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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 4105583" data-attributes="member: 5889">I once had a character who lost an arm during the game. But it was a decision made by both me and the dm, as I wanted to try it for roleplaying purposes. I played several sessions with the one arm, taking various penalties for the loss. I eventually received the magics to regenerate the arm, and went on from there.It was a lot of fun, but I think that's mainly due to the fact that it wasn't just random, we did it as part of the story. But would I want the possibility on every character I play? Most certainly not.The thing is, the second you throw in long term injury effects into the game, IT WILL HAPPEN. And many people don't want to play lame (literally) characters. They want to play heroes and such. If heroes get grievous wounds, they get a montage, not a two week bedrest session.To me, I think longterm injury should be handled just as my dm and I did. An agreement between player and dm to enhance the story, not some unexpected screw to a character.For example, let's say your character gets captured and is being tortured. The DM pulls you away for a moment and asks, "Hey I was thinking about having the guy doing some permanent injury to you. It will get healed eventually, but you'll take these X penalties for a while. But it will be a great rp oppurtunity for you. Would you like to try it?" And then allow the player to try it. I think most dms would be impressed how many players would be willing to take on that challenge if asked politely.</blockquote>

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