This blog is for that tiny group of people that are using Diablo 2 as a vehicle for working with their Avatars in the Multiverse — the expanse of nearly infinite parallel worlds.

So what happens when your character dies and how do you deal with it? Here is one proposal.

When a character dies in hardcore diablo, you cannot use that character to log into a game. That means when the character dies, you cannot select the character from the account screen and you cannot enter a game. All assets, experience, waypoints, equipment, all everything is inaccessible. You cannot use that character.

Does this mean the character is dead in the parallel world? Continue reading →