That's what I mean with dying for something but not achieving that. Just having him die randomly felt very jarring, but not in a good way since it didnt really felt connected to the story
Yeah, but that's not so something you usually do in stories, because it is a bad reading experience. At most people sacrifice themselves for something and their sacrifice turns out to be in vain. But authors dont just go killing off a protagonist, because they put a lot of work into them and their death needs to have a certain value
Ah that's cool. I always feel bad for DMs that don't get to play themselves