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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4019480" data-attributes="member: 18280">That isn't necessarily true.In a game like bog-standard 3.x, where characters go from 1 to 20 over the course of a game year or two, then that can surely be a problem.  In a game where the pace is slower...or even where there are breaks between major arcs....PCs can have relationships, children, etc.  They can create & develop a stable of interconnected characters so that, when someone falls, his lover, or brother, or daughter, or friend is ready to stand in and take his place.  If characters are rotated already in parts of the game (i.e., you play Erac in Adventure A, and Erac's Cousin in Adventure B, then go back to Erac for Adventure C), this can be especially strong.  Where death is a temporary setback, it could well be that Erac's Cousin is only there to help bring Erac to the Temple of Life, after which he again becomes a supporting character.(This is not unlike Lando in The Return of the Jedi, btw, acting as a sort of stand-in for Han Solo when Han can't be there.)RC</blockquote>