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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PHGraves" data-source="post: 4422894" data-attributes="member: 58700">My players started with the following group (1st level):Human Fighter (Two-Handed)Dragonborn PaladinWarforged PaladinTiefling Warlock (Infernal)Human Wizard (Staff)While there were some issues (Paladins had a combined WIS mod of +1, Warlock has 14 CON and 18 CHA), all of the characters were 'concept' characters based more on fluff than rules.After a few sessions, the Dragonborn Paladin and Tiefling Warlock are both dead while the survivors are now 2nd level.Being that this is the first 4E game I am running that deals with player death, I have a few questions:In previous versions of the game, I allowed replacement characters to come in at (average party level)-1.  Will this be a problem in 4E?The surviving party members want to dictate the roles of the new characters (one Leader, one Striker).  Should I allow this, or force them to accept the characters made by the players?The player of the Warlock wants to play an identical character (did I mention he is 14 CON, 18 CHA, Infernal Pact, and has no Infernal powers except Hellish Rebuke?). Which hard alcohol should I use to deaden the pain I feel inside each time I read his character sheet?</blockquote>