lol, I hate that I aggressively considered if this was Loss in disguise.
Stages of D&D Grief:
- Denial
- Acceptance
- Acquisition
Unfortunately, real life can be worse, sometimes before funerals are done kids start fighting over the family house and how the familial fortune will be spread.
At my grandfathers wake his wife, wife’s daughter (my mom) and his biological son, threw hands while trying to steal the rings off his hands and cross from his neck.
Thank everything death is final and he never needs to find out.
Nat 20 let’s go
Play my flute when I loot that dead kid’s body!
Its always a child, isn’t it?
You fucking grave robber… I went to Europe and I saw all the grave sites that were like really old and it was kind of interesting seeing other people’s cultures and how they deal with their dead. But then at the same time I’m like I don’t want a gravestone. I don’t want a grave. I just want to be cremated and shot out of a cannon.
Do you have any nemesis? Nemesises? Nemesi?
Whatever, enemies? It’s much more satisfying to have your remains shot out of a cannon at someone you hate, than just all willy nilly like.
That was the last time Maple ever fucked with Link.
Alternative title: Loot
Meme is more about looting but hear me out:
I wish more fantasy RPGs used their own player conveniences as more than just player conveniences. Like, FF7’s big “what the hell” moment when you can’t just use a Phoenix Down on Aerith.
Dragon’s Dogma has spoiled me on this. You can revive any fallen named NPC if you have a wake stone. They even get put in a special room for you to visit if you forget their body long enough, so you can never lose a vital NPC while still having chaotic, emergent action with monsters rampaging through town.
BG3 only lets you use revivify on characters in your party. D&D says it only works on those who wish to return (player characters always have unfinished business) but some dead NPCs definitely had something to live for, but are screwed
My headcanon is that when a character “dies” in battle, it actually means they are in critical condition, requiring more powerful healing magic or items to get them back on their feet.
Of course, there are some exceptions. In Phantasy Star 2 and Cyber Knight the characters die for real and are replaced with clones.
At least in Final Fantasy 2, all important people who die disappear which would explain why you can’t revive them.
2 or 4? 4 Japanese was 2 in the US. 6 Japanese was 3 in the US. We actually got robbed of a couple of gems there. 2&5 were pretty good if the translation I found was accurate.
Actual 2. Here in Europe, the first game we got was 7 so when the older ones were later released, the original numbering stayed.
Phantasy Star 2 has a named NPC die and it has a weird excuse why you can’t revive her at the clone labs, even though you could just fine up to that point.
Also when everyone else was like “omg no character has died in an RPG before” youth me was sitting there like “is phantasy star a joke to you?”
I could look it up, but do you remember what the excuse was?
Theres still a hat and a cloak left
Probably bad stats and not worth even selling them.
