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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 5860064" data-attributes="member: 25619">What I'd say (also coming in late) is:OK.  But I think the game is no fun if you CAN'T die -- if we "metagame" that James Bond can never die, the action loses its intensity.  And this is the Lord of the Rings anyhow -- your character might be Gandalf or Boromir or a random redshirt soldier of Gondor, we just don't know yet.So your PC CAN die.  I'm not saying they will, but they might.  If you do something foolhardy, or you get unlucky at the wrong time, it will happen.  I'm not intentionally trying to kill off the PC's, but some scenarios will be too tough for you -- I don't scale the world to fit your party -- so sometimes you need to avoid trouble, or be clever about it, seeking help or "Combat as War"ing it to make it easier.  If you take on Smaug when you're first level, and you don't have the help of Bard the Bowman and the whole Laketown militia, chances are you'll die -- actually, even with Bard the Bowman, you'd probably all die!Of course, in most scenarios there's a good chance you could be raised if you are killed, but that's not always possible, like if there's a TPK and the monsters eat you all, with no one to know your fate!I know character death can be upsetting when you've invested in a character.  But it can also be awesome.  I cried when my first paladin died (when I was 11 years old), but I was elated when my most recent one went down in a blaze of glory -- he died with his boots on, face-to-face attack a dragon when he was down to a single HP, trying to save his friends in a hopeless fight where 3 of the 6 PC's died.  So I was happy for him, living and dying just like he wanted.If you can live with that risk, you're welcome to stay in my campaign.  And if you do get killed, I'd like you to consider taking over an NPC or something, maybe after you've had some time off the game -- there's no shame in NOT quitting or coming back, if you change your mind.If you can't live with that risk, you probably should find a different campaign.</blockquote>

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