Should I actively try and pull punches to avoid a TPK?

@ChrisPerkinsDnD Should I actively try and pull punches to avoid a TPK? How do you approach that when DMing?

— Blake (@blake_denzer) March 10, 2017

That's really your call. Intelligent foes might choose not to kill characters and instead knock them unconscious. #WOTCstaff https://t.co/kVtZ6Qtwqf

— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) March 10, 2017