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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 2072106" data-attributes="member: 463">From my experience I'd say Midnight as a setting is peculiarly unsuited to casual/random character death.&nbsp; It is not a standard kick-in-the-door-roll-up-new-PC setting, it very much depends on theme, mood &amp; rich characterisation.&nbsp; The players need to _care_ about these people - PC &amp; NPC.&gt;&gt;OOC fear of death is a great motivator for some of them, and I, personally, think it is integral to to Midnight campaign setting.&lt;&lt;I'd say the opposite - IC fear of death is integral, OOC fear is actively harmful - although it depends on the feel you're going for.&nbsp; If you want Midnight as 'Paranoia' you'll want dozens of dead PCs.&nbsp; If you want a great mythic epic of hope, loss and perseverance against overwhelming darkness, dead PCs suck.One possibility is to use Fate Points as in the Conan OGL game, Midnight PCs are already 'special' (Heroic Paths) so these fit fine IMO.Maybe go to the Forge and check out Stalkingblue's threads on Narrativist Midnight using Heroquest -http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewforum.php?f=13If you asked nicely she could probably give you great advice.There might also be useful stuff at aggainstheshadow.org</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 2072106, member: 463"] From my experience I'd say Midnight as a setting is peculiarly unsuited to casual/random character death. It is not a standard kick-in-the-door-roll-up-new-PC setting, it very much depends on theme, mood & rich characterisation. The players need to _care_ about these people - PC & NPC. >>OOC fear of death is a great motivator for some of them, and I, personally, think it is integral to to Midnight campaign setting.<< I'd say the opposite - IC fear of death is integral, OOC fear is actively harmful - although it depends on the feel you're going for. If you want Midnight as 'Paranoia' you'll want dozens of dead PCs. If you want a great mythic epic of hope, loss and perseverance against overwhelming darkness, dead PCs suck. One possibility is to use Fate Points as in the Conan OGL game, Midnight PCs are already 'special' (Heroic Paths) so these fit fine IMO. Maybe go to the Forge and check out Stalkingblue's threads on Narrativist Midnight using Heroquest -http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewforum.php?f=13 If you asked nicely she could probably give you great advice. There might also be useful stuff at aggainstheshadow.org [/QUOTE]

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