The one shot style single-night campaigns with fresh characters, those are where I’m allowed to create new and interesting (and usually hilarious) ways for them to die.

Ah, yes. We had a Skull & Shackles pirate campaign where we kept a roster of lower-level crew members who would do Red Shirts tier missions when we didn't have a full table. Lots of spoofs and goofs, and the main character cast didn't have to lose sleep over getting eaten by a giant claim or seduced to the bottom of the sea by sexy merpeople.