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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5975365" data-attributes="member: 6669384">We had a character die in today's game, and since we've made it hard for the dead to come back, he probably won't.&nbsp; At least, not in any normal way.The character has claimed, in game, that his father was the god Jupiter.&nbsp; We had occasion to verify this when we received a visitation from Apollo/Helios (extremely rare occasion).&nbsp; The patron of oracles granted each of us the answer to a single question, as a boon.This character had asked for verification of what his mother had always told him:&nbsp; He asked, &quot;Are you my bother?&quot;, along with some explanatory text.Because we share DM duty, and the current DM didn't know what the right answer should be, the answer came back as &quot;Well, it's complicated&quot;.&nbsp; But he didn't say &quot;no&quot;.That character, and his back story, have been a major thread running through many of our adventures together.After the character died I mentioned, &quot;I have this idea in my head, this vision of Marcus standing, not in Hades realm, but on Olympus, being questioned about his claim of divine lineage.&quot;&nbsp; The player liked the idea, a fitting end to the tale.Then we came up with another idea:&nbsp; Bringing the character back from the dead would be hard in our game, particularly when we're in the middle of the mess we have right now.The player has a backup character to run, at least for a while.&nbsp; But it was suggested that he create a new character, from scratch, and that his back story be that he is/was Marcus, returned after passing his trials on Olympus.He'd have a new class structure, and different stats, since he was reborn in a more idealized form, but the character would be created using all the same rules we use for creating any new character.&nbsp; He'll be a level or two down from where he was, naturally, and will have all new equipment, etc.&nbsp; (Our rule is, if a PC dies and isn't coming back, his wealth belongs to his family, or is buried with him.&nbsp; No looting of dead friends' bodies.)&nbsp; But he'd have a sort of continuity that would play well in story.Thoughts?&nbsp; Good idea, bad idea, mad idea?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5975365, member: 6669384"] We had a character die in today's game, and since we've made it hard for the dead to come back, he probably won't. At least, not in any normal way. The character has claimed, in game, that his father was the god Jupiter. We had occasion to verify this when we received a visitation from Apollo/Helios (extremely rare occasion). The patron of oracles granted each of us the answer to a single question, as a boon. This character had asked for verification of what his mother had always told him: He asked, "Are you my bother?", along with some explanatory text. Because we share DM duty, and the current DM didn't know what the right answer should be, the answer came back as "Well, it's complicated". But he didn't say "no". That character, and his back story, have been a major thread running through many of our adventures together. After the character died I mentioned, "I have this idea in my head, this vision of Marcus standing, not in Hades realm, but on Olympus, being questioned about his claim of divine lineage." The player liked the idea, a fitting end to the tale. Then we came up with another idea: Bringing the character back from the dead would be hard in our game, particularly when we're in the middle of the mess we have right now. The player has a backup character to run, at least for a while. But it was suggested that he create a new character, from scratch, and that his back story be that he is/was Marcus, returned after passing his trials on Olympus. He'd have a new class structure, and different stats, since he was reborn in a more idealized form, but the character would be created using all the same rules we use for creating any new character. He'll be a level or two down from where he was, naturally, and will have all new equipment, etc. (Our rule is, if a PC dies and isn't coming back, his wealth belongs to his family, or is buried with him. No looting of dead friends' bodies.) But he'd have a sort of continuity that would play well in story. Thoughts? Good idea, bad idea, mad idea? [/QUOTE]

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