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* This is the typical ending of many ''[[Paranoia (game)|Paranoia]]'' missions where the players have somehow managed against all odds to squeak through with some of their backup clones intact. Actually, speaking of those clones, sometimes this is how the mission ''starts''.

** Paranoia is an odd case here. Rather than being a sign that the GM is doing his job poorly, this is seen as a sign that the game will be very good.

* There's even a reference to this in edition 3.5 of [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. The spell ''[https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/Rocks_Fall_(3.5e_Spell)| Rocks Fall]{{Dead link}}'' is actually a curse, and while PCs can use it, the sadistic way it deals death to the victim makes it more likely to be used by a villain controlled by the DM.

* There's even a reference to this in edition 3.5 of [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. The spell ''[https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/Rocks_Fall_(3.5e_Spell)| Rocks Fall]''{{Dead link}} is actually a curse, and while PCs can use it, the sadistic way it deals death to the victim makes it more likely to be used by a villain controlled by the DM.

* ''[[Cyberpunk (role-playing game)|Cyberpunk]]'': One of the ways a GM can punish a group that's getting too big for its britches is deploy [[The Juggernaut|Adam Smasher]], who will proceed to kill them all quickly and horribly. {{spoiler|''[[Cyberpunk: Edgerunners]]'' provides an excellent demonstration.}}