That would be a pretty risky move, but smart. -Ish. I mean, would each life have the lowest health level?

Yes. just like the real game, where you start with one heart after each death.

what do you get to keep?
no health penalty after reviving?
Damage resistance to bosses?
Damage boost per lost life?
Automatic revive and saved inventory data files?

@ErrorM3_997 what exactly do you mean? can you clarify it a bit more?

I said exactly what I meant.
I listed possible stat changes that would benefit Isaac for possessing "the dead cat" aka 9 lives aka 10hp away from death 9 times but:
he has 90% damage resistance (10% per death)
he does not get any max health penalties, or in code terms inst.components.health.healthpenalty = 0
he has a special data_tag/file/document that stores his inventory contents after he dies
and can revive with a key bind at will :/

Originally posted by ErrorM3_997:

I said exactly what I meant.
I listed possible stat changes that would benefit Isaac for possessing "the dead cat" aka 9 lives aka 10hp away from death 9 times but:
he has 90% damage resistance (10% per death)
he does not get any max health penalties, or in code terms inst.components.health.healthpenalty = 0
he has a special data_tag/file/document that stores his inventory contents after he dies
and can revive with a key bind at will :/

i think only the damage boost and the keep inventory would work well without the item losing too much of it's original "risky" feeling, though i agree that an extremely low health cap could be too brutal.
so for the health, you could either use your idea or make more ways of restoring max health

have him get 5-10 max HP when eating Meaty stew, Honey ham, Bacon and eggs, Pierogie and possibly Flower salad, if he's below 200 HP.
you need a check like
local function HP_up (inst)
if --[[ eaten food is "Bone_stew" or "Honey_ham" or "Pierogi" or "Flower_salad" and ]] inst.components.health.maxhealt < 200 then
inst.components.health.maxhealth = inst.components.health.maxhealth + 10
end
end

btw,I start with -- for every line of code I"m not sure for syntax wise.

In the main character function you need
inst:ListenForEvent("oneat", local function HP_up(inst) end) -- might be wrong somewhere.

that sounds like a good solution