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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 8146589" data-attributes="member: 6677017">There are other important variables involved that makes it difficult for this poll to really answer your questions. First, you need to know the length of a campaign. 3 deaths in a three month campaign isn't the same as 3 deaths in a thirteen year campaign. When I'm running a theme adventure (10-15 session game), usually no one dies. When I'm running a multi-year campaign, characters always die, and the longer it goes the more character deaths happen!Second, the availability of resurrection magic has to be directly addressed. The OP seems to imply the lack of resurrection magic, but the default in 5e D&amp;D is fairly cheap and easy ways to come back (300gp for a 3rd level revivify, or 500 gp for a 5th-level raise dead). In games I've played in under multiple DMs, it's generally been assumed that if your character dies and you want to keep them, you get someone to cast one of those spells. If the party level is too low to afford it, then you look for a cleric who will trade it for a service. From reading the forums, I'm not sure if the people that post are just outstanders in not having resurrection magic available in their campaigns, or they are assuming that the discussion is assuming we are talking about permanent death when resurrection isn't possible (got incinerated and too low level for true resurrection to be within reach, etc).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 8146589, member: 6677017"] There are other important variables involved that makes it difficult for this poll to really answer your questions. First, you need to know the length of a campaign. 3 deaths in a three month campaign isn't the same as 3 deaths in a thirteen year campaign. When I'm running a theme adventure (10-15 session game), usually no one dies. When I'm running a multi-year campaign, characters always die, and the longer it goes the more character deaths happen! Second, the availability of resurrection magic has to be directly addressed. The OP seems to imply the lack of resurrection magic, but the default in 5e D&D is fairly cheap and easy ways to come back (300gp for a 3rd level [I]revivify[/I], or 500 gp for a 5th-level [I]raise dead[/I]). In games I've played in under multiple DMs, it's generally been assumed that if your character dies and you want to keep them, you get someone to cast one of those spells. If the party level is too low to afford it, then you look for a cleric who will trade it for a service. From reading the forums, I'm not sure if the people that post are just outstanders in not having resurrection magic available in their campaigns, or they are assuming that the discussion is assuming we are talking about permanent death when resurrection isn't possible (got incinerated and too low level for [I]true resurrection[/I] to be within reach, etc). [/QUOTE]

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