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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 1812766" data-attributes="member: 2">Just noodling around with the mechanics of bringing someone back. . .I think that instead of inherently nerfing spells, I prefer the idea of allowing a rat bastardy choice with some ugly consequences. To wit, what if the Guardian of the Underworld becomes mortal one day a year. On that day, and *only* on that day, can raise dead, resurrect and true resurrect be used normally. Scrolls don't work for this purpose, unless they were scribed on a previous day of returning.At other times during the year, bodies can be raised or resurrected but doing so is considered a grave and taboo sin in most religions. That's because bringing back the soul drags it roughly from the underworld, smashing open an opening that also allows a handful of fiends out into the real world. These creatures inevitably kill and torture, but it's an axiom that they end up destroying the life of someone that the spellcaster holds dear. No one is sure how they know, but eventually the fiends seek them out and make their existence into a dying scream of misery.So now we have a question: do we bring our friend back now, knowing that innocents will be flayed alive for our presumptiveness? Is it THAT important?What else does this do? Well, it means that on the major holiday many of the clerics of the world have to carefully pick and choose who they can bring back. The competition for who gets brought back provides tremendous fodder for political plots.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 1812766, member: 2"] Just noodling around with the mechanics of bringing someone back. . . I think that instead of inherently nerfing spells, I prefer the idea of allowing a rat bastardy choice with some ugly consequences. To wit, what if the Guardian of the Underworld becomes mortal one day a year. On that day, and *only* on that day, can raise dead, resurrect and true resurrect be used normally. Scrolls don't work for this purpose, unless they were scribed on a previous day of returning. At other times during the year, bodies can be raised or resurrected but doing so is considered a grave and taboo sin in most religions. That's because bringing back the soul drags it roughly from the underworld, smashing open an opening that also allows a handful of fiends out into the real world. These creatures inevitably kill and torture, but it's an axiom that they end up destroying the life of someone that the spellcaster holds dear. No one is sure how they know, but eventually the fiends seek them out and make their existence into a dying scream of misery. So now we have a question: do we bring our friend back now, knowing that innocents will be flayed alive for our presumptiveness? Is it THAT important? What else does this do? Well, it means that on the major holiday many of the clerics of the world have to carefully pick and choose who they can bring back. The competition for who gets brought back provides tremendous fodder for political plots. [/QUOTE]

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