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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickbeam" data-source="post: 135756" data-attributes="member: 635">Your first task, is to determine whether the player geuninely has lost interest in her PC, or if she's just bummed out by the curses under which the PC currently labors.  If it's the former, then definitely let her create a new character to be creatively introduced in lieu of the fighter/mage.  PC suicide is not necessary, and it's far more likely the suffering character would move along in search of a cure.  If the latter point is your player's problem, then make absolutely sure she understands the curses are NOT punishments and that an in-game cure is attainable.  Encourage her to stick with the PC, and perhaps tweak the curses (as suggested elsewhere in this thread) so that they're a bit more amusing to roleplay.We've all had PC's lose attribute points, levels, limbs, etc., but we managed to forged ahead despite the adversity.  Heck, I had a character lose one of his hands to a particularly nasty trap.  Sure it sucked but I founds ways to deal with his shortcomings, and within a few sessions the DM offered a possible restorative solution down the road.  Similarly, one of my players had a character lose an eye during a brutal encounter with a raging bear.  The party found some treasure in the refuse strewn about the bear's cave after it was defeated, and this PC placed a pearl from that loot in his orbital.  He used this as a storytelling/bluff device to intimidate and impress others, and actually made his loss a benefit of sorts.Don't let her become overly discouraged...after all, this is just a game and everyone's enjoyment is at stake <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> .</blockquote>

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