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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Boots" data-source="post: 5254717" data-attributes="member: 92239">To the OP: &nbsp;1. If a sorceror is in base to base contact with a Level +3 elite solo, you've made such a blatant tactical blunder, your character deserves what he gets.&nbsp;2. If an artificer continually tries to heal you after it's made obvious that the solo is going to keep striking you down, then he deserves what happens.&nbsp;3. Is it right to spread the pain? Sure. Is it right to do the tactically right thing all the time? Sure.&nbsp;The question should be: If I don't know what my DM's combat style is ahead of time, should I be responsible for my lack of enjoyment? Answer there is no. The DM has the responsibility to tell the players the skinny ahead of time.&nbsp;In my own games I go out of my way to advise &quot;Ok, this encounter is important, if you wipe.. you wipe.&quot; Usually gets people to think tactically when they know they could lose their characters perm.&nbsp;KB&nbsp;PS.&nbsp; Honest question: Did you really not enjoy yourself because the DM made a choice or because you made a tactical error and the rest of the table found your plight amusing?&nbsp; &nbsp;Reason I ask: There have been times when my party's tank gets hammered in rapid succession because he's surrounded and I roll 2 or more crits.&nbsp; Most of the time the table cracks up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kobold Boots, post: 5254717, member: 92239"] To the OP: 1. If a sorceror is in base to base contact with a Level +3 elite solo, you've made such a blatant tactical blunder, your character deserves what he gets. 2. If an artificer continually tries to heal you after it's made obvious that the solo is going to keep striking you down, then he deserves what happens. 3. Is it right to spread the pain? Sure. Is it right to do the tactically right thing all the time? Sure. The question should be: If I don't know what my DM's combat style is ahead of time, should I be responsible for my lack of enjoyment? Answer there is no. The DM has the responsibility to tell the players the skinny ahead of time. In my own games I go out of my way to advise "Ok, this encounter is important, if you wipe.. you wipe." Usually gets people to think tactically when they know they could lose their characters perm. KB PS. Honest question: Did you really not enjoy yourself because the DM made a choice or because you made a tactical error and the rest of the table found your plight amusing? Reason I ask: There have been times when my party's tank gets hammered in rapid succession because he's surrounded and I roll 2 or more crits. Most of the time the table cracks up. [/QUOTE]

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