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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 6277262" data-attributes="member: 32740">My reflex response is nothing happens.  I am certainly not above making exceptions or just telling rules to take a hike if circumstances warrant it but I don't see anything about the situation as described that merits special handling.If the player wanted a clerics powers then he should have chosen to run a cleric.  Yes, I understand he has low wisdom as a fighter.  As a cleric stats would have been different, no?Why is there no cleric with them - or no other source of healing?  Even assuming all PC's were out of available healing rescources then the question arises why are they still out looking for trouble?  If they simply found themselves in over their heads well, that's just part of D&D ain't it?  I'm not a killer DM.  I give PC's lots of breaks because it's no fun for players to lose characters they really like, but there also comes a time when players are responsible for knowing the stakes are being raised (whether by their actions OR MINE) and step up.  Characters die.  Sometimes they die permanently.  It really isn't part of the game that characters deaths are meaningful.  In fact the game pretty well assures that they won't be.  It'll just be a random sequence of unfortunate die rolls.  Accept it.Why would the player expect circumstances to suddenly change in this instance?  You can look at it as a good time to pay off on the characters acts of piety but you can also look at it as an opportunity for the characters faith to be tested.  Why are the games existing mechanics and consequences regarding death and healing suddenly insufficient NOW?I do like TerraDave's suggestion of a prayer mechanic where choosing to venerate a given deity would gain a PC some appropriate boon - but the time to institute that is not in the middle of the game.The piety and devotion by the PC in question is what we in the business call "roleplaying".  I sort of thought the idea was that you do it because it's fun.  It makes the character more interesting and appealing to not just the player but everyone at the table.  Why would a player NOW expect some mechanical reward for it?  Why would a DM NOW decide that THIS situation merits special rewards and considerations?Nope.  Without more justification for those special considerations none are due.  Nothing happens.  Game moves on.</blockquote>

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