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Handling PC Death


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Episode 157 Streamed Live Tuesday September 19, 2023


Main Topic: Handling PC Death (a revisit)

  1. Should it be on the table at all?

  2. How much does it suck to have your PC to die mid-session?

  3. Types of Death? Fair (Player poor choices or fairly rolled combat deaths). VS Unfair (GM Fiat/unfair targeting of a PC/1 save or die)

  4. Classic D&D solution: Raise Dead/Resurrection

  5. Basket full of PCs (old school Dark Sun)

  6. How is Death handled in Games outside of the fantasy genre?

  7. How has your opinion on PC death changed/evolved/stayed the same since EP7?

  8. Death Mechanics You’ve seen in a game?

  9. Squishing Gaming Myths - Roll Players vs Role-Players

    Is there a divide?

    Does it matter?

    Why or why not?

    Can the two gamers mix?

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