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<blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 3278388" data-attributes="member: 34865">&quot;Yes, this is horrible, this idea.&quot;A &quot;save game&quot; feature would basically put the characters in a consequence free environment.&nbsp; It would make the players stop playing and make them start trying things at random, instead of thinking.&nbsp; I find the idea abhorrent.&nbsp; Inasmuch as I have tried to steer clear of the whole &quot;3e = videogame&quot;, this would clearly represent a sea change from &quot;pen and paper RPG&quot; to &quot;slow-moving videogame&quot;.The idea that raise dead, resurrection and other spells are somehow &quot;save points&quot; unto themselves is patently ridiculous: other than the death, the the thing that was done that caused the death cannot be undone.&nbsp; The artifact has been corrupted, or the monsters know about the characters' presence, etc.&nbsp; Furthermore the effort involved in using raise dead and like magic alone is enough to make it not convenient to do.&nbsp; Or I don't know.&nbsp; Maybe in the current version of D&amp;D it's a &quot;*Zap* - Okay, you're up, let's get going.&quot;&nbsp; I was never a Dungeon Master or a player in a game by the current rules long enough to see it.I rather hope it isn't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thedungeondelver, post: 3278388, member: 34865"] [font=century gothic] "Yes, this is horrible, this idea." A "save game" feature would basically put the characters in a consequence free environment. It would make the players stop playing and make them start trying things at random, instead of thinking. I find the idea abhorrent. Inasmuch as I have tried to steer clear of the whole "3e = videogame", this would [i]clearly[/i] represent a sea change from "pen and paper RPG" [i]to[/i] "slow-moving videogame". The idea that [b]raise dead[/b], [b]resurrection[/b] and other spells are somehow "save points" unto themselves is patently ridiculous: other than the death, the the thing that was done that caused the death cannot be undone. The artifact has been corrupted, or the monsters know about the characters' presence, [i]etc[/i]. Furthermore the effort involved in using [b]raise dead[/b] and like magic alone is enough to make it not convenient to do. Or I don't know. Maybe in the current version of [b]D&D[/b] it's a "*Zap* - Okay, you're up, let's get going." I was never a Dungeon Master or a player in a game by the current rules long enough to see it. I rather hope it isn't. [/font] [/QUOTE]

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