(a resource for nwn2 builders)

There are a number of options out there for dealing with death, but when dealing with respawn, there is one very important thing to know:

The death and respawn event scripts never on Respawn fire when you use the GUI_DEFAULT_DEATH_SCREEN with DisplayGuiScreen. This is the call for nwn_o0_death, the default script for death events.

Both nwn_o0_death and nwn_o0_respawn contain respawn code, but the gui actually uses a callback script named gui_death_respawn. Opening this file through the File > Open script/conversation menu, you'll see that the default death script is:

// gui_death_respawn.nss
/*
    Death GUI 'Respawn' callback: wake up groggy
*/
// BMA-OEI 6/29/06


#include "ginc_death"


void main()
{
    // Resurrect PC
    object oPC = OBJECT_SELF;
    WakeUpCreature( oPC );
    RemoveDeathScreens( oPC );
    
    // Apply Groggy penalty
    effect eGroggy = EffectDazed();
    //eGroggy = EffectLinkEffects( EffectSlow(), eGroggy );    
    ApplyEffectToObject( DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, eGroggy, oPC, RoundsToSeconds( 2 ) );    
} 

This results in the character standing up right where the died. Generally, it is better to send them to a safe place, such as a standard waypoint with the tag "NW_DEATH_TEMPLE".

For example, here is how Lordniah did his respawn callback script in the FRW base module.

// gui_death_respawn.nss
/*
    Death GUI 'Respawn' callback: wake up groggy
*/
// BMA-OEI 6/29/06


#include "ginc_death"


void main()
{
    // Resurrect PC
    object oPC = OBJECT_SELF;
    WakeUpCreature( oPC );
    RemoveDeathScreens( oPC );
    
    // Apply Groggy penalty
    effect eGroggy = EffectDazed();
    //eGroggy = EffectLinkEffects( EffectSlow(), eGroggy );    
    ApplyEffectToObject( DURATION_TYPE_TEMPORARY, eGroggy, oPC, RoundsToSeconds( 2 ) );    
    
    
    //Jump respawner to temple waypoint if it exists
    object oTemple = GetObjectByTag("NW_DEATH_TEMPLE");
    
    if(GetIsObjectValid(oTemple))
    {
        ClearAllActions(TRUE);
        ActionJumpToLocation(GetLocation(oTemple));
    
    }
    
} 

Thanks to Lordniah for putting that comment in his k_module_respawn script that it never fires. Hopefully this info will help someone else out there.