There is a game that you might be interested in that came out recently called Spellbound Kingdoms, the concept of which is that the characters (and the major antagonists) are thematically immortal, meaning that they can't be killed through random or coincidental means, with part of the conceit of the game describing…

Even D&D moved away from "save or die" abilities in 4th Edition to make for more improved and appealing gameplay.

It depends on the game, because now more games out there pair easy character generation and math and high player character mortality. It's the difference between playing something like Final Fantasy or The Elder Scrolls and something like Dark Souls or the rogue-likes, they're similar in concept but there's a…