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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 4066918" data-attributes="member: 198">Thanks for the recap. Sounds like it went pretty well.Always a good move, IMNSHO. One of the great jobs of DMing for me is to give PCs a lot of rope and then watch as they argue about which sort of noose will be most effective, before putting their heads in <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" />   Oooh! This is one area where I think a little OOC talk is a good idea. If you do want the possibility of TPKs and PC deaths to be on the table (and not all DMs do), then I think you should explicitly tell players that. Just a comment of "Look, guys, you're free to do whatever you want with your characters, but I'm not going to pull punches and prevent PCs from dying" would be enough.No. No. And yes. Also remember, even if the dragon wins, it can do all sorts of interesting things to the PCs without killing them (especially not all of them) which would lead to future adventures and general entertainment, while also making the PCs feel the sting of defeat and understand that you're not going to pull your punches.</blockquote>