failure. I want to be rewarded for caution and taking calculated risks. I'd rather have a character meet a bloody and horrible death through my own choices and skill rather than have them succeed because he's the star of the show, or because the DM wants the players to feel empowered. My ideal DM would be a bit detached, clinical even, almost like a trial lawyer that adjudicates the life of my character without passion, prejudice, or remorse. I wouldn't enjoy the arbitrary, random-character-death sort of DM common in 1E days, but what I want is danger and a very real chance of failure. As long as I felt that the DM was being impartial, I'd be cool with it. [/QUOTE]

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