seriousness of death

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i'm on the fence on the issue of "hunting shouldn't be safe".

on one hand, it makes sense to add danger to the game, because that way it's more fun in the long run. winning when knowing you can lose is a lot more fun than winning without a chance of loss.

on the other hand, it always pained me from a roleplay perspective to always have a character die. just because someone can be revived shouldn't mean they shouldn't mind dropping dead (from a roleplay perspective).

beyond the whole lack of a desire to have my character get killed, i have no clue how to deal with death from a roleplay standpoint. i'd say yaru should be scared of death, but if it is something that comes off as normal, how can it be scary?
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A bright-eyed Thekko Ku Kalla dressed in a dapper sailor suit takes to flight and careers through the air toward the Modan Kucho and slams into him!
With a high-pitched cry, The Modan Kucho collapses in death.

[HR-Trevor]

Think of it like having a close call while driving when some schmuck almost sideswipes you.. or when you realize you just ran a red light by accident and you hear horns blaring at you.

Scares the living shit out of you, you panic briefly, then you recover and you're better. I'm trivializing death a lot with this example, but it's probably much closer to death in a RPG than death IRL is.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato

-- Trevor Rage / Rich Mondy

[Brokyn]

[HR-Hunter]

Just because your character knows they can be revived or rise as a clone, doesn't mean that dying doesn't hurt, alot, especially dying from being beaten to a pulp.
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~Hunter~

[dragonseyes]

I look at it like this. Rarely, am I just beaten to a pulp instantly. It takes time, and I have time to realize it's going to happen. And the fact that there's a death penalty means that it takes alot of stress to come back. And besides, getting back would have to hurt, as much as or more then leaving in the first place.
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Haunted are the Great ones, Because they see the Truth.
I know what my problem is, what's your excuse?

[ragonda]

this is the way dreg sees death ......random thoughts in order

"oh oh shit im about to die"
"if i ken just get that damn rift potion "
"oh shit im stunned dammit who can i think comms too?"
"dammit that aint gonna work "
"how longs this stun gonna last ?.... shit im really gonna die "
"dammit why didnt i go fishing instead "
"come on someone run throuigh my room and drag my dying ass outta here"
"ack its getting hazy , damn damn fuck ............"

after a call to cc

"oh wow they got me ..... i aint gonna rot away on my own "
"thankya medic , thankya rift potion dragging person"
"yay thats it heal me heal me up"
"bet its gonna take a few charges to get me on my feet "
"yay im gonna live ya yayyyy"


a few volts and back on her feet

"okies how much death penalty i got?"
"ooh i can go back and hunt after a massage"
"now where i gonna hunt"
"yep gonna go back ill teach them ta keel me "



death is an adventure treat it as such