Framing it in terms of the themes of the game makes sense to me, I appreciate that perspective. I just personally end up finding it frustrating.

Tell me instead why this mechanic makes the game better, in your opinion! I haven’t experienced that myself but other people clearly like it.

That same thing could be accomplished if you just keep the resources when you die, though. It’s artificial increased difficulty, and it ruins my enjoyment every time I try a game with that mechanic.

Sure - then it’s a mechanic that doesn’t matter! So why have it? It just punishes you if you want to go try something else, but if you’re doing the same encounter repeatedly it’s meaningless.

This is why the Franklin hire by VA Tech is perfect

This is the exact reason I always bounce off Souls and the like. That mechanic feels like extra punishment for the sake of punishment. I’ll do a hard encounter and learn the mechanics! I don’t want to waste a bunch of my limited video gaming time hiking back to get my shit.

Definitely do it

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