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      1 year ago

      That’s novice stuff. It’s a cheap emotional gut-punch that weakens that character’s ties to the world and story. You can do so much more if you keep them alive:

      • They can hand out quests, as they think their child could handle it.
      • They can help out with certain tasks, like watching a tavern or storing stolen goods.
      • They can be a good twist villain later in the game, because they’re tied to the heroes.
      • They can be a good fake-out villain, because it’s suspicious you haven’t killed them yet.
      • Another PC can literally bang this PC’s mum.
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          You know when your parents ask you to fix the printer because you’re the IT person in the house? That, but it’s goblins. You’re the goblin-fighter person in the house. And you’re getting paid in a dessert your mum was making anyway.