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<blockquote data-quote="Hakkenshi" data-source="post: 309833" data-attributes="member: 5457">Bah, explain the sense behind that!Think about real life, man. The character is supposed to be a living person in the game. I think many people are too quick to say &quot;My character would rather die than do this!&quot;Think about how many playaz (not the D&amp;D kind) crash their &quot;ride&quot;, the spiritual centre of their funkiness and getting-me-someness. They live on afterward (provided the crash didn't kill them).If someone breaks into your house and busts up (or steals) your computer (let's say you're really attached to it for the purpose of the argument), do you commit suicide??? Would you really rather have been shot by the nervous punk of a kid who decided he deserved your computer more than you?If you do this in-game because you can be resurrected, you're abusing the rules. The first character I DMed who would do that would find his resurrection to be unpleasant indeed.Items define character, sure, but a +5 sword doesn't define a character. If it's really a precious heirloom, then the DM can have you go on a quest to restore it. And you'd certainly want revenge. If you'd died instead, the sword would have gone to someone who wasn't part of your family, maybe even to your killer. Would that have been better?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hakkenshi, post: 309833, member: 5457"] Bah, explain the sense behind that! Think about real life, man. The character is supposed to be a living person in the game. I think many people are too quick to say "My character would rather die than do this!" Think about how many playaz (not the D&D kind) crash their "ride", the spiritual centre of their funkiness and getting-me-someness. They live on afterward (provided the crash didn't kill them). If someone breaks into your house and busts up (or steals) your computer (let's say you're really attached to it for the purpose of the argument), do you commit suicide??? Would you really rather have been shot by the nervous punk of a kid who decided he deserved your computer more than you? If you do this in-game because you can be resurrected, you're abusing the rules. The first character I DMed who would do that would find his resurrection to be unpleasant indeed. Items define character, sure, but a +5 sword doesn't define a character. If it's really a precious heirloom, then the DM can have you go on a quest to restore it. And you'd certainly want revenge. If you'd died instead, the sword would have gone to someone who wasn't part of your family, maybe even to your killer. Would that have been better? [/QUOTE]

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