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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9572473" data-attributes="member: 59816">I was the one who made the original &quot;I'd rather die&quot; statement, and I have a few notes on that:1) I did mean it somewhat hyperbolically.2) I also meant, at least mostly, &quot;I'd rather lose my turn because I dropped to zero&quot; rather than from a &quot;save or suck&quot; feature as opposed to &quot;die&quot;.3) But For the part of me that would also rather just have my character actually die: it's because at least it has a dramatic story to tell, rather than a boring one.4) It's not just missing a turn (you'll note that I'd get no turn if I died); it's that most methods in D&amp;D of taking your turn away are really, really boring. &quot;The ghoul touched you! Now you just... stand there.&quot; The stun condition is usually, for some reason, terribly unsatisfying - it doesn't really seem to do anything to you (other than to stop you from acting). It &quot;feels&quot; both non-threatening and terrible at the same time.I don't have any problem with getting smashed so hard that it takes me a round to get up - but I find, &quot;The lich looked at you. You can stop playing for the next hour and a half&quot; to be... not good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 9572473, member: 59816"] I was the one who made the original "I'd rather die" statement, and I have a few notes on that: 1) I did mean it [I]somewhat[/I] hyperbolically. 2) I also meant, at least mostly, "I'd rather lose my turn because I dropped to zero" rather than from a "save or suck" feature as opposed to "die". 3) But For the part of me that would [I]also[/I] rather just have my character actually [I]die[/I]: it's because at least it has a dramatic story to tell, rather than a boring one. 4) It's not [I]just[/I] missing a turn (you'll note that I'd get no turn if I died); it's that most methods in D&D of taking your turn away are really, really boring. "The ghoul touched you! Now you just... stand there." The stun condition is usually, for some reason, terribly unsatisfying - it doesn't really seem to [I]do anything to you[/I] (other than to stop you from acting). It "feels" both non-threatening and terrible at the same time. I don't have any problem with getting smashed so hard that it takes me a round to get up - but I find, "The lich looked at you. You can stop playing for the next hour and a half" to be... not good. [/QUOTE]

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