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<blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 3638413" data-attributes="member: 8439">One thing I'm considering for my next game is to have not only action points (which PCs accumulate and use to activates special effects) but also &quot;plot points&quot; which players have and can be used to exert a certain amount of narrative control over the game. So for example, if a PC dies, the player could decide to use a plot point to alter the narrative in some way, either declaring the character &quot;only mostly dead&quot;, or using any reasonable narrative device (reasonable narrative device being dependant on the campaign, but mostly &quot;anything Marvel could get away with to bring someone back from the dead&quot;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) to bring back a dead character. Or they could choose to simply make a new character (which might involve the use of a plot point to bring in a new character in a way that changes some current assumption of the narrative). Would having this choice of death permenance satisfy those who don't want the DM &quot;cheapening&quot; their PC's deserved deaths, or would even being given the option (an option you could instead choose to expend on other things) constitute a cheat to you?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kahuna Burger, post: 3638413, member: 8439"] One thing I'm considering for my next game is to have not only action points (which PCs accumulate and use to activates special effects) but also "plot points" which [b]players[/b] have and can be used to exert a certain amount of narrative control over the game. So for example, if a PC dies, the player could decide to use a plot point to alter the narrative in some way, either declaring the character "only mostly dead", or using any reasonable narrative device (reasonable narrative device being dependant on the campaign, but mostly "anything Marvel could get away with to bring someone back from the dead" ;) ) to bring back a dead character. Or they could choose to simply make a new character (which might involve the use of a plot point to bring in a new character in a way that changes some current assumption of the narrative). Would having this choice of death permenance satisfy those who don't want the DM "cheapening" their PC's deserved deaths, or would even being given the option (an option you could instead choose to expend on other things) constitute a cheat to you? [/QUOTE]

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