Death & Dying - Printable version

Overview

The Dragon’s Neck takes the approach that resurrection magic is an art almost entirely lost to time. Hence, whenever a character mechanically 'dies', they will be treated as badly wounded, and a mechanical debuff will be applied to them upon their ‘respawn’. Only permadeath will be considered actual, in-character death as far as the narrative, and roleplay is concerned.

Note: This article deals primarily with the mechanics of death/dying. For details on PvP, please review the PvP & Conflict page.

Bleeding Out

Player Characters will begin bleeding once they drop below 1HP.
While bleeding, PCs have a 5% chance each round to stabilize and return to 1HP.
PCs that are healed at any point during the 'bleeding out' process will be stabilized to 1HP.

When reaching -10HP:
- All silver the player was holding is dropped upon death.
- Players receive a debuff (symbolized as a grim wound).
  - Debuff Effects:
    - 1st wound: -2AC, -2AB, 25% Spell Failure, +20% Damage Received.
    - 2nd wound (if the debuff is not cleansed): -4AC, -4AB, 50% Spell Failure, +30% Damage Received.
    - 3rd wound (if the debuff is not cleansed): Immediate and irrevocable Permadeath. Note that permadeath in this scenario is guaranteed, with no rolls involved.
  - This debuff can be cleansed by an NPC priest at a temple for the price of 60sp/level. This can only be done once every 12 hours.
  - Alternatively, each stack of Grim Wound will expire after 20 Real Hours.
  - Obtaining wounds has a cooldown of 5 minutes to avoid scenarios where players get hit with back-to-back-to-back Grim Wounds.
- Players will be presented with an option to either remain unconscious at -10HP, or to "Respawn", which will jump players back to the entrance of the Dungeon/Area and cause them to lose all of their carried silver.
  - If at least one other player is close to the player’s downed body when no enemies are present, Respawning will allow them to rise where they died instead.

Permadeath & "Opting In"

On TDN there are three ways for your character to become eligible for Permadeath:

"Opting In" [The most common]

This can be done immediately, at any time, using the '!optin' command in-game.
Playing a class that is auto-opted-in:

Chymist

Warlock
DM discretion based on campaign events or player-decision

A DM will notify you if this were to take place.

Benefits to Opting In:

+10% RPXP Ticks and RPXP daily pool (14.29% to 15.71%)
Eligibility for Faction Leadership Positions (TDN Factions specifically)
Civilians:
- +15% RPXP Ticks
- +10% Crafting XP

Permadeath Rolls

Permadeath is confirmed or avoided by a roll-based system, meaning that each time a player that is opted into permadeath is reduced to -10 hp (referred to as ‘Downed’), they must make a D100 roll which decides whether or not they permanently die.

An opted-in character’s first Downed state will result in their player attempting a relatively likely check. A roll of 11+ will be required for that character’s survival, giving them an 90% chance of escaping permadeath. For each subsequent death, the difficulty of the roll is increases, decreasing the probability of their survival.

Thus, after being Downed 5 times, even the luckiest opted-in character who has escaped death on all previous occasions, against mounting odds, will face a 50% or greater chance to die permanently.

For clarity, a table of the necessary permadeath rolls and the percentage chance of survival for an opted-in character after being Downed a certain number of times, is shown below:

Number of times Downed	Roll necessary for survival (D100)	Percentage chance of survival
1	11-100	90%
2	21-100	80%
3	31-100	70%
4	41-100	60%
5	51-100	50%
6	56-100	45%
7	61-100	40%
8	66-100	35%
9	71-100	30%
10	76-100	25%
11+	81-100	20%

Permadeath Rewards

In the event a Character is retired permanently (whether through permadeath or something else), the player will receive a portion of the closed character's XP, GP, and CXP (Crafting XP) that can be used for a new Character. Contact a DM to receive these benefits.
- XP: (Dead PC Level / 1.75) Levels (Rounded Down)
  - Examples:
  - Permakilled Level 18 PC: New PC receives level 10 free.
  - Permakilled Level 9 PC: New PC receives level 5 free.
  - Note: We'll accomodate level 5 retirees and grant level 3.
- GP: 500gp/New Level
  - Examples:
  - Permakilled Level 18 PC = Level 10 New PC = 5,000gp
  - Permakilled Level 9 PC = Level 5 New PC = 2,500gp
CXP: 50% of all CXP can be redistributed as the player sees fit & within profession guidelines.

FAQ

Q: In what scenarios would the team consider overturning a failed perma-death roll?
A: The staff takes an extremely hard line on perma-death. There are only two foreseeable scenarios in which such a decision would be considered:

A DM made a mistake, such as accidentally misclicking resulting in the death of a player.
A system error that is decided by staff to be egregious in regards to the perma-death rolls or the system that governs them.

Ultimately, if a player chooses to play an opted-in class, voluntarily opt-in, or pursue a course of action that resulted in them opting-in, they must resign themselves that they are at the mercy of the setting, NWN's engine, acts of God, bugs, glitches, etc. Opting In is essentially TDN's equivalent of playing on Hardcore mode, and it falls to the player in question to understand and accept the risks involved.

Death & Dying Printable version