User:Robkelk/sandbox/Sliding Scale of Setting Lethality
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Some settings are more lethal than others.
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Sorting from least lethal to most lethal:
- Contractual Immortality - Death is impossible
- Death Is Cheap, because it's temporary
- Death is rare
- Death is uncommon
- Anyone Can Die - Death is common
- Kill'Em All - everyone will die
- All Deaths Final - nobody comes back from the dead
And a special mention of original-rules Traveller, where it's possible to die during character creation before the game even begins.
For a list of what happens after in-universe death, see Sorting Algorithm of Deadness.
Examples of Robkelk/sandbox/Sliding Scale of Setting Lethality include:
Sorted by type listed above:
Contractual Immortality
Tabletop Games
- Nobody ever dies in Toon; they're just "bonked" for a few minutes.
Death Is Cheap
Tropes
Tabletop Games
- Paranoia gives you six identical characters that you play one at a time.
Death is permanent but rare
Death is permanent but uncommon
Anyone Can Die
Kill'Em All
Tropes
All Deaths Final
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