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<blockquote data-quote="ruleslawyer" data-source="post: 3979327" data-attributes="member: 1757">Spawn points kill SoD far too much for me, but may work for others (see the related thread). But building a character raises an interesting point. I'm fond of the idea of character trees for this reason. One thing that I wish I'd done from the start of the campaign onward would be to have the players, rather than myself, design some of the local NPCs, with an eye to the idea that if a PC died, one of these NPCs could then step into his shoes. So, for example, in my current Waterdeep campaign, there might be 2 NPCs per PC in the neighborhood who had a potential &quot;adventuring destiny&quot; and were played up as ingenues in minor roles unless and until a PC died, at which point a new character would be ready to step into the campaign, complete with character sheet, background, and even a history of interacting with the party!In general, this is a good idea, and strong rules for social interaction are essential, as you say. That said, once players are scared enough of combat, they *will* find a way around it, being the clever buggers they are. The real trick is to make social interaction *interesting* from a game perspective and to allow every character type to play a role.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ruleslawyer, post: 3979327, member: 1757"] Spawn points kill SoD far too much for me, but may work for others (see the related thread). But building a character raises an interesting point. I'm fond of the idea of character trees for this reason. One thing that I wish I'd done from the start of the campaign onward would be to have the [i]players[/i], rather than myself, design some of the local NPCs, with an eye to the idea that if a PC died, one of these NPCs could then step into his shoes. So, for example, in my current Waterdeep campaign, there might be 2 NPCs per PC in the neighborhood who had a potential "adventuring destiny" and were played up as ingenues in minor roles unless and until a PC died, at which point a new character would be ready to step into the campaign, complete with character sheet, background, and even a history of interacting with the party! In general, this is a good idea, and strong rules for social interaction are essential, as you say. That said, once players are scared enough of combat, they *will* find a way around it, being the clever buggers they are. The real trick is to make social interaction *interesting* from a game perspective and to allow every character type to play a role. [/QUOTE]

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