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<blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 6570299" data-attributes="member: 9037"><p>Is it metagaming though if it makes sense for the monster to do so? </p><p></p><p>Is it metagaming if you decide that the NPC would rather take the PCs alive then kill them?</p><p></p><p>Maybe there is a valid reason why the monster is taking it easy an in game plot hook. </p><p></p><p>I had situation where my NPC was kicking the players butt I had badly designed the encounter. Now I knew that their was a firth column in the bad guys and I had planned on introducing them soon. So to salvage the situation and not TPK the party from a bad design on my part I made an on the fly decision that this guy was in the fifth column and he allowed himself to be wounded in a away that would cover his butt with his superiors and he fled. I didn't change his HP or fudge I just had him play a little recklessly like put himself in the path of an attack of opportunity. </p><p></p><p>I know the players who are smart were trying to figure it out they kept saying that he should have killed them and finally one said do you think it is possible that not all of them are as dedicated to their leaders plans. And like that plot hook introduced and party saved from my blunder and I kept my reputation of being such a savvy DM when it came to introducing cool new plots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elf Witch, post: 6570299, member: 9037"] Is it metagaming though if it makes sense for the monster to do so? Is it metagaming if you decide that the NPC would rather take the PCs alive then kill them? Maybe there is a valid reason why the monster is taking it easy an in game plot hook. I had situation where my NPC was kicking the players butt I had badly designed the encounter. Now I knew that their was a firth column in the bad guys and I had planned on introducing them soon. So to salvage the situation and not TPK the party from a bad design on my part I made an on the fly decision that this guy was in the fifth column and he allowed himself to be wounded in a away that would cover his butt with his superiors and he fled. I didn't change his HP or fudge I just had him play a little recklessly like put himself in the path of an attack of opportunity. I know the players who are smart were trying to figure it out they kept saying that he should have killed them and finally one said do you think it is possible that not all of them are as dedicated to their leaders plans. And like that plot hook introduced and party saved from my blunder and I kept my reputation of being such a savvy DM when it came to introducing cool new plots. [/QUOTE]
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