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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7899565" data-attributes="member: 12731">I believe you're talking about the &quot;2 extra lives might not be enough&quot; concern.But my experience is that D&amp;D seldom is THAT hardcore.The expectation is that players feel using the first point is &quot;free&quot; in the sense they will still have the ability to escape death. Plus &quot;use it or lose it&quot;.The real cost would come when they consider using up their second and last point, since this leaves them with zero.So my hopes and expectations are that they will, at the very least, use one Hero Point on #1 or #2 per booklet. Maybe only in the latter half of each book, but still.And if they do use a point on #3, that keeps the campaign on track (a TPK can be very disruptive to a larger story) and they'll simply think that much harder about spending points until they're back at 2.Time will tell.PS. If I had included this variant in my Sandpoint campaign, it would totally have saved the lives of the heroes that died against ghouls and ghasts pretty early. So 3.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7899565, member: 12731"] I believe you're talking about the "2 extra lives might not be enough" concern. But my experience is that D&D seldom is THAT hardcore. The expectation is that players feel using the first point is "free" in the sense they will still have the ability to escape death. Plus "use it or lose it". The real cost would come when they consider using up their second and last point, since this leaves them with zero. So my hopes and expectations are that they will, at the very least, use one Hero Point on #1 or #2 per booklet. Maybe only in the latter half of each book, but still. And if they do use a point on #3, that keeps the campaign on track (a TPK can be very disruptive to a larger story) and they'll simply think that much harder about spending points until they're back at 2. Time will tell. PS. If I had included this variant in my Sandpoint campaign, it would totally have saved the lives of the heroes that died against ghouls and ghasts pretty early. So 3. [/QUOTE]

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