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<blockquote data-quote="toucanbuzz" data-source="post: 8476635" data-attributes="member: 19270">I've tried story-script immunity, but it felt too much like I was walking characters through a book I had written. They couldn't die because I had a story to tell. Once you get the feeling your character can't really die, then rolling the dice isn't really that exciting anymore. And yes, this has been debated that there's more than one way to experience failure (e.g. your choices or bad dice rolls mean the village gets smothered in lava), but in my experience the one that really gets the heart beating, the anxiety going, the excitement rolling, is risk of losing your character.That said, I really hate a pointless death. I love this quote from a Star Trek character (who died a pointless death in Season 1, and in a future time-warp episode, got a second chance at it):“I died a senseless death in the other timeline. I didn't like the sound of that, Captain. I've always known the risks that come with a Starfleet uniform. If I am to die in one, I'd like my death to count for something.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="toucanbuzz, post: 8476635, member: 19270"] I've tried story-script immunity, but it felt too much like I was walking characters through a book I had written. They couldn't die because I had a story to tell. Once you get the feeling your character can't really die, then rolling the dice isn't really that exciting anymore. And yes, this has been debated that there's more than one way to experience failure (e.g. your choices or bad dice rolls mean the village gets smothered in lava), but in my experience the one that really gets the heart beating, the anxiety going, the excitement rolling, is risk of losing your character. That said, I really hate a pointless death. I love this quote from a Star Trek character (who died a pointless death in Season 1, and in a future time-warp episode, got a second chance at it): [I]“I [I]died a senseless death in the other timeline. I didn't like the sound of that, Captain. I've always known the risks that come with a Starfleet uniform. If I am to die in one, I'd like my death to count for something.”[/I][/I] [/QUOTE]

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