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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fifth Element" data-source="post: 4509108" data-attributes="member: 48135">No, it's really not. If you're only looking at the math (the percentage chance that the three saves are failed), you're missing the point. The point is, after the first failed save, the player has a chance to react to the new circumstances. I think that's why many people don't like SoD: the perception of helplessness. One second, you're okay. Then one roll later, and you're out of the game. With save-save-save or die, or what have you, you have a chance to counter the effect or the creature or whatever, because you're not just making three rolls instead of one. You have decision points in between the rolls. This is a critical difference. Even if you fail and ultimately succumb to the effect, you had a chance. You weren't helpless.</blockquote>