Can a dead character be healed by RAW? (Forked Thread: Bloodied vs. Dying)

[Goumindong]

You can indeed heal them. The trick is, the only thing that stops a dead character from being dead is the raise dead ritual, so yea, they can take healing and use all the surges they want. They're just still dead.

 

[Thanee]

Also, since dead is obviously not the same as dying (and it only says you fall unconscious when dying), you should become conscious at that point and can take actions again, right?

Bye
Thanee

 

[Shin Okada]

I guess the main argument will be whether if a "dead" character is still a character/creature/ally or not.

 

[Brys]

Also, since dead is obviously not the same as dying (and it only says you fall unconscious when dying), you should become conscious at that point and can take actions again, right?

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Thanee

Let's play along. Sure you can be conscious again, but you're also still dead, so no actions. If you get raised at some point in the future, hopefully you haven't gone completely insane yet. But if you have, that could be fun to rp too.

 

[the Jester]

And here we have evidence that 4e was not designed to be read legalistically...

 

[keterys]

Well, is dead defined in the system? I mean, is there anything that says you can't take a full set of actions while dead?

 

[Regicide]

And here we have evidence that 4e was not designed to be read

Exactly.

 

[Flipguarder]

Exactly.

Which by the way, is the reason that I think Bloodied doesn't continue past 0 hp. Whether or not you think it is, I think that's reading too much into it. Or in other words, reading 4e legalistically.

 

[Eldorian]

Well, is dead defined in the system? I mean, is there anything that says you can't take a full set of actions while dead?

No, I do not believe the books define "dead".

I seriously hope that this is a joke thread.

 

[Regicide]

Well, is dead defined in the system? I mean, is there anything that says you can't take a full set of actions while dead?

It doesn't say you can't, and wizards who use the lich ritual can certainly take actions after they've died. I think we have enough evidence to support that you can take actions with characters that are in the dead state.