The Legend of Vox Machina - D&D cartoon coming to Amazon Prime 28th Jan 2022

[smac]

12 hours ago, Jonnysaxc said:

The tired “character appears dead, is not dead “ routine. Is this happening to reflect dice throws from the campaign because it is extremely overused. 

I took that as a natural consequence of a long-running campaign - a DM may be  reluctant to take out a character which a player - or indeed, the party - has a lot invested in. So they'll find ways to work a salvation into the storyline.

 

Unless you're playing Paranoia, natch.

[Clipper]

nothing quite so machiavellian, it is actually hard to die in D&D.

 

I think that the instances you refer to where they appear dead but aren't are reflecting situations in game where a character is reduced to zero hit points which puts them unconscious. At this point in D&D you make "death saving throws" and you get 3 (more complex than that) and then you are dead (but even then you can be revived with a spell or two) so the party get at least 3 chances to lift your HP above zero.

 

Answering anything else would be a spoiler

 

[Captain Kelsten]

On 19/02/2023 at 22:34, Jonnysaxc said:

 

i am aware of critical roll as a result of this series, does no character die or fail in the campaign this is based on , do they just keep on coming out on top and getting more powerful?

 

Spoiler

Yeah, they do fail. Quite a few times, in fact. They fail a lot (a byproduct of them being a bit shit at planning and then the plan they do make going out the window almost immediately) and a few of their characters die permanently. 

 

[Jonnysaxc]

1 hour ago, Captain Kelsten said:

 

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Yeah, they do fail. Quite a few times, in fact. They fail a lot (a byproduct of them being a bit shit at planning and then the plan they do make going out the window almost immediately) and a few of their characters die permanently. 

 

Spoiler

Great! Going to savour that 😛