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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6792084">A couple of things:First and foremost, what does the player want?  If she likes her character that should be good enough for the party to make the effort needed to protect her and get her restored.  The fact that your party has jumped to "kill the character" speaks volumes about the type of players they are. Secondly: you're the DM.  You are the literal word of their gods in this game.  If you say that killing this player would make the paladin lose his pallypowers, then it does.  The end.  It is not an argument and the matter is not up for debate.  You have final say.Thirdly: You can't stop your player from making a new character.  If she wants to, that'd fine, the only thing you can do about it say "you can't replace your existing character".  Fourthly: What she has is not a character.  It can take no actions, it can't participate in the game, it doesn't serve any purpose for the story.  If you're not going to let them kill her and you're not going to let them trade her out and you're intent on taking 8-10 sessions to do so, then you need to tell that character's player that she ought to stay home for the next 10 sessions.-As an aside, if this player were me, I'd flat out quit.Fifthly: Yeah okay it's a little odd that a demon showed up out of nowhere offering to heal your wounded friend in exchange for someone's soul, or perhaps a you encountered a disgruntled drow cleric capable of casting the spell and she requests you perform some task.  Who cares if its the underdark, Faerun or Mars.  Sixthly: The dice don't make the story.  The players and DM does.  What matters is that people have fun and enjoy their time together.</blockquote>

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