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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 3575516" data-attributes="member: 35909">No level loss from raise dead.It's been my experience that:a) characters who end up dying in fights either died due to bad luck or for being heroic and standing their ground for the protection of the rest of the party (or some other such example, too broad for me to define easily).  One sample: trapped in the entombment chambers of the demon lietenant of Orcus, after stupidly setting him free w/o realizing who he was.  The ever-cowardly psion had his heart literally torn from his body, and given the option of turning on us or death.  He shocked us all by giving the bastard one last energy missile salvo.  The thought of punishing players for stuff like that disgusts me to no end.b) This goes hand-in-hand, but players tend to be a bit more selfless when they know they won't be penalized so badly for dying.  My sorcerer in the current game sacrificed himself so that multiple party members who had been hit hard by Blasphemy wouldn't die (he was the only one out of the radius).  While I'd like to say I'd do that any time, the fact is, knowing that death wasn't quite so devastating played a huge role in my deciding not to run away and protect numero uno.I've heard the arguments about not taking death seriously, and I don't care.  The cost is still prohibitive enough for it to be a common occurance, and in all games I've been in w/out the level penalty, the players all still seemed to fear death and avoid risking it as much as possible.But, that's just my Rule #1a.  Rule #1b is that Swashbucklers are proficient with bucklers.</blockquote>

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