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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aloïsius" data-source="post: 3740133" data-attributes="member: 1191">Yup. From my point of view, the story is more important than the gaming. If, as a PC or as an NPC, you screw up, then you have dire consequences to face, such as "save or die" situation. If you look at the game as a disconected suit of various encounters, then it's logical to think that "save or die" effects are bad. But if you think the encounters happen because of the players actions, then "save or die" is just a consequence of their acts. If the players run afoul of a criminal organization and don't take any measure to protect themselves from assassins, they can't complain with the "coup de grâce" treatment. If they are running crazy into a beholder lair (a CR 13  monster !) then they can't complain if some of them end up as lawn ornament. Likewise, an NPC of mine was somewhat arrogant and dismissed the PC as non dangerous : I can't complain if he was slain during the surprise round after the PC devised a clever plan to attack him by surprise. I think some measure of realism* is positive for the game. And realism requires things akin to save or die and things that are not fun at all. *realism in a fantasy paradigm of course.</blockquote>