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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8268953" data-attributes="member: 20564">I believed you are talking about temporary death because you're talking about consequences - death, losing an arm, chronic pain, etc.  But with all of the options in D&D between player spells and NPCs in the world, permanent death isn't usually a consequence except at low levels, it's a player choice.In addition, I normally would not put things like "giving an advantage to a political opponent, suffering a curse with pros and cons, having body parts amputated, suffering chronic pain or having dramatic scars, a change in reputation" on the same scale as permanent death, but much more in line with consequences from a solvable-in-D&D death.So yes, to me everything you were saying pointed towards you talking about standard character death, not permanent death.  Now, I have to believe you if you say you meant permanent death since you know what you meant.  Your post actually comes off a lot worse to me if that's what you meant.  "This was so important and pivotal that in a normal campaign if you die there's no coming back (permanent death as a consequence), but here instead I may give a political rival a boost, or a curse but don't worry it will have some benefits, or maybe a dramatic scar!" sort of defangs the whole situation.</blockquote>