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Staffan Björk at 09:45, 4 April 2018

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Staffan Björk at 14:02, 21 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 13:25, 20 August 2015

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Staffan Björk at 14:59, 19 January 2015

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Staffan Björk at 14:59, 19 January 2015

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Staffan Björk at 14:52, 19 January 2015

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 === Potentially Conflicting With ===
-[[Save-Load Cycles]]
+[[Player Balance]],
 [[Predetermined Story Structures]] when used together with [[Characters]]

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 == Using the pattern ==
-[[Death Consequences]] for those that die are typically instantiated typically done through [[Ability Losses]], [[Decreased Abilities]], enforced [[Downtime]], or reduced [[Scores]]. [[Ability Losses]] and [[Decreased Abilities]] can be given easy diegetic explanations in games using [[Equipment]] such as [[Armor]], [[Tools]], and [[Weapons]] by making players lose these when their [[Avatars]] or [[Characters]] die. A specific design issue exists when [[Death Consequences]] are linked to [[Avatars]]. This is that [[Spawning]] of the [[Avatars]] needs to be done to reintroduce them into the [[Game Worlds]], but how this is done can affect both [[Player Balance|Player]] and [[Team Balance]] as well as affect the severity of [[Equipment]] lost but placed in the [[Game Worlds]].
+[[Death Consequences]] for those that die are typically instantiated typically done through [[Ability Losses]], [[Decreased Abilities]], enforced [[Downtime]], or reduced [[Scores]]. [[Ability Losses]] and [[Decreased Abilities]] can be given easy diegetic explanations in games using [[Equipment]] such as [[Armor]], [[Tools]], and [[Weapons]] by making players lose these when their [[Avatars]] or [[Characters]] die. Reducing [[Character Levels]], [[Experience Points]], and/or [[Money]] for players is also common, but may be more difficult to explain diegetically. In games with [[Lives]], it is quite natural for obvious reasons that [[Life Penalties]] are part of [[Death Consequences]].
 In contrast, [[Death Consequences]] for those killing somebody or something may be increased [[Scores]] (players' [[Scores]] may simply be the number of deaths they have caused), [[Experience Points]], or [[Loot]]. The possibility for [[Loot]] is of course tied into what happens to the [[Equipment]] of those that die. This is assuming that the killings should result in [[Rewards]], something that may not be the case if the cause of death was [[Friendly Fire]]. [[Scores]] can also modulate [[Death Consequences]] in that they can first be presented (or added up) after a player has died, which can be a version of [[End State Scoring]].
-[[Death Consequences]] are difficult to enforce in games that allow players to engage in [[Save-Load Cycles]]. For [[Multiplayer Games]], the point of death is a natural point for switching places in games with [[Hotseating]]; this adds the additional [[Penalties|Penalty]] of [[Downtime]] to the player that lost a [[Lives|Life]].
+[[Death Consequences]] are difficult to enforce in games that allow players to engage in [[Save-Load Cycles]]. For [[Multiplayer Games]], the point of death is a natural point for switching places in games with [[Hotseating]]; this adds the additional [[Penalties|Penalty]] of [[Downtime]] to that player.
 [[Permadeath]] are [[Death Consequences]] that directly lead to [[Player Elimination]] and [[Game Over]] through [[Game Termination Penalties]]. For this reason, this subtype of [[Death Consequences]] is not compatible with [[Lives]] even if the main pattern is.
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 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Experience Points]],
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 === Can Modulate ===
 [[Avatars]],
 [[Characters]],
 [[Equipment]],
 [[Friendly Fire]],
-[[Lives]],
+[[Money]],
 [[Player Killing]],
 [[Scores]]

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 [[Character Levels]],
 [[Experience Points]],
 [[Money]]

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 In contrast, [[Death Consequences]] for those killing somebody or something may be increased [[Scores]] (players' [[Scores]] may simply be the number of deaths they have caused), [[Experience Points]], or [[Loot]]. The possibility for [[Loot]] is of course tied into what happens to the [[Equipment]] of those that die. This is assuming that the killings should result in [[Rewards]], something that may not be the case if the cause of death was [[Friendly Fire]]. [[Scores]] can also modulate [[Death Consequences]] in that they can first be presented (or added up) after a player has died, which can be a version of [[End State Scoring]].
-[[Death Consequences]] are difficult to enforce in games that allow players to engage in [[Save-Load Cycles]].
+[[Death Consequences]] are difficult to enforce in games that allow players to engage in [[Save-Load Cycles]]. For [[Multiplayer Games]], the point of death is a natural point for switching places in games with [[Hotseating]]; this adds the additional [[Penalties|Penalty]] of [[Downtime]] to the player that lost a [[Lives|Life]].
 [[Permadeath]] are [[Death Consequences]] that directly lead to [[Player Elimination]] and [[Game Over]] through [[Game Termination Penalties]]. For this reason, this subtype of [[Death Consequences]] is not compatible with [[Lives]] even if the main pattern is.
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 == Relations ==
 === Can Instantiate ===
 [[Experience Points]],
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 [[Downtime]],
 [[End State Scoring]],
 [[Scores]],
 [[Spawn Points]]

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 [[Avatars]],
 [[Characters]],
 [[Friendly Fire]],
 [[Lives]],
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 [[Downtime]],
 [[End State Scoring]],
 [[Scores]],
 [[Spawn Points]]

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 [[Death Consequences]] are difficult to enforce in games that allow players to engage in [[Save-Load Cycles]].
-[[Permadeath]] are [[Death Consequences]] that directly lead to [[Player Elimination]] and [[Game Over]]. For this reason, this subtype of [[Death Consequences]] is not compatible with [[Lives]] even if the main pattern is.
+[[Permadeath]] are [[Death Consequences]] that directly lead to [[Player Elimination]] and [[Game Over]] through [[Game Termination Penalties]]. For this reason, this subtype of [[Death Consequences]] is not compatible with [[Lives]] even if the main pattern is.
 === Narrative Aspects ===
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 [[Experience Points]],
 [[Game Over]],
 [[Loot]],
 [[Penalties]],