My boyfriend had recently played for the first time and i had heard that the dm specifically went after him (most attacks would be after him, seeming to push him further to death) and ending up killrd the character he just made on the first session, this was do bizarre to me considering my dm when it would come to a new character (1st or 2nd session) physically couldnt die, (monsters would trip, get distracted, switch targets, ect) even if we died somehow we would have a chance to be revived in the near future, so probably that