d100 - Total Party “Keepers” for Less Lethality

On Occasion, an unlucky run on the Dice might result in a particular Conflict going incredibly poorly for the Party. It happens to the best of us, and whilst often regarded as a rite of passage or important cornerstone of these earlier presentations, sometimes a session can be abruptly cut short in this way. In other situations, there may be different shared expectations for a table, or an agreed upon adjustment to the types of consequences that might befall the Characters. In these situations, I am a major fan of the concept of Wampus’ [Getting Worse](https://wampuscountry.blogspot.com/2012/09/getting-worse.html) approach. Sometimes there are ways to escalate or change the stakes that are more appealing than having to roll up an entire Party of New Characters. I find that particularly in games with Younger Players, we’ll often find ourselves taking “Character Death” off the table completely, so I like to have a lot of other options in my back pocket, just in case, to offset those…

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