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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6268665" data-attributes="member: 42582">That scenario already doesn't work in any edition of D&D that has auto damage from splashed oil (which would, I think, be AD&D and 3E) or relatively easily available auto-damage from magic.This takes me back to something which has been discussed at some length earlier in this thread, or one of its many cousins: if the issue with DoaM is that it destroys all these awesome story opportunities, causes boredom at the table, etc, why have we never heard these complaints before about the billion other sources of autodamage in the game?I actually think it might be an improvement if to clear that down-to-3-hp last-standing guard on the bridge, the bad guys bring up an expert halbedeer or axewielder, rather than a mage or oil-tosser.</blockquote>