Dungeons and Dragons Players Discuss Fates Worse Than Death
Dungeons & Dragons players are deeply familiar with the threat of in-game death. That characters with days if not weeks of combat, storytelling, and lore invested in them can die permanently is part of what makes playing Dungeons & Dragons meaningful. Dungeon Masters know this, of course, and the best DMs deal with player-character death very carefully. DMs also know that sometimes death isn't enough. Dungeons & Dragons players recently shared their experiences regarding when DMs gave their character a fate worse than death.
In a Reddit thread titled «Other than dying, what is the one thing you are afraid your DM might do to your character?» Dungeons & Dragon players are sharing their biggest fears and most frightening experiences. The thread is full of the awful ways a campaign has led to a nightmare for their character, whether it's a fitting end, a DM going overboard, or something entirely unexpected.
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The top comment in the Reddit thread captures the basic idea behind a fate worse than death. Dungeons & Dragons player _Squint explains that their «happy Gnome father of 4» loved to tell little stories about their wife and kids throughout his adventures. That was, he loved to tell stories about his family before the villain of the DnD campaign «stole every memory of my PC's wife.» That's the kind of tragedy that lingers, especially for the player who remembers how much their Gnome character loved his wife.
An example of a fate worse than death that's built more around Dungeon Master error than storytelling is summed up in a short sentence: «Let them survive when they should have died.» Sometimes, a player-character dying is either the natural
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