Hello all
The other night, during a session I was DMing, I had a player who made a couple of bad Balance check rolls, while crossing a thin, unsafe rope bridge. He fell 200' down a chasm, and the resulting damage killed him outright. He was playing a 6th level Fighter/Dwarf.
I told him he could roll up a new character then we would continue. He said that he only plays one character per session and he refused. This was only 2 1/2 hours into the game, and I wanted to play a 4 or 5 hour session. Another thing is, he was one of only 2 players that could make it that night. So I was left with only one player, who couldn't possibly play the module and survive alone. Thus, that was the end of that session.
The player got up and went home. He was annoyed that I wouldn't have his character raised, and he said he would have, if he was DMing. Now, I'm not opposed to ressurecting pc's under the right circumstances, but I just don't believe in handing out spells like that as a common practice.
How common is raise dead/res spells in your game? Should I have raised him or are those types of spells more available to higher level pc's ( which is my thinking on it ). I realize as DM, I can do what I want, but I would like to have other player's opinions on this.
Fare Thee Well!
The other night, during a session I was DMing, I had a player who made a couple of bad Balance check rolls, while crossing a thin, unsafe rope bridge. He fell 200' down a chasm, and the resulting damage killed him outright. He was playing a 6th level Fighter/Dwarf.
I told him he could roll up a new character then we would continue. He said that he only plays one character per session and he refused. This was only 2 1/2 hours into the game, and I wanted to play a 4 or 5 hour session. Another thing is, he was one of only 2 players that could make it that night. So I was left with only one player, who couldn't possibly play the module and survive alone. Thus, that was the end of that session.
The player got up and went home. He was annoyed that I wouldn't have his character raised, and he said he would have, if he was DMing. Now, I'm not opposed to ressurecting pc's under the right circumstances, but I just don't believe in handing out spells like that as a common practice.
How common is raise dead/res spells in your game? Should I have raised him or are those types of spells more available to higher level pc's ( which is my thinking on it ). I realize as DM, I can do what I want, but I would like to have other player's opinions on this.
Fare Thee Well!