DCC has a high mortality rate, and since I'll be a player rather than DM, my characters will be dying a lot. So I decided that it might be useful to have some final moments ready for when my characters kick the bucket. You know, just a few last words and actions before giving up the ghost.
Roll 1d20:
- Try to say something, but keep spitting up blood.
- Be the guy who cries for his momma.
- Pull another PC close to your face and whisper a single, final word, as if it is a vital clue upon which the other character's survival depends. Something vague like, "the sanctuary."
- Chuckle to yourself as you finally comprehend the universe's big joke.
- Be lost in confusion and utter disbelief. You have no idea you're dying.
- Smile and say something like, "That's not so bad. I've had worse." Then keel over without another sound.
- Die slowly, thinking each sentence is your last. Make the scene get progressively more awkward as you run out of things to say.
- Swear like a sailor. Nothing but a long, unbroken stream of what Spongebob would call "sentence enhancers."
- "Well, this is it! So long!"
- Blame one of the other PCs for your death and place a curse on them.
- Shower everyone around you with praise ("You were all so wonderful, thank you, thank you!"), then politely bid adieu.
- Act like you're faking your death. "Just kidding, folks, I'm fine! See?" Then die.
- Explain to everyone around you in exquisite detail how badly it hurts, how it's more excruciating than they can possibly imagine. Leave out no details. Then: "Just wait, you'll see!"
- Give bogus surgical instructions on how the other PCs must save you.
- Obsess over what a big mess you're making. Blood and guts all over your new armor, your new boots, the carpet, etc.
- Make a bizarre final request about an heirloom or a body part, or both. Think in terms of the watch in Pulp Fiction.
- Offer to sing to those around you the "song of my people." Begin by singing a poignant note, then die, followed by scatological sounds as your body voids its bowels.
- Tell one of the other PCs (roll a die to determine which one) that you always secretly loved them.
- Demand that certain rites be performed before you die to avoid your soul suffering eternal torment. Tenaciously cling to life until those rites are performed.
- Act mortified (see what I did there?) and embarrassed, apologizing profusely to everyone for dying in so inconvenient a matter.
