Death in D&D
One of the arguments in yet another tired "old vs new edition" thread on ENWorld is that character death is a far more rare occurrence in 3E versus the old editions.
Bullocks.
It's all about the DM and the players. My current 3E campaign has had numerous deaths, probably on par with any of my old campaigns. I've had other campaigns, however, were death was a rare occurrence, mainly because it was easier to run things that way than to put up with the whining when the occasional death would occur.
The argument about "everything has to be balanced in 3E" is also a load of crap. People are confusing the concept of a guideline with a rule. Nothing says "every encounter the PCs have must match their CR". The system is there so as a DM you can get a rough idea of how tough something will be.
Ah, well. It's not like these sorts of arguments haven't been going on for...what, 30 years now?
Bullocks.
It's all about the DM and the players. My current 3E campaign has had numerous deaths, probably on par with any of my old campaigns. I've had other campaigns, however, were death was a rare occurrence, mainly because it was easier to run things that way than to put up with the whining when the occasional death would occur.
The argument about "everything has to be balanced in 3E" is also a load of crap. People are confusing the concept of a guideline with a rule. Nothing says "every encounter the PCs have must match their CR". The system is there so as a DM you can get a rough idea of how tough something will be.
Ah, well. It's not like these sorts of arguments haven't been going on for...what, 30 years now?
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