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<blockquote data-quote="Troll Slayer" data-source="post: 5372666" data-attributes="member: 97636">Why is it that in RPGs you're either dead or alive?&nbsp; I rarely see a character &quot;dying&quot; unless it's some story arc that takes long enough for the party to find an antidote or some other plot item.&nbsp; I'm of the mind that if the dice say you're dead, then you're dead.&nbsp; How you go out is completely up to the GM and player though.&nbsp;So a character gets kicked in the chest by a horse, he's suffering traumatic internal injuries and the party has no magic strong enough to prevent his death.&nbsp; We give him something for the pain and let him go out fighting.&nbsp; That way the dice get their death, and the player gets his last stand.&nbsp;So a character gets trapped in a burning building, they drag him out with severe burns.&nbsp; In the night assassins come to finish the job.&nbsp; He struggles to his feat, grabs his weapons, and makes a final stand to give the party time to get away.&nbsp;Just because the dice say a PC is going to die, doesn't mean that death has to come right this very minute.&nbsp; Personally I like when PC death is a very possible outcome, and I loathe fudging dice for any reason.&nbsp; I don't however see a problem with fudging the results of a death to make them more entertaining if that's possible.&nbsp;Some players will still want cheap deaths, and some deaths don't leave a lot of room for a last stand, but I think we should be open to the idea that death isn't always instantaneous.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Troll Slayer, post: 5372666, member: 97636"] Why is it that in RPGs you're either dead or alive? I rarely see a character "dying" unless it's some story arc that takes long enough for the party to find an antidote or some other plot item. I'm of the mind that if the dice say you're dead, then you're dead. How you go out is completely up to the GM and player though. So a character gets kicked in the chest by a horse, he's suffering traumatic internal injuries and the party has no magic strong enough to prevent his death. We give him something for the pain and let him go out fighting. That way the dice get their death, and the player gets his last stand. So a character gets trapped in a burning building, they drag him out with severe burns. In the night assassins come to finish the job. He struggles to his feat, grabs his weapons, and makes a final stand to give the party time to get away. Just because the dice say a PC is going to die, doesn't mean that death has to come right this very minute. Personally I like when PC death is a very possible outcome, and I loathe fudging dice for any reason. I don't however see a problem with fudging the results of a death to make them more entertaining if that's possible. Some players will still want cheap deaths, and some deaths don't leave a lot of room for a last stand, but I think we should be open to the idea that death isn't always instantaneous. [/QUOTE]

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