when you dead...

[Rex]

When you dead by a bad stuff, you lost all levels and change to level 1? Or only you are "dead"?

[MunchkinMan]

When you die, you keep your Level, your Race, and your Class, but you lose all your stuff (for the most part, all of your Items and hand). So, no, you do not go to Level 1. And, to be complete, death lasts only until the next player starts his turn, so you can participate in game play. When you get to your turn again, you draw 4 cards from each deck.

If there are more instructions to the Bad Stuff, obviously those need to be followed, but the basics behind Death are as I described above.