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[Rystil Arden]

I've had two PCs die under my watch as DM. Both were 5th level. One is still in the top 10. There are no formal rules in LEW about handing XPs at death, that I'm aware of. Patlin & I have been giving the PCs the most favorable treatment within reason in these cases.

I should note that I only populated my spreadsheet w/PCs of 4th level & higher, so some of the REALLY slow advancers didn't even get factored in.

Ohhhh, interesting. I was seriously wondering about that. I bet Lasair and Zaeryl might have made it in there if you included third levelers. In fact, I'd wager that very few of your "Top 10 slowest advancers" are actually the slowest if you only include the 4th and aboves (level 4 characters have twice as much XP as level 3 characters--in order for a level 4 character to possibly be slower than a level 3 character, it would have to have been around for twice as long)

 

[Rystil Arden]

I've had two PCs die under my watch as DM. Both were 5th level. One is still in the top 10. There are no formal rules in LEW about handing XPs at death, that I'm aware of. Patlin & I have been giving the PCs the most favorable treatment within reason in these cases.

I should note that I only populated my spreadsheet w/PCs of 4th level & higher, so some of the REALLY slow advancers didn't even get factored in.

I have actually not killed anyone yet. I have nearly killed people a whole bunch of times, and I topped Gorefoot's impressive previous damage record with poor Eskon in a Sandstorm, but he survived because most of it was nonlethal

 

[SlagMortar]

The sandstorm did more than 73 damage at once? That's quite a sandstorm!

 

[IcyCool]

The sandstorm did more than 73 damage at once? That's quite a sandstorm!

If it was over time against a single character (and not a single hit), then do I get to count the 12 damage from a sling stone that the redcap hit him with before getting to melee?

 

[Rystil Arden]

If it was over time against a single character (and not a single hit), then do I get to count the 12 damage from a sling stone that the redcap hit him with before getting to melee?

It was over time, not all at once. He took somewhere around 145 Damage for trying to, if I recall currently, sleep through a short gale-force sandstorm with no more cover than burying himself partially in the sand.

 

[Bront]

Juliana's Horse died, does that count?

 

[Patlin]

Juliana's Horse died, does that count?

No, no, that wouldn't count!

 

[Knight Otu]

Juliana's Horse died, does that count?

If mounts were to count, then NPCs should count as well. NPCs would include villains, who usually* die. That would increase the death count drastically.

*Unless they face Beamer and Banion. Those villains have a tendency to live.

 

[Someone]

I was going to ask if Astral constructs count, but now I realize that all my character created has created have died natural deaths (despite drawing a lot of attacks of opportunity when moving around to grant flanking bonuses). The combo of high AC, good HP and low duration makes then very hard to kill.

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

Paging El Jefe for Stolen Goods. Or any judge really. We just need to finish up.