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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 3494765" data-attributes="member: 29014">(OOC: For what it's worth.  It is my policy to give some of the XP to dead characters for the encounter that is applied after dying and before raising--think of it as the last second epiphany before death described in this poem [SBLOCK=Poem]A doubtful mind begins to stir anewAnd build a chrysalis from threads of dream.The ends of all his struggles Fate doth hew,Stern Atropos, sense stirring, slits the seamThat binds the mind, the body, and the soul,A purging flame of zeal that immolatesThe phoenix ris'n anew, once more all's whole;An amaranthine glow now permeates.Apotheosis beauteous and sereneDoth smooth the wary doubts that sickly o'erAnd bring a new perspective, thus pristine,And hints with softest whispers something more.Yet as life's cut at once the knowledge spun  The secret sinks into oblivion[/SBLOCK]This only occurs at the player's choice up to an amount of the player's choice.  The upshot is that if this encounter would put you posthumously to level 7, you will only lose 3000 XP and drop down to 18000 rather than losing 2500 XP + everything you earned so far towards level 7 (which would be over 5500) and dropping to 12500).</blockquote>