• ThyTTY@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    If it’s a 1st level character is there any harm in simply letting them be killed by a goblin? Depends on what you’re looking for in a game but an early death can lead to some nice storytelling

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      5 months ago

      Because it takes longer to roll up a new one than a table really needs as an interruption.

      Purely practical imo. You don’t want things derailed that early. Later on, a death can be worked with, made part of a story. In the first three sessions? It’s just a pain in the ass

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        5 months ago

        That’s when we find out the player’s wizard character, Ehariel, has a long lost brother named Aharial with a suspiciously identical set of stats and backstory

        He also has been looking for his brother for years only to conveniently find the party minutes after his brother dies