Originally Posted by Stabbey
Originally Posted by Cristaldragon
I remember in Bg2 chars could perma die .

Iron Man mode with permadeath won't be in Early Access, but will be in the full release of the game.
https://youtu.be/S5__muccL1c?list=WL&t=3373

I don't think that's what he means. Some deaths would make it impossible to resurrect a companion - if the body wasn't intact (be it explosion or desintegration) or some death spells the characters would be dead - dead. I don't know if it's still in 5e. I am not terribly fond of those (failed save against this spell RELOAD) but I imagine it would be beneficial if we couldn't resurect our companions out of some situations - like vampire spawn sucking our companion dry.