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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 245917" data-attributes="member: 1125">I think this is a really good topic which DnD doesn't really touch on - I not sure about Planescape - but anywayIMC I tend to go for either the 'Underworld' type treatment where the Dead carry on 'much as they did in life' or else the 'Dead don't go anywhere their spirits are all around us'.I don't allow ressurection or raise dead spells imc but there are legends of heroes travelling down to the underworld and returning the spirit of a recently deceased (3 days) person to life -(ie it can be done as a 'quest' complete with various monsters, and NPCs- and use of Bardic Lore to know how to get the spirit back)One thing that does intrigue me with regards the afterlife  is - what is the status of Undead? IMC I have lots of ghosts (from that whole the dead don't go anywhere angle) but few undead (although I do have ghosts with physical bodies). When undead do exists I take the stance that they are abominations - unintelligent undead are have their spirits enslaved by evil necromancer types whereas willful undead are spirits inhabiting a corpse-shell but with no soul - as they have given this up to the foul powers of undeath.</blockquote>