Walter S Ciechanowski
10-11-2006, 06:21 AM
Interesting article!
While reading it, I couldn't help but notice that the Five Stages of Grief are often what happens to a player when faced with the sudden death of his or her character.
Denial: "My PC is dead? No way!"
Anger: "I told you guys we shouldn't have stormed the castle without scouting out their defenses! You didn't listen and my PC gets killed!"
Bargaining: "Come on, Mr. GM, that was kind of a cheap death and I don't want to spend two hours creating a new character that you'll have to integrate. How about he's just unconcsious?"
Depression: "I really loved that character. This sucks!"
Acceptance: "Fine, let me see the books so I can make a new one."
Again, good article.
Walt
While reading it, I couldn't help but notice that the Five Stages of Grief are often what happens to a player when faced with the sudden death of his or her character.
Denial: "My PC is dead? No way!"
Anger: "I told you guys we shouldn't have stormed the castle without scouting out their defenses! You didn't listen and my PC gets killed!"
Bargaining: "Come on, Mr. GM, that was kind of a cheap death and I don't want to spend two hours creating a new character that you'll have to integrate. How about he's just unconcsious?"
Depression: "I really loved that character. This sucks!"
Acceptance: "Fine, let me see the books so I can make a new one."
Again, good article.
Walt