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<blockquote data-quote="Altalazar" data-source="post: 1429415" data-attributes="member: 939">No matter how &quot;easy&quot; it is to restore life, I've never known a player who was happy about a character dying.&nbsp; (Not unless they didn't like it and wanted to start a new character anyway, which makes the whole raise dead issue moot).&nbsp; At the very least, it costs resources.&nbsp; The player may not be raised for some game time, in which case they are reduced to spectator.&nbsp; There may be other bad consequences as well, such as loss of property or an important goal.&nbsp; In some ways, it allows the gloves to totally come off in a way that a game without any such magic couldn't allow.&nbsp; Cthlulu, for isntance - you die there, you're dead.&nbsp; So as a GM you'd have to be very careful not to just kill off the party, even at high levels.Or on the other side of the coin, there is paranoia - where you don't have raise dead, but you DO have clones - which is even better - they can run right back in.&nbsp; So death is pretty frequent - but it doesn't detract from the game and no one wants to die if they can avoid it.&nbsp; Raise Dead will ALWAYS cost SOMETHING - a cost that players probably won't want to pay - certainly not on a regular basis.&nbsp; And some means of death require True Res - so there the cost is even higher.&nbsp; I think it doesn't detract from the game.&nbsp; There are still consequences for dying, consequences players likely won't want to have to pay - but will pay if forced to - and then there is the added benefit of a player being able to continue a long-running campaign with their beloved character.&nbsp; In many works of art - like movies and TV - you often see just how much writers HATE to have ANYONE who is a good character die - they'll make the villain come back again and again, after seemingly being killed.&nbsp; Sometimes they will outright bring characters back from the dead - all because the characters in question bring such rich textures to the story as a whole.&nbsp; Sure, it can get cheesy, but it can also make for compelling storytelling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Altalazar, post: 1429415, member: 939"] No matter how "easy" it is to restore life, I've never known a player who was happy about a character dying. (Not unless they didn't like it and wanted to start a new character anyway, which makes the whole raise dead issue moot). At the very least, it costs resources. The player may not be raised for some game time, in which case they are reduced to spectator. There may be other bad consequences as well, such as loss of property or an important goal. In some ways, it allows the gloves to totally come off in a way that a game without any such magic couldn't allow. Cthlulu, for isntance - you die there, you're dead. So as a GM you'd have to be very careful not to just kill off the party, even at high levels. Or on the other side of the coin, there is paranoia - where you don't have raise dead, but you DO have clones - which is even better - they can run right back in. So death is pretty frequent - but it doesn't detract from the game and no one wants to die if they can avoid it. Raise Dead will ALWAYS cost SOMETHING - a cost that players probably won't want to pay - certainly not on a regular basis. And some means of death require True Res - so there the cost is even higher. I think it doesn't detract from the game. There are still consequences for dying, consequences players likely won't want to have to pay - but will pay if forced to - and then there is the added benefit of a player being able to continue a long-running campaign with their beloved character. In many works of art - like movies and TV - you often see just how much writers HATE to have ANYONE who is a good character die - they'll make the villain come back again and again, after seemingly being killed. Sometimes they will outright bring characters back from the dead - all because the characters in question bring such rich textures to the story as a whole. Sure, it can get cheesy, but it can also make for compelling storytelling. [/QUOTE]

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