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<blockquote data-quote="DonTadow" data-source="post: 2742541" data-attributes="member: 22622">STar Wars is a great example of how the protaganists are not the center of the movie, the bad guy, Darth Vader is.&nbsp; Though he may not be in as many scenes as Luke or Han, he is mentioned&nbsp;&nbsp; very frequently and the protagaonists every reaction is to what he does. That said, PCs deaths NEED to effect the overall plot if you want to maintain any sense of emersian from your players.&nbsp; Else, the players will just make munchkin character after munckin character with no real regard to their death.&nbsp; In the mean time, other players will risk other characters lives carelessly.&nbsp; Death will no longer be a dreadful thing but a minor hinderance.&nbsp; If a long standing character dies, the plot is definatly going to change a bit.&nbsp; Here's a guy whom for whatever reason was going after the BBEG and he dies.&nbsp; What do you do with the body? is there a funeral?&nbsp; Any items going to any of his kindred?&nbsp; Will anyone be avenging this death or is his name going to be forgotten three sessions later?&nbsp; I've never had one character die in my campaign where the character's death did not have ramifications down the road.&nbsp; Two characters were raised by necromancers and are now slaves.&nbsp; and the last one has already set up the pcs next adventure in that he wanted his body returned to his family in case he died.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DonTadow, post: 2742541, member: 22622"] STar Wars is a great example of how the protaganists are not the center of the movie, the bad guy, Darth Vader is. Though he may not be in as many scenes as Luke or Han, he is mentioned very frequently and the protagaonists every reaction is to what he does. That said, PCs deaths NEED to effect the overall plot if you want to maintain any sense of emersian from your players. Else, the players will just make munchkin character after munckin character with no real regard to their death. In the mean time, other players will risk other characters lives carelessly. Death will no longer be a dreadful thing but a minor hinderance. If a long standing character dies, the plot is definatly going to change a bit. Here's a guy whom for whatever reason was going after the BBEG and he dies. What do you do with the body? is there a funeral? Any items going to any of his kindred? Will anyone be avenging this death or is his name going to be forgotten three sessions later? I've never had one character die in my campaign where the character's death did not have ramifications down the road. Two characters were raised by necromancers and are now slaves. and the last one has already set up the pcs next adventure in that he wanted his body returned to his family in case he died. [/QUOTE]

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