Another 2000 Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do In An RPG

[Hemlock]

Originally Posted by samd6

156) If I make an encounter for five or six players, and only three players show up, I am no longer allowed to have them run the encounter even with heavy warnings.

Of course not.

That's wht NPCs are for.

Load the party up with a few Red-Shirts, and let the bullets fly ... or phasers ... or flaming arrows ... or fire-balls ... or whatever.


Captain Kirk : "Spock, this mysterious new planet we have encountered. I want to lead an away team."
Spock: "Captain, I advise against it. Long-range sensors have determined there are precisely 3 ways to die on this planet."
Captain Kirk: "Very well, then, Spock. You, me, and ~three~ security guards will beam down to the surface."

Guess who is going to die ...