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So how do you feel about character death?

So in my Eberron game last weekend a couple of pc's closed to mellee with a vampire got drained in the process. They were hurting him only a little(at least compared to what they do to folks without DR). At one point they had both been hit twice and lost 4 levels.that meant one of them was at effectively first level. If he got hit again he was going to be killed and rise as a vampire. he was advised that chances are he would not survive if he kept it up and he withdrew. This has propmpted me to ask if in the small enviroment of a table top game does the death of a character mean that you would stop the campaign or continue with a new character? How about if half the party dies? Does having a tabletop character die bother you? Larp characters are a different critter because you become more involved with them(most of the time). I was wondering what people thought about dead characters in a tabletop.

Note: I would Realy like to here from my players on this as well.

Comments

[hoshiadam.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty much okay with character death in a tabletop. Strangely, I don't ever expect a resurrection either. I was a little frustrated last game because I can get my AC the highest of the group and I was stuck clearing out all the minions. And then I took a long time clearing them out, so I didn't get to soak up some of those negative levels.

But back on topic, I'm okay with dying if its my character. And I don't like a 'cheap' rez, it really lessens the impact of death.