Re: Player death -- Faalor, a NWN Campaign setting

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Subject: Re: Player death

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Balaern

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Date Posted: 07:48:32 01/28/05 Fri
In reply to: Kracus 's message, "Re: Player death" on 07:44:53 01/28/05 Fri

Well I certainly don't want folks to have to make a new character 2 or three times a session. But I certainly want to return to a real sence of danger.

Like I say, I kinda feel like I"m starting over again but still want to fine-tune the campaign, especially if we start something big again.

>I think we really -should- play with more sense of
>what our characters are...
>
>Ya, your 250hm fighter can probably bust open a
>trapped chest and live to tell the tail, but it's not
>what he's there for. Stuff like that, yes, there
>should be some sort of consequence.
>
>If a mage casts a fireball and smoked half the party,
>yes, there should be a consequence.
>
>That's one thing I started to dislike about my DL
>campaigns... people just went ahead and di whatever
>they wanted. I'm fixing that of course (lots o'traps
>this time) but I find that it ruins the reason for
>making a rogue... we may as well all make fighters.
>
>there's no harm in making 1,2, or even 3 characters to
>have waiting in case your first one dies... I remember
>in PNP D&D that I used to tear up my player's
>character sheets if their character died... he's
>dead!!!!! too bad!
>
>I dunno, I'll play either way cuz I like to play, but
>I'd love for people to FINALLY be scared to do thigns
>they know they shouldn't.

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