First Kill as the DM

[Riverdance]

This seems relevant: The Few Conquests and Many Deaths of Flynn the Fine

[Masaioh]

I have a nasty habit of rolling crits with greataxes... it leads to insta death. I find it rather amusing at times but the PC's get a little perturbed when it happens. I TPK'd with a single dual greataxe wielding bug bear.

My first kill as a DM was also due to a greataxe...in the hands of a raging troll barbarian. He attacked the (PC) barbarian and rolled max damage on a critical, doing 60 damage while the barbarian only had 47 (max) hp. I told him that that was his punishment for stacking charisma and taking leadership because "he wanted a dragon".

[Fenryr]

We need a "Like" button.

Indeed.

But yeah, if the character dies, well, too bad! You can bring him/her back if the other characters use Resurrection or a similars pell. I also allow to use a secondary character to recover the body and bring the character back to life. Of course you need a good background or reason to make such a quest.

But my first kill... I don't remember. I think TPK are way more traumatic.

[SilverLeaf167]

My first kill was in a heavily trapped dungeon. The party rogue, swinging from a robe, poked a control panel and swung back out of the way just in time to avoid the walls crushing him. His reaction?
"Oh, that was funny, let's do it again."
This time he wasn't quick enough, and after some unlucky rolls all that was left of the rogue was a red stain.