Dungeons And Dragons Online: TenTonHammer discusses Death in DDO

Over at TenTonHammer, Zed talks about one of gaming's greatest joys. Well maybe not greatest, but one we are all to familiar with in MMOs.

For Whom the Bell Tolls: Death in DDO

Zed has experienced many an epic battle and at least one unexpected death in his adventures playing the pen-and-paper (PnP) Dungeons & Dragons. Now, he gives us an inside look at how death is handled in the PnP game, and how it's being treated in Dungeons & Dragons Online.

"Whether it was players' forgetfulness, boldness, stupidity, or who knows what... the result was a five man 'total wipe' as we know them in MMOGs. What killed them: A huge dragon; an army of trolls; a legion of undead; a mad necromancer? No, a gardener; a solitary bugbear gardener armed with a scythe."

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