New Season 7 Death Curse rules posted

Warmaster Horus · Aug 17, 2017

Ilbranteloth said:
I haven't played AL, but I'd expect a character who died to be dead. Is resurrection that common for AL play? It has almost never happened in my 35+ years of home and public non-RPGA or AL games.

There are many ways to stave off death once a PC dies in 5e. Revivify (3rd) can get them back in action if rendered in under a minute. Then you start the chain of resurrection magics, from Raise Dead (5th), Resurrection (7th) and True Resurrection (9th) + Reincarnate (5th). So returning from the dead is not all that challenging once characters get the ability to cast 3rd level spells.

Ilbranteloth · Aug 17, 2017

CapnZapp said:
The docs specify each town offers the Raise Dead service for a nominal sum.

This has been the case all the way back to season 1 (I think)

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I'm aware of that. Just wouldn't really think of using it. It's so simple to start a new character (I'd have several ready to go anyway).

Ilbranteloth · Aug 17, 2017

Warmaster Horus said:
There are many ways to stave off death once a PC dies in 5e. Revivify (3rd) can get them back in action if rendered in under a minute. Then you start the chain of resurrection magics, from Raise Dead (5th), Resurrection (7th) and True Resurrection (9th) + Reincarnate (5th). So returning from the dead is not all that challenging once characters get the ability to cast 3rd level spells.

Oh, I'm quite familiar with the magic that's potentially available (it's generally not in my home campaigns). Even though it is available, I was more curious as to how frequently people actually do resurrect their characters vs starting a new one. That's what I'd do.

James Gasik · Aug 17, 2017

I've only had one player ditch a character, and that was a level 1 Monk. I think once someone gets a decent magic item, that's incentive enough. Of course, death is rare in AL, so it could be I just have a small sample size.

Though I do know of someone who lost a level 7 Ranger to a Disintegrate in Season 5 (because, you know, Tier 2 characters should totally be fighting level 11 spellcasters, way to go AL) and has been begging people for months to find a way to bring the character back to life. They could have just made a new Ranger and been higher level by now, I'm sure.

Anthraxus · Aug 17, 2017

Depends on how much I like the character/how much fun I've had with them- whether or not I'll get them Raised.

Warmaster Horus · Aug 17, 2017

Ilbranteloth said:
Oh, I'm quite familiar with the magic that's potentially available (it's generally not in my home campaigns). Even though it is available, I was more curious as to how frequently people actually do resurrect their characters vs starting a new one. That's what I'd do.

The only characters I've had die were either engaged in a hard cover campaign at Tier 2 or 3, or, in last year's Open where the res was sort of automatically bestowed. Starting a new PC in those circumstances wasn't the most convenient thing to do at the moment and if you can come back from the dead, then, why not?

Enevhar Aldarion · Aug 17, 2017

Ilbranteloth said:
Oh, I'm quite familiar with the magic that's potentially available (it's generally not in my home campaigns). Even though it is available, I was more curious as to how frequently people actually do resurrect their characters vs starting a new one. That's what I'd do.

Probably depends greatly on how often people get to play. The less time someone has to just mess around making up random 1st level characters and the more rarely they get to play, say once or twice a month versus once or twice a week, the more likely they will be attached to a character that dies. Besides, as others have said, if you made a character you really like and it is still under the 5th level cutoff, then why not take the free rez?

New Season 7 Death Curse rules posted

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