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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 5004730" data-attributes="member: 10177">I think its also important for DM's to remember this is a group game. Which is why I ask them. If they want death to be meaningful in the same sense as our real life world would view it, they can choose to not be resurrected. IF they want to embrace being in a world of the fantastic and miraculous, they can be raised.Personally, if a DM wants to enforce "meaningful death" by getting rid of the spells that allow them to be raised, then they should go all the way and get rid of all the other "miraculous" magic, such as creating fireballs out of nothing, Cones of Cold out of nothing, and other the other miraculous and unrealistic magic in the game.Personally I play D&D, a fantasy game where miraculous things are possible, and if you earn the levels, you can perform miracles. Whether those things are fireballs, meteor storms, granting wishes, teleporting, or bringing back the dead.I often wonder why people who don't like being able to be raised bother playing D&D, an inherently high fantasy game. Maybe they should go with something like Warhammer if they want the PC's to stay dead. Which even then really doesn't kill you until you run out of points to avoid death.I think most groups realize its more fun being able to keep on playing characters you enjoy playing than it is to be forced to quit playing it.Heck, I even had one player who claimed he hated being allowed to raise dead. Then when his PC finally died at 8th level I gave him the choice. He chose to be raised. Its been 2 years and I still occasionally razz him about that.</blockquote>

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