The way the players figure it, they're probably going to die either way. So, they've got a choice of dieing separately or dieing together, of dieing while staying completely in-character or dieing after doing some rule-bending. So, if the ultimate result is the same, you might as well do some cheating of the game. :P
Eh. If death is guaranteed and I'm playing anyway, I'm -more- likely to stick to the rules and to roleplaying, as I've less to lose. And since probability's a sucker for drama, or maybe just because I tend to roll well aside from the occasional Perception critfail, it goes as well for me as can reasonably be expected.
I'm really liking this fic, but lol on that missing 'm'.
Also, don't I know you on FiMFiction?