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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Erebus" data-source="post: 1426012" data-attributes="member: 8616">No, I agree. Things like that should be superfluous to the plot unless the setting itself dictates such a necessity (i.e. Dark Sun) and I'm not very keen on games that focus primarily on "surviving" to the exclusion of all else. I think there has to be some consequence to the actions of the heroes, some point to it all. Granted, "high fantasy" and "low fantasy" can both meet this need, but it seems to me the decisions, actions, and outcomes in "low fantasy" tend to carry more weight since they often require more personal investment on the part of PCs. Is it really self-sacrifice if you're going to be raised the next day? It seems like death is more or less a minor inconvenience in a lot of the standard D&D games I've played in. One of my characters in a Dragonlance game had to die 3 times before I finally decided he wanted to stay dead since the party cleric could easily bring him back to life with but a night's rest.</blockquote>