When death becomes him.......

[Asheron]

I was wondering what rule you use when a character dies. Our group has ruled that the official rule of WotC is somewhat harse. f.e. if a character has 135.000 XP and is 1.000 Xp form lvl up, and he dies Using the official rule he goes down a lvl and now has 112.500 XP. That would mean a loss of 22.500 XP! On high lvl gaming it has to big an effect on the quest. Because it usually expects characters leveling up.

So we use the rule that once you go up a lvl, you stick with it even if you die. So if the character of 135.000 XP dies, he goes back to 120.000 XP but keeps his lvl.

Do you all use the standaard rule on this or do you have certain house rules?? Does anyone has a different ruling in this situation?

I like to hear it.............

Grz

 

[dcollins]

My group uses the house rule that your XP loss is in ratio to your level position.
That is, if you're currently 95% the way from 12th to 13th, you drop back to 95% the distance between 11th and 12th.

www.superdan.net/housrule.html

 

[Crothian]

I do XP lose with no level lose. I think level loss is too messy.

 

[Ravellion]

My rule is that you lose the exact amount of XP that your previous level consists of:

ie 4th level character loses a level, he loses 3000 XP. This may or may not drop him a level.

Rav

 

[shilsen]

Serendipity

My rule is that you lose the exact amount of XP that your previous level consists of:

ie 4th level character loses a level, he loses 3000 XP. This may or may not drop him a level.

Rav

That's exactly what I'm using

 

[Asheron]

My group uses the house rule that your XP loss is in ratio to your level position.
That is, if you're currently 95% the way from 12th to 13th, you drop back to 95% the distance between 11th and 12th.

www.superdan.net/housrule.html

that sounds fair. That's a nice alternative....thanks

 

[Asheron]

*bump*

 

[hammymchamham]

[q]I was wondering what rule you use when a character dies. [/q]

I have run a Rokugan game and will be again soon. What do I do when a character dies? Hand them 4d6 and a new charecter sheet. Sincre reserection doesn't exist in Rokugan.

What have I done when I lost charecters? Rolled 4d6. Nearly all my charecters have had a living will not to be reserected. Come on, if you were in heaven...would you really want to come back?

 

[Asheron]

So imagine you've been building you character form scratch, you've been playing him for the last few months and he reached lvl 15 not long ago. You trigger a trap; disintegrate;youy fail the fortitude save and...... BANG......he's gone.

Your D20 just stopped rolling and you're still looking at the result. The DM hands you a blank piece of paper and 4d6. You pick 'm up and say: "sure no problem man, lets roll the dice".

That just isn't right man.........

Grz

 

[hammymchamham]

So imagine you've been building you character form scratch, you've been playing him for the last few months and he reached lvl 15 not long ago. You trigger a trap; disintegrate;youy fail the fortitude save and...... BANG......he's gone.

Your D20 just stopped rolling and you're still looking at the result. The DM hands you a blank piece of paper and 4d6. You pick 'm up and say: "sure no problem man, lets roll the dice".

That just isn't right man.........

Grz

Well, since reserection doesn't exist in Rokugan............