Never Split the Party
Words of sage advice.
Of course, there’s always someone, some time, who feels they know better. Some players are inclined to split up at the drop of a hat. I offered a little bit of advice for handling that situation in the article I linked, but what more can you do?
Personally, I let my players know, before the game begins, that I have no compunctions about allowing players who split from their parties to die. Ordinarily, I don’t allow random chance to kill a character outright; I’ll fudge things far enough to give the character in question a chance. I do, however, allow a character’s own stupidity to kill him outright. I consider splitting up an act of stupidity most of the time. It’s dangerous out there!
Perhaps an amusing cautionary tale would help, too.
(Okay, so that was all to share a cute video and ease back into blogging. Sue me.)
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I love having the party split up. Of course I’ll let random chance kill people either way. The best stories come out of the group splitting up to pursue their own agendas or have complicated missions.
“Ok the thief will sneak in an lower the drawbridge, the wizard will make a wall of fire in the deep hallways to keep the royal guards from coming to help, The cleric will turn the townsfolk into an angry mob and charge the castle while the fighter seeks out Dracula and lays the smackdown to him in an epic dual..preferabley on a crumbling walkway over a burning pile of debris a hundred feet below while lightning crackles in the background.
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