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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8829509" data-attributes="member: 23751">In the background of one of the PCs in my group, he got a tattoo that was said to be the mark of a Chosen of Mystra.&nbsp; He didn't know if it was true or not and I never confirmed or denied.&nbsp; The group is about to hit 12th level and his PC died a few sessions ago.&nbsp; The group just brought him back.&nbsp; As his soul was being called back, he heard Mystra telling him that she still needed him for other things.&nbsp; As you are probably aware, raise dead imposes a -4 penalty to almost everything that goes away 1 per long rest. It's not exhaustion, so the spells that work to remove exhaustion don't work to remove that penalty.&nbsp; When he returned to consciousness, the group rested and he started to spend hit dice to restore himself a little bit, since raise dead also doesn't heal you. While he was spending hit dice, he was surrounded by a silvery glow which is silver fire, something that Chosen of Mystra get.&nbsp; He's not aware of what it is yet, though he may have guessed out of character.&nbsp; Since silver fire has restorative properties, I removed one of the -1s for each hit die spent.&nbsp; Silver fire doesn't exist in 5e and there's no set structure for it.&nbsp; I'm making it up.&nbsp; [USER=7029930]@AnotherGuy[/USER]'s argument that I shouldn't be able to do things like that for NPCs is also an argument that I shouldn't be able to do it for PCs.&nbsp; I very much disagree.&nbsp; As DM I should be able to do both.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8829509, member: 23751"] In the background of one of the PCs in my group, he got a tattoo that was said to be the mark of a Chosen of Mystra. He didn't know if it was true or not and I never confirmed or denied. The group is about to hit 12th level and his PC died a few sessions ago. The group just brought him back. As his soul was being called back, he heard Mystra telling him that she still needed him for other things. As you are probably aware, raise dead imposes a -4 penalty to almost everything that goes away 1 per long rest. It's not exhaustion, so the spells that work to remove exhaustion don't work to remove that penalty. When he returned to consciousness, the group rested and he started to spend hit dice to restore himself a little bit, since raise dead also doesn't heal you. While he was spending hit dice, he was surrounded by a silvery glow which is silver fire, something that Chosen of Mystra get. He's not aware of what it is yet, though he may have guessed out of character. Since silver fire has restorative properties, I removed one of the -1s for each hit die spent. Silver fire doesn't exist in 5e and there's no set structure for it. I'm making it up. [USER=7029930]@AnotherGuy[/USER]'s argument that I shouldn't be able to do things like that for NPCs is also an argument that I shouldn't be able to do it for PCs. I very much disagree. As DM I should be able to do both. [/QUOTE]

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