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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 3277739" data-attributes="member: 32740">What do you think Raise Dead and Resurrection are?&nbsp; Okay, they may not be a SAVE game mechanic but they are effectively a RESUME game mechanic and, IMGO, should always be thought of as such.Edit:As for use of an ACTUAL in-game &quot;save point&quot; I don't think it's as horrific an idea as it's being made out to be, probably because I see bringing dead characters back to life on a ROUTINE basis as wholeheartedly embracing such meta-game concepts already.&nbsp; However, since there is no traditional, well-established mechanism for SAVE instead of RESUME it seems jarring even though it is hardly much different.Were I to use a &quot;save point&quot; in a game - and I actually LIKE the idea because of the unique adventure construction possibilities it opens up - it would almost certainly be a ONE TIME ONLY special event/device built quite specifically into an adventure rather than anything intended for repeated or routine use.&nbsp; Raise Dead/Resurrection already amounts to the video game analogy of &quot;drop in another quarter to continue...&quot; so an established, re-usable &quot;save game&quot; mechanic is very much overkill.&nbsp; Even so, with the RIGHT kind of campaign concept you might convince me otherwise.&nbsp; But that would be difficult to do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 3277739, member: 32740"] What do you think Raise Dead and Resurrection are? Okay, they may not be a SAVE game mechanic but they are effectively a RESUME game mechanic and, IMGO, should always be thought of as such. Edit: As for use of an ACTUAL in-game "save point" I don't think it's as horrific an idea as it's being made out to be, probably because I see bringing dead characters back to life on a ROUTINE basis as wholeheartedly embracing such meta-game concepts already. However, since there is no traditional, well-established mechanism for SAVE instead of RESUME it [I]seems[/I] jarring even though it is hardly much different. Were I to use a "save point" in a game - and I actually LIKE the idea because of the unique adventure construction possibilities it opens up - it would almost certainly be a [U]ONE TIME ONLY[/U] special event/device built quite specifically into an adventure rather than anything intended for repeated or routine use. Raise Dead/Resurrection already amounts to the video game analogy of "drop in another quarter to continue..." so an established, re-usable "save game" mechanic is very much overkill. Even so, with the RIGHT kind of campaign concept you might convince me otherwise. But that would be difficult to do. [/QUOTE]

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