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A party adventures for some time and the player characters eventually advance several times in level, say, to level 5. Unfortunately, one of the player characters is then killed, and either cannot be raised or chooses not to. The player intends to make a new character.
What level is their new character? Does a rule cover this circumstance, or is it up to the DM?
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A party adventures for some time and the player characters eventually advance several times in level, say, to level 5. Unfortunately, one of the player characters is then killed, and either cannot be raised or chooses not to. The player intends to make a new character.
What level is their new character? Does a rule cover this circumstance, or is it up to the DM?
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I'm...dying to know if there's an actual rule around this!
– NautArch
1 hour ago
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But seriously, is this for Adventurer's League or in general?
– NautArch
1 hour ago
Related: How are experience points given to back-up characters?
– V2Blast
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@NautArch pun is noted, psychic damage resistance failed.
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A party adventures for some time and the player characters eventually advance several times in level, say, to level 5. Unfortunately, one of the player characters is then killed, and either cannot be raised or chooses not to. The player intends to make a new character.
What level is their new character? Does a rule cover this circumstance, or is it up to the DM?
dnd-5e character-creation character-death
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A party adventures for some time and the player characters eventually advance several times in level, say, to level 5. Unfortunately, one of the player characters is then killed, and either cannot be raised or chooses not to. The player intends to make a new character.
What level is their new character? Does a rule cover this circumstance, or is it up to the DM?
dnd-5e character-creation character-death
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I'm...dying to know if there's an actual rule around this!
– NautArch
1 hour ago
6
But seriously, is this for Adventurer's League or in general?
– NautArch
1 hour ago
Related: How are experience points given to back-up characters?
– V2Blast
1 hour ago
1
@NautArch pun is noted, psychic damage resistance failed.
– KorvinStarmast
52 mins ago
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2
I'm...dying to know if there's an actual rule around this!
– NautArch
1 hour ago
6
But seriously, is this for Adventurer's League or in general?
– NautArch
1 hour ago
Related: How are experience points given to back-up characters?
– V2Blast
1 hour ago
1
@NautArch pun is noted, psychic damage resistance failed.
– KorvinStarmast
52 mins ago
2
2
I'm...dying to know if there's an actual rule around this!
– NautArch
1 hour ago
I'm...dying to know if there's an actual rule around this!
– NautArch
1 hour ago
6
6
But seriously, is this for Adventurer's League or in general?
– NautArch
1 hour ago
But seriously, is this for Adventurer's League or in general?
– NautArch
1 hour ago
Related: How are experience points given to back-up characters?
– V2Blast
1 hour ago
Related: How are experience points given to back-up characters?
– V2Blast
1 hour ago
1
1
@NautArch pun is noted, psychic damage resistance failed.
– KorvinStarmast
52 mins ago
@NautArch pun is noted, psychic damage resistance failed.
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So....two answers here.
Non-Adventurer's League Play
It is entirely and completely up to the DM. There are no rules that cover this.
The PHB only talks about how PC Death can happen. The DMG makes only two mentions of PC Death...
Your campaign might allow player characters to take on lower-level NPCs as followers. For example, a paladin might have a 1st-level paladin as a squire, a wizard might accept a 2nd-level wizard as an apprentice, a cleric might choose (or be assigned) a 3rd-level cleric as an acolyte, and a bard might take on a 4th-level bard as an understudy.
One advantage of allowing lower-level characters to join the party is that players have backup characters if their main characters take time off, retire, or die. One disadvantage is that you and your players have more party members to account for.
Emphasis Mine from DMG p92
Then also has suggestions on p236 that a small group may want to keep some back-up characters around in case their character dies...
Multiple characters can be a good idea in a game that features nonstop peril and a high rate of character death. If your group agrees to the premise, have each player keep one or two additional characters on hand, ready to jump in whenever the current character dies. Each time the main character gains a level, the backup characters do as well.
These two quotes are both suggestions, not rules, and do not answer definitively how you should handle a replacement character's level. The first quote implies you would be handing a PC a lower level 'follower' to take over as their new PC...while the other implies that they would have a same-level replacement character waiting in the wings.
Volo's, Xanathar's, Mordenkainen's, or any of the adventures make no further mention of it
Adventurer's League
Level 1. If you can't get yourself Raised.
If an AL Character dies and the party cannot resurrect them on-the-spot, here are their options:
- Create a new 1st Level character
- Assuming their corpse can be toted back to civilization and is in good enough shape for the spell to work, the player may spend 1,250gp to pay for a Raise Dead to happen off-screen. Optionally, the party may chip in to help pay for this.
- If a character is between level 1 and 4, and is part of a Faction, they may draw on Faction Charity for a free Raise Dead, though doing so forfeits all XP and Rewards earned during that session (including any earned prior to the character's death.
The above is drawn from the AL Tyranny of Dragons Player's Guide, and has been repeated in each player's guide since.
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The DMG does actually discuss character death (hopefully it's not "Player Death" :P), in mentioning the levels of "backup characters" and the like. See my answer to the semi-related question "How are experience points given to back-up characters?".
– V2Blast
1 hour ago
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
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So....two answers here.
Non-Adventurer's League Play
It is entirely and completely up to the DM. There are no rules that cover this.
The PHB only talks about how PC Death can happen. The DMG makes only two mentions of PC Death...
Your campaign might allow player characters to take on lower-level NPCs as followers. For example, a paladin might have a 1st-level paladin as a squire, a wizard might accept a 2nd-level wizard as an apprentice, a cleric might choose (or be assigned) a 3rd-level cleric as an acolyte, and a bard might take on a 4th-level bard as an understudy.
One advantage of allowing lower-level characters to join the party is that players have backup characters if their main characters take time off, retire, or die. One disadvantage is that you and your players have more party members to account for.
Emphasis Mine from DMG p92
Then also has suggestions on p236 that a small group may want to keep some back-up characters around in case their character dies...
Multiple characters can be a good idea in a game that features nonstop peril and a high rate of character death. If your group agrees to the premise, have each player keep one or two additional characters on hand, ready to jump in whenever the current character dies. Each time the main character gains a level, the backup characters do as well.
These two quotes are both suggestions, not rules, and do not answer definitively how you should handle a replacement character's level. The first quote implies you would be handing a PC a lower level 'follower' to take over as their new PC...while the other implies that they would have a same-level replacement character waiting in the wings.
Volo's, Xanathar's, Mordenkainen's, or any of the adventures make no further mention of it
Adventurer's League
Level 1. If you can't get yourself Raised.
If an AL Character dies and the party cannot resurrect them on-the-spot, here are their options:
- Create a new 1st Level character
- Assuming their corpse can be toted back to civilization and is in good enough shape for the spell to work, the player may spend 1,250gp to pay for a Raise Dead to happen off-screen. Optionally, the party may chip in to help pay for this.
- If a character is between level 1 and 4, and is part of a Faction, they may draw on Faction Charity for a free Raise Dead, though doing so forfeits all XP and Rewards earned during that session (including any earned prior to the character's death.
The above is drawn from the AL Tyranny of Dragons Player's Guide, and has been repeated in each player's guide since.
answered 1 hour ago
guildsbounty
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The DMG does actually discuss character death (hopefully it's not "Player Death" :P), in mentioning the levels of "backup characters" and the like. See my answer to the semi-related question "How are experience points given to back-up characters?".
– V2Blast
1 hour ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
7
down vote
So....two answers here.
Non-Adventurer's League Play
It is entirely and completely up to the DM. There are no rules that cover this.
The PHB only talks about how PC Death can happen. The DMG makes only two mentions of PC Death...
Your campaign might allow player characters to take on lower-level NPCs as followers. For example, a paladin might have a 1st-level paladin as a squire, a wizard might accept a 2nd-level wizard as an apprentice, a cleric might choose (or be assigned) a 3rd-level cleric as an acolyte, and a bard might take on a 4th-level bard as an understudy.
One advantage of allowing lower-level characters to join the party is that players have backup characters if their main characters take time off, retire, or die. One disadvantage is that you and your players have more party members to account for.
Emphasis Mine from DMG p92
Then also has suggestions on p236 that a small group may want to keep some back-up characters around in case their character dies...
Multiple characters can be a good idea in a game that features nonstop peril and a high rate of character death. If your group agrees to the premise, have each player keep one or two additional characters on hand, ready to jump in whenever the current character dies. Each time the main character gains a level, the backup characters do as well.
These two quotes are both suggestions, not rules, and do not answer definitively how you should handle a replacement character's level. The first quote implies you would be handing a PC a lower level 'follower' to take over as their new PC...while the other implies that they would have a same-level replacement character waiting in the wings.
Volo's, Xanathar's, Mordenkainen's, or any of the adventures make no further mention of it
Adventurer's League
Level 1. If you can't get yourself Raised.
If an AL Character dies and the party cannot resurrect them on-the-spot, here are their options:
- Create a new 1st Level character
- Assuming their corpse can be toted back to civilization and is in good enough shape for the spell to work, the player may spend 1,250gp to pay for a Raise Dead to happen off-screen. Optionally, the party may chip in to help pay for this.
- If a character is between level 1 and 4, and is part of a Faction, they may draw on Faction Charity for a free Raise Dead, though doing so forfeits all XP and Rewards earned during that session (including any earned prior to the character's death.
The above is drawn from the AL Tyranny of Dragons Player's Guide, and has been repeated in each player's guide since.
answered 1 hour ago
guildsbounty
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The DMG does actually discuss character death (hopefully it's not "Player Death" :P), in mentioning the levels of "backup characters" and the like. See my answer to the semi-related question "How are experience points given to back-up characters?".
– V2Blast
1 hour ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
7
down vote
up vote
7
down vote
So....two answers here.
Non-Adventurer's League Play
It is entirely and completely up to the DM. There are no rules that cover this.
The PHB only talks about how PC Death can happen. The DMG makes only two mentions of PC Death...
Your campaign might allow player characters to take on lower-level NPCs as followers. For example, a paladin might have a 1st-level paladin as a squire, a wizard might accept a 2nd-level wizard as an apprentice, a cleric might choose (or be assigned) a 3rd-level cleric as an acolyte, and a bard might take on a 4th-level bard as an understudy.
One advantage of allowing lower-level characters to join the party is that players have backup characters if their main characters take time off, retire, or die. One disadvantage is that you and your players have more party members to account for.
Emphasis Mine from DMG p92
Then also has suggestions on p236 that a small group may want to keep some back-up characters around in case their character dies...
Multiple characters can be a good idea in a game that features nonstop peril and a high rate of character death. If your group agrees to the premise, have each player keep one or two additional characters on hand, ready to jump in whenever the current character dies. Each time the main character gains a level, the backup characters do as well.
These two quotes are both suggestions, not rules, and do not answer definitively how you should handle a replacement character's level. The first quote implies you would be handing a PC a lower level 'follower' to take over as their new PC...while the other implies that they would have a same-level replacement character waiting in the wings.
Volo's, Xanathar's, Mordenkainen's, or any of the adventures make no further mention of it
Adventurer's League
Level 1. If you can't get yourself Raised.
If an AL Character dies and the party cannot resurrect them on-the-spot, here are their options:
- Create a new 1st Level character
- Assuming their corpse can be toted back to civilization and is in good enough shape for the spell to work, the player may spend 1,250gp to pay for a Raise Dead to happen off-screen. Optionally, the party may chip in to help pay for this.
- If a character is between level 1 and 4, and is part of a Faction, they may draw on Faction Charity for a free Raise Dead, though doing so forfeits all XP and Rewards earned during that session (including any earned prior to the character's death.
The above is drawn from the AL Tyranny of Dragons Player's Guide, and has been repeated in each player's guide since.
answered 1 hour ago
guildsbounty
29.7k5123149
So....two answers here.
Non-Adventurer's League Play
It is entirely and completely up to the DM. There are no rules that cover this.
The PHB only talks about how PC Death can happen. The DMG makes only two mentions of PC Death...
Your campaign might allow player characters to take on lower-level NPCs as followers. For example, a paladin might have a 1st-level paladin as a squire, a wizard might accept a 2nd-level wizard as an apprentice, a cleric might choose (or be assigned) a 3rd-level cleric as an acolyte, and a bard might take on a 4th-level bard as an understudy.
One advantage of allowing lower-level characters to join the party is that players have backup characters if their main characters take time off, retire, or die. One disadvantage is that you and your players have more party members to account for.
Emphasis Mine from DMG p92
Then also has suggestions on p236 that a small group may want to keep some back-up characters around in case their character dies...
Multiple characters can be a good idea in a game that features nonstop peril and a high rate of character death. If your group agrees to the premise, have each player keep one or two additional characters on hand, ready to jump in whenever the current character dies. Each time the main character gains a level, the backup characters do as well.
These two quotes are both suggestions, not rules, and do not answer definitively how you should handle a replacement character's level. The first quote implies you would be handing a PC a lower level 'follower' to take over as their new PC...while the other implies that they would have a same-level replacement character waiting in the wings.
Volo's, Xanathar's, Mordenkainen's, or any of the adventures make no further mention of it
Adventurer's League
Level 1. If you can't get yourself Raised.
If an AL Character dies and the party cannot resurrect them on-the-spot, here are their options:
- Create a new 1st Level character
- Assuming their corpse can be toted back to civilization and is in good enough shape for the spell to work, the player may spend 1,250gp to pay for a Raise Dead to happen off-screen. Optionally, the party may chip in to help pay for this.
- If a character is between level 1 and 4, and is part of a Faction, they may draw on Faction Charity for a free Raise Dead, though doing so forfeits all XP and Rewards earned during that session (including any earned prior to the character's death.
The above is drawn from the AL Tyranny of Dragons Player's Guide, and has been repeated in each player's guide since.
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The DMG does actually discuss character death (hopefully it's not "Player Death" :P), in mentioning the levels of "backup characters" and the like. See my answer to the semi-related question "How are experience points given to back-up characters?".
– V2Blast
1 hour ago
add a comment |Â
1
The DMG does actually discuss character death (hopefully it's not "Player Death" :P), in mentioning the levels of "backup characters" and the like. See my answer to the semi-related question "How are experience points given to back-up characters?".
– V2Blast
1 hour ago
1
1
The DMG does actually discuss character death (hopefully it's not "Player Death" :P), in mentioning the levels of "backup characters" and the like. See my answer to the semi-related question "How are experience points given to back-up characters?".
– V2Blast
1 hour ago
The DMG does actually discuss character death (hopefully it's not "Player Death" :P), in mentioning the levels of "backup characters" and the like. See my answer to the semi-related question "How are experience points given to back-up characters?".
– V2Blast
1 hour ago
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I'm...dying to know if there's an actual rule around this!
– NautArch
1 hour ago
6
But seriously, is this for Adventurer's League or in general?
– NautArch
1 hour ago
Related: How are experience points given to back-up characters?
– V2Blast
1 hour ago
1
@NautArch pun is noted, psychic damage resistance failed.
– KorvinStarmast
52 mins ago