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vgn · 03-19-08, 05:56 PM

I was going to make a poll, but couldn't figure out how so instead this is just a request for opinions.

Layonara and many RPGs allow characters to die and then they are brought back, either through spells (raise dead, resurrection) or through the magic of the bind stones.

The question is, how much do you remember of death and the moments leading up to it? Does it depend on how you were brought back to the land of the living?

Do you keep all of the memories up until the moment you are at 0 HP?
Do you keep all of the memories up until the moment you are at -10 HP?
Is there perhaps memory loss of those last few moments?
Does it depend on how sudden the death was?
Do you know how you died? What if you are conscious when the death happens?

Ultimately, what I'd really like to know, is in a world where anyone can breath life again after practically any death (except that final soul strand) is it possible for an assassin or serial killer to remain unknown?

In the real world if someone decides to secretly kill someone, it's quite possible the perpetrator of the crime may not be known for a long time and sometimes not ever.

In a game with life after death however, do you always come back knowing that person who did you in? Does an assassin have to wait until you are sleeping? Does he have to make arrangements to render you unconscious before his presence is known?

Curious and twisted minds want to know what you think?

03-19-08, 05:56 PM	#1
vgn Mind Flayer Characters Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 809 Thanks: 2 Thanked 55 Times in 25 Posts	Death and Memories I was going to make a poll, but couldn't figure out how so instead this is just a request for opinions. Layonara and many RPGs allow characters to die and then they are brought back, either through spells (raise dead, resurrection) or through the magic of the bind stones. The question is, how much do you remember of death and the moments leading up to it? Does it depend on how you were brought back to the land of the living? Do you keep all of the memories up until the moment you are at 0 HP? Do you keep all of the memories up until the moment you are at -10 HP? Is there perhaps memory loss of those last few moments? Does it depend on how sudden the death was? Do you know how you died? What if you are conscious when the death happens? Ultimately, what I'd really like to know, is in a world where anyone can breath life again after practically any death (except that final soul strand) is it possible for an assassin or serial killer to remain unknown? In the real world if someone decides to secretly kill someone, it's quite possible the perpetrator of the crime may not be known for a long time and sometimes not ever. In a game with life after death however, do you always come back knowing that person who did you in? Does an assassin have to wait until you are sleeping? Does he have to make arrangements to render you unconscious before his presence is known? Curious and twisted minds want to know what you think?