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<blockquote data-quote="jedavis" data-source="post: 5811575" data-attributes="member: 35933"><p>In general, I tend to provide PCs with no plot armor (had a plot-critical PC splattered by a merc with an auto-grenade launcher in my last Traveller game... that one was tricky, but I dealt with it, and the game went on and ended spectacularly), and to expect none when I'm on the other side of the screen. However, in light of a couple PC deaths I witnessed and/or inflicted in the last year, I wrote a post on accidental vs. sacrificial death <a href="http://wanderinggamist.blogspot.com/2011/07/conceptions-of-death-within-gns.html" target="_blank">here</a>. GoT doesn't really do sacrificial death; it does purely accidental death, to my ability to recall (read through 4...). Which is OK, but I tend to be a sucker for a good sacrifice.</p><p></p><p>Also, in terms of multiple PCs, go the Henchmen route from 1e. If the PCs hire henchmen, bring them with them on adventures, and they grow with the PCs (if a bit behind), then an attachment exists if a main PC falls (and if a henchman dies, it's a loss of potential and invested XP).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jedavis, post: 5811575, member: 35933"] In general, I tend to provide PCs with no plot armor (had a plot-critical PC splattered by a merc with an auto-grenade launcher in my last Traveller game... that one was tricky, but I dealt with it, and the game went on and ended spectacularly), and to expect none when I'm on the other side of the screen. However, in light of a couple PC deaths I witnessed and/or inflicted in the last year, I wrote a post on accidental vs. sacrificial death [URL="http://wanderinggamist.blogspot.com/2011/07/conceptions-of-death-within-gns.html"]here[/URL]. GoT doesn't really do sacrificial death; it does purely accidental death, to my ability to recall (read through 4...). Which is OK, but I tend to be a sucker for a good sacrifice. Also, in terms of multiple PCs, go the Henchmen route from 1e. If the PCs hire henchmen, bring them with them on adventures, and they grow with the PCs (if a bit behind), then an attachment exists if a main PC falls (and if a henchman dies, it's a loss of potential and invested XP). [/QUOTE]
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