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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4513188" data-attributes="member: 22779">On the flip side though, if you burn through five characters in seven sessions, I'm going to guess that the vast majority of players out there won't put quite as much effort into that sixth character.And, RC, trying to claim any sort of authority here is a bit strange.  I've played with over a hundred gamers from four different CONTINENTS, never mind countries.  Does that mean my points trump yours?My big beef with this:is that it treads dangerously close to Oberoni territory.  "The rules aren't bad, you just aren't a good enough DM to use them" is what it sounds like RC is saying.  Now I know he wouldn't do that would he?See, I reject the idea that SoD monsters have to be prescripted so that every SoD monster must be 100% knowable.  Even if you KNOW that there is a medusa somewhere in those caves, unless you know exactly where, you can still run into SoD unprepared.  And, this also assumes that SoD monsters are mentally handicapped.  Medusa are actually human intelligence.  How hard would it be for a medusa to think, "Hrm, if I leave statuary all over the place, it's a big freaking hint to my enemies.  Maybe I should tidy up." ?Heck, the module Heroes Tale from 2e features a medusa with grimlock servants.  And it specifically calls out that the medusa normally cleans up after herself (only, she didn't this one time because of the situation in the module <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> )  Never mind all the creatures in 2e and earlier that were entirely mundane and had SoD.  Snakes were SoD.  Does that mean I have to give fair warning for every snake?  How is that believable?  The whole point of getting bitten by a snake is that you probably tripped on the damn thing.RC's whole point about knowledge=power fails.  If the party does have perfect knowledge, then the SoD creature is a pushover.  Yawn, that's an exciting encounter.  If the party doesn't have perfect knowledge (which they usually don't), then there is a fairly reasonable chance of getting poked with SoD.</blockquote>

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