I killed a PC in this evening’s game. This was not intentional; the party should have been able to handle the four ghouls just fine. They weren’t acting bloody stupid, either, like the last time I killed a PC. It’s just that my dice got very, very lucky. Three natural twenties in a row? Combined with paralyzation and ghoul fever? The party’s rogue and wizard was bloody lucky that the three paralyzed party members blocked the way, effectively locking the ghouls in, while they picked them off with ranged weapons.

So a PC died. A critical hit brought his paralyzed ass from two hitpoints to -10 in a single blow. Raise Dead is a darn expensive spell when you’re a third level party…

...and a really neat point to bring in the elaborate backstory the player made for that character. The party is now in a serious debt to one of the richest and most influental families in the country. Granted, the family has reasons of their own to keep the PC alive, but that doesn’t stop them from being very much pissed at the rest of the party for “getting him killed”.

I just love roleplaying games.