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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D+1" data-source="post: 1367930" data-attributes="member: 13654">Only once.  Had a monk back in 1E who picked up this habit of dying.  That wouldn't actually have been so bad in that campaign as resurrections and even wishes to bring constitution back up were readily available for cash.  The problem was getting the cash in the first place.The group used a HORRIBLE system for dividing both treasure AND XP, where you got a share equal to your level.  It sucked.  I mean it sucked with Industrial Strength Cleaning Power.  I had argued the point for a long time - but my characters were the ones with the short end of the stick so nobody else had a problem with it.  What it came down to was that if you weren't one of the highest level members of the party and you ran into a streak of bad luck you couldn't even afford to continue to adventure.So, my character borrowed a lot of money from other characters, died a few more times and I realized I could never, EVER get him out of debt.  I simply informed everyone that even if they raised him he would refuse to ever pay back the money he owed.  Unless they wanted to raise him for free and forgive all his debts there was no point in playing the character.He was always one of my favorite characters but I can't tell you how p.o'd I was about having to retire him for such a stupid reason.  It took several more months for other players to finally see the light after a few of their characters found themselves in a downward spiral.</blockquote>

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