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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 6971191" data-attributes="member: 6775477">If players accept that death is part of the game (and they should), you should let the chips fall where they may. To do otherwise is to deny the actual cost of poor decisions (and obviously they were not strong enough to take on the Mummy safely). While I am not a fan of it, there are ways to use this as an opportunity for new plots. Currently, the players have to decide if they want to try and run the gauntlet of the kobolds or let their companion die. This creates an interesting RP opportunity for the party to decide where the character stands, and if the character is willing to die to keep the party from such danger (perhaps requesting a "clean" death by a trusted party member). If the party takes the risks, you can determine how much you want each of the rolls to be (within the tolerances) to make sure that it's possible for the character to make it. You can even set it up that the character will have 1 HP on the last day before safety, increasing the drama and tension. Make sure that you limit ranged attacks by the kobolds, so that the party can actually try to protect the druid during combat. If the party doesn't make it, create a legend of their heroic sacrifice to die as a group, rather than leave one behind.Another option would be the fiendish pact. A demon or devil comes to the character is a dream, and offers to remove the curse... for a price. The price can be anything from their soul (preventing any future resurrection), a sacrifice (perhaps another PCs, if you're evil like me), promises to form a new cult to the fiend (bringing them into conflict with the forces of good), or "a favor at a later time" (my personal favorite). Make the deal seem appealing, but make sure to twist the terms against the PC after it's made   <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil    :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" />A last option (my least favorite) to have there be a mcguffin (magic fountain, holy shrine, eldritch circle, whatever) somewhere nearby. The party then goes and gets the druid cured, but they discover the trip is one way. Now the characters have to find a way home, allowing you to make a totally new adventure (and the last one is a total failure). Planar travel can work (perhaps the Shadowfel or Feywild), or maybe they have to enter a magic portal to get there.</blockquote>

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