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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9547211" data-attributes="member: 6790260">The last time a character I was playing died, at least in a campaign that didn't fold within six weeks of starting, it was specifically because:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">I took a risk I shouldn't have, going toe-to-toe with something big and scary</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">I forgot to make use of a magic item that would have given me enough HP to survive</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The monster got a lucky crit specifically on its single-use, extremely powerful attack</li>
</ol>So, the lion's share of the blame is on me, but a small portion does come down to the dice (which were completely fair--this was played in Roll20 so we could see the rolls) just happening to align with the worst possible time it could occur. Had any one of these factors not been true, my character would have lived.Of course, just because the character died didn't mean I stopped playing him. Even though we were only level 2 at that point. Because this was a DM who understood that, in at least a good number of cases (IMO the majority), survival or resurrection at a cost is far more interesting and engaging than death.And, for anyone curious, this was with by-the-book 4e. The DM was very experienced in general, but new to 4e and wanted to run things purely by the books until he had working experience with the system.I'm overlooking the (numerous) times that my characters have died in 5e, because allegedly those are all totally unrepresentative.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9547211, member: 6790260"] The last time a character I was playing died, at least in a campaign that didn't fold within six weeks of starting, it was specifically because: [LIST=1] [*]I took a risk I shouldn't have, going toe-to-toe with something big and scary [*]I forgot to make use of a magic item that would have given me enough HP to survive [*]The monster got a lucky crit [I]specifically[/I] on its single-use, extremely powerful attack [/LIST] So, the lion's share of the blame is on me, but a small portion does come down to the dice (which were completely fair--this was played in Roll20 so we could see the rolls) just [I]happening[/I] to align with the worst possible time it could occur. Had any one of these factors not been true, my character would have lived. Of course, just because the character died didn't mean I stopped playing him. Even though we were only level 2 at that point. Because this was a DM who understood that, in at least a good number of cases (IMO the majority), survival or resurrection [I]at a cost[/I] is far more interesting and engaging than death. And, for anyone curious, [I]this was with by-the-book 4e[/I]. The DM was very experienced in general, but new to 4e and wanted to run things purely by the books until he had working experience with the system. I'm overlooking the (numerous) times that my characters have died in 5e, because allegedly those are all totally unrepresentative. [/QUOTE]

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