Highlander

[Anubis]

I agree. There should be no loss caused by revival. Perhaps a save similar to the Fort for nausea would be applicable, but there is no evidence of any sort of permanent damage or loss (other than neck wounds).

As for how long it takes to revive, that could be slightly randomized. It would be based, of course, on how bad the wound was, and how old the Immortal is, but there is also a randomness factor on the show. Perhaps some sort of roll to see how long it takes to revive, added on to a minimum calculated from age and wound severity. That, of course, could be what Anubis meant by his Con + Level bit (which I like, but I would have to see it in action to evaluate, I think).

Con + Level is actually something I use for ALL characters, because realistically an epic fighter is going to be able to hover "near death" far longer than your average commoner, so both dying at -10 seems more than a little bit silly.

For Immortal's, however, such a thing would be even sillier, especially given the fact that they take more to die anyway. It took two shots to the heart for Horton to put down Duncan, and Duncan STILL managed to run him through before "dying".

Basically, there is a randomness, but age doesn't seem to have much of an affect on things. Richie seems to revive just as quickly as Duncan when it happens, for instance. The first "death" is usually overcome in a matter of minutes. Once fully Immortal, I'd say it should be perhaps 1d20 rounds, and then fast healing kicks in as normal, with the "revival" taking place upon the Immortal reaching positive hit points.

On another note, when during the show was it revealed that Immortals can breathe underwater?

This ONLY happens in the first movie. In fact, in everything after the first movie, it's implied that Immortals can't breathe underwater. If they could, the guy that got marooned on an island in "Reunion" could simply have walked the bottom of the ocean to the mainland. Instead he was "stuck on the island for 90 (?) years". Also, a nazi Immortal drowned over and over again when rolled into a river and was left there for 50 years himself. So I'm not sure whether I'd put that in or not.

If you use Highlander the movie as canon, then yes. If you use the series and latter movies and canon, then no.

 

[Ferret]

Perhaps you could work it like WW Diablerie ruls for the Vampires. They gain a lower generation (new level), because of new power. And if it has more then 5 generations then you get 3-4.

This could be changed to larger proportions as you have more levels then generations.

 

[LGodamus]

honestly I believe Pendragon is the closest to actuality...most of the other ideas proposed are way to overboard......and way beyond the scope of any normal d&d campaign.

 

[Seonaid]

This ONLY happens in the first movie. In fact, in everything after the first movie, it's implied that Immortals can't breathe underwater. If they could, the guy that got marooned on an island in "Reunion" could simply have walked the bottom of the ocean to the mainland. Instead he was "stuck on the island for 90 (?) years". Also, a nazi Immortal drowned over and over again when rolled into a river and was left there for 50 years himself. So I'm not sure whether I'd put that in or not.

If you use Highlander the movie as canon, then yes. If you use the series and latter movies and canon, then no.

I think there are two approaches. The first is using only the movie as canon, and the second is using only the show as canon. Either would be acceptable, but whatever is chosen will affect the end result. The same goes for whether or not the other three films and the Raven show are used also (and, to some extent, the last season of the original show).

My preference is using the show; therefore, I forgot about the scene in the film (which I now recall quite clearly ).