A character was killed and then turned into a zombie by the animate dead spell.
Is there a way for the character to be restored to life?
Raise Dead says "The spell can’t return an undead creature to life." Resurrection says "You touch a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, that didn’t die of old age, and that isn’t undead." True Resurrection doesn't say anything about undead, but diamonds worth 25,000 gp are way out of reach for this character.
The Monster Manual says "Once turned into a zombie, a creature can't be restored to life except by powerful magic, such as a resurrection spell." Which is confusing, because resurrection says it doesn't work on undead.
Can someone just kill the zombie and then restore the character's corpse, or is a dead zombie still considered undead?
Is there a way for the character to be restored to life?
Raise Dead says "The spell can’t return an undead creature to life." Resurrection says "You touch a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, that didn’t die of old age, and that isn’t undead." True Resurrection doesn't say anything about undead, but diamonds worth 25,000 gp are way out of reach for this character.
The Monster Manual says "Once turned into a zombie, a creature can't be restored to life except by powerful magic, such as a resurrection spell." Which is confusing, because resurrection says it doesn't work on undead.
Can someone just kill the zombie and then restore the character's corpse, or is a dead zombie still considered undead?
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