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« on: June 22, 2006, 10:15:34 am »
If i'm not mistaken there is a bit in the settings / future developement part of the site stating that "Powerfull wizzards are capable of entering and leaving the death realm without actually dying"
To me that clearly states that the Deathrealm is an other world ( like roman mythology, where some dude walks into the deathrealm to get his beloved back, and is allowed to do so if he can leave it without looking back once. He gets out but at the entrance looks back and loses her forever.
The idea that you can return from the death is not very uncommon, in PS its just a fact aswell. If players would simply stop making jokes about it. Taking revenge on others soon after death or using it as a shortcut there really isn't a problem with it. I don't think that the mechanics of the DR need to change in order to achieve this. Simply look at all the players posting here, if we all roleplay the deathrealm a bit more seriousely and show the new players how to do so aswell the problem is solved
Something like this would solve the problem of an accidental encounter after a death.
Char 1 : Soo you're back from the death again? Care to take another journey there?
Edit : // does this make sence at all?
Char 2 : Please no ser, i still have the shivers of the dreaded place, If you don't mind i'll just be on my way enjoying the blissfull light of the azure sun on my body again. My bones are still cold from that cold and murky place.
Char 1 : So you've learned your lesson then? You finally see killing dwarves is a crime and will leave them alone
Char 2 : I can't promiss that, but for now i will consider the ordeal i put them through.
Char 2 grins " though i do like the pain and sorrow it might cause them "
Char 1 : Be gone fool, before i slay you again !
Char 2 bows politely, " by your leave ser "
If both players simply gloss over the short amount of time that goes between it then it doesn't ruin the atmosphere at all. You could always state as a character that the amount of time you spent there felt like years, the dust in your mouth, lack of water and sun and all. Who is to say how long YOU experienced your time there? It could be very plausible that time moves around diffentely in both realms. Just as long as a player doesn't mess it up deliberately you can always roleplay a fix to a situation. As soon as you go barging in on players completely ignoring the whole deathrealm though, then you're ruining the whole game for others.