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<blockquote data-quote="MoogleEmpMog" data-source="post: 3278037" data-attributes="member: 22882">Personally, I find save points a far better mechanic than ready availability of resurrection,&nbsp; because they are, by default, a purely metagame concept.&nbsp; When every 9th level cleric can raise dead, it should have implications for the world - even if there's only a dozen 9th level clerics.&nbsp; Personally, I don't like those implications.&nbsp; Save points, by default, exist purely as a game mechanical construct of which the characters aren't aware, like classes and levels.With that said, I'd like to see a campaign similar to Xenogears or (especially) Chrono Cross, where the save points really do exist in the world, characters acknowledge their existence, and it's common practice to use them before engaging on a risky endevour because their power to perform a local rewrite of time can and eventually will save your life/fortune/whatever.&nbsp; BUT, the PCs eventually discover that the save points, far from being archeotech scattered around the world by a long lost civilization, are actually the product of the evil empire/shadowy conspiracy/trans-temporal sentience that serves as the main bad for the campaign.&nbsp; In addition to their obvious function, they record all the data put into them and transfer it to the enemy, who use it to maintain control. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious&nbsp; &nbsp; :]" data-shortname=":]" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoogleEmpMog, post: 3278037, member: 22882"] Personally, I find save points a far better mechanic than ready availability of resurrection, [U]because[/U] they are, by default, a purely metagame concept. When every 9th level cleric can raise dead, it should have implications for the world - even if there's only a dozen 9th level clerics. Personally, I don't like those implications. Save points, by default, exist purely as a game mechanical construct of which the characters aren't aware, like classes and levels. With that said, I'd like to see a campaign similar to Xenogears or (especially) Chrono Cross, where the save points really do exist in the world, characters acknowledge their existence, and it's common practice to use them before engaging on a risky endevour because their power to perform a local rewrite of time can and eventually will save your life/fortune/whatever. BUT, the PCs eventually discover that the save points, far from being archeotech scattered around the world by a long lost civilization, are actually the product of the evil empire/shadowy conspiracy/trans-temporal sentience that serves as the main bad for the campaign. In addition to their obvious function, they record all the data put into them and transfer it to the enemy, who use it to maintain control. :] [/QUOTE]

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