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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7026660" data-attributes="member: 29398">There's still some consequences, sure, but compare the different versions of D&D and you'll find a steady reduction in or easing of such consequences as the editions go along.  Some rough examples:Death:1e - revival has high monetary cost, chance of outright failure (Res. survival roll), loss of a con point3e - revival has moderate monetary cost, loss of a level === but auto-succeeds5e - revival has quite low monetary cost === and auto-succeedsLevel loss:1e - level loss possible from various sources, restoration has high monetary cost and needs to be done once for each level lost3e - level loss possible from fewer sources, negative-level concept added, restoration sometimes relatively easy, sometimes not5e - level loss virtually removed and-or made relatively easy to deal withSpellcasting:1e - casting very easy to interrupt, cannot cast while in melee, area-effect spells risky (expanding fireballs, rebounding lightning bolts)3e - casting easy-ish to interrupt === but combat-casting feat makes casting in melee possible, most effect risks removed5e - casting quite difficult to interrupt === casting in melee becomes ordinary practice, effects risks goneNote however that in 1e a well-worded wish could bypass all sorts of negative consequences...if you could find and-or afford one.  Wish was greatly reined in in later editions.All fair enough.One argument in favour of such is to encourage players to at least attempt revival of their pre-existing character, for continuity.  Another (and this one matters to me) is that it's one more small way to slow down the overall level advancement...which allows for a longer campaign.Depends on the group, as you say.  Yet that almost seems to be the attitude shown in post 19, this thread, which is what got me talking about it.Lan-"7 times revived and counting"-efan</blockquote>

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