
Xevvik |
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I concur that the Permadeath rule has been the most group destroying mechanic of the game. I've lost count of how many of mine have collapsed when we have gotten just far enough to upgrade our characters skills and powers, just to have one of us die to a set of bad rolls/unfortunate card draws. The group just folds because the one that dies isn't interested in restarting with an underpowered, new character...and the rest of the group doesn't want to continue with out them. Could we house rule it? Sure. But that kills the group subtly as well...as several now feel like we've cheated.
I would love to see some sort of earlier mechanic that lets you resurrect party members earlier in the game (I know they exist in the higher level APs). Possibly spells or items...scenario rewards...priests who res after scenarios for a cost. Should there be penalties for them (one time usage...rezzed character has some sort of hindrance in the next scenario)? Sure, that could work. But telling someone who has pushed through 15-20 scenarios that 'Sorry, have fun starting over,' is overly penal in my opinion.