Best advice for dealing with a PC death, when the player feels the death was cheap (vorpal) and is physically grieving the loss of their character? First talk about it as real folks above the game. Listen to each other, talk about your feelings related to the death and why you feel the way you do. Make a plan for how to handle such an event in the future. Second D&D has lot of ways to bring back PCs from the dead.
— James Introcaso (@JamesIntrocaso) November 7, 2019
If there's a good reason why another person might bring the PC back, let it happen. Maybe the sword is extra magic and keeps the head alive for questioning and it can be reattached to the body. Maybe a villain raises the PC to tempt the others into a rescue/trap.
— James Introcaso (@JamesIntrocaso) November 7, 2019
Talk to the player, and work out a way forward together. What would help bring them back into the game and rekindle the fun? A new character arc? A grand resurrection quest? Also, check out this video by @mattcolville. https://t.co/QB0JAszWpi
— James 🍗 Haeck (@jamesjhaeck) November 7, 2019
Oh my gosh, every game I ever played in, the DM either just crumbles up the dead character’s sheet and tosses it away or puts it aside for reference in case the party comes across the dead body and there are items to take. Meanwhile, the player nonchalantly writes up his or her new character and continues on, wondering what deathly trap or deadly combat awaits the next one. That’s the game of Dungeons & Dragons. Not this silly Nerfing, changing it to Crybabies and Snowflakes!
Not sure if you’re trolling, sarcastic, or just not aware. You could consider that some people get more invested in their characters? A person playing the same character for ten years may be blasé about their PC’s death or completely crushed. No reason to trash others when you can simply accept that other people may feel differently.