I will admit I only played the computer game, but yes you could die one of several ways, in action, of old age or sometimes having risky surgery to fix an injur

I will admit I only played the computer game, but yes you could die one of several ways, in action, of old age or sometimes having risky surgery to fix an injury. Obviously games from the D&D lineage had similar, but were largely limited to just trying to get the biggest stats possible. The Elder Scrolls series let you choose a class based on a series of life experiences but that was optional and not quite as rich.