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Message: <blockquote data-quote="W'rkncacnter" data-source="post: 9018249" data-attributes="member: 7033455">oh yeah, because forcing a player to write up a new character by arbitrarily overruling the class features of another definitely isn't needlessly punishing. definitely not.uh...changing the rules on dying/decapitation/etc. is, in fact, a house rule. i don't even know how you could reasonably contest that. like, there's a reason decapitation effects or effects that remove other vital organs are both explicit and not common, and it is exactly for this reason that we are discussing right now.because - most of the time - the NPCs ultimately don't need to care about the rules. the DM can bring back (or, conversely, keep dead) whatever NPC they want for whatever reason (though, of course, certain justifications will frustrate the players more then others). the players DO need to care about the rules, which means they CAN'T bring people back if the rules don't allow it.in other words - the DM can (regardless of whether or not they should) cheat. the players can't (at least not in the vast majority of games). that's the difference.</blockquote>