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<blockquote data-quote="Vexed" data-source="post: 457660" data-attributes="member: 7361">Allowing raise spellsI think what you might want to institute is a better structure in religion to your campaign.&nbsp; This would make bringing someone back from the dead a little more hard and reduce the who cares I can pay 8,000 &amp; get resurrected..&nbsp;Good clerics are not going to raise just anyone and not unless it is for a good reason.&nbsp; Examples of when good clerics would raise dead or resurrect someone would be to bring back a legend or great hero to combat a evil.&nbsp; Someone who died in their service.&nbsp; Also, they may not want to come back from heaven after going to their god,&nbsp; their spirit may be at peace with their God or the specific religion&nbsp; may view if someone died it meant their God determined their time was up or had fulfilled their destiny. &nbsp;Evil clerics would not raise just anyone either. They would do it for profit or power. Examples would be bringing back a ancient powerful warrior or wizard to aid their cause or lead their people or church in a cause.&nbsp; They would defiantly not do it out of kindness of their heart.&nbsp; &nbsp;As for the neutral both good and evil . The reasons would vary and they might be more willing to raise or resurrect someone based on the deeds they performed&nbsp; for a *moderate fee.&nbsp; (I could see a cleric of Waukeen doing this under certain circumstances).&nbsp;Of course in all these scenarios alignment factor would play a part along with the characters history, who they are and impact in the kingdom or world they have. Even if your some rich bastard money won't always buy you everything..&nbsp;All this would not only apply to bringing back from dead, but virtually every other service a cleric or church provides.&nbsp; Well how did you get cursed? did you deserve it you sick freak? Well you will have to accept an atone spell to get that removed ;-).&nbsp;How did you get hurt stealing from someone?trying to kill someone? yes we can heal you wait here while we fetch a healer. Then they return with the guards. They heal you enough so you don't die or get infection and your arrested. &nbsp;A big thing to remember that Religion motivates everything when it comes to clerics &amp; churches. Many good or evil will want to use people to further their own religion &amp; causes.&nbsp; They might request services or information for the healing, remove poison or to send a cleric with you. Of all the power players and governments. Churches &amp; religion have throughout history been the biggest power mongers and behind the scenes manipulators. It should come to no surprise in a fantasy world it's the same.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vexed, post: 457660, member: 7361"] [b]Allowing raise spells[/b] I think what you might want to institute is a better structure in religion to your campaign. This would make bringing someone back from the dead a little more hard and reduce the who cares I can pay 8,000 & get resurrected.. Good clerics are not going to raise just anyone and not unless it is for a good reason. Examples of when good clerics would raise dead or resurrect someone would be to bring back a legend or great hero to combat a evil. Someone who died in their service. Also, they may not want to come back from heaven after going to their god, their spirit may be at peace with their God or the specific religion may view if someone died it meant their God determined their time was up or had fulfilled their destiny. Evil clerics would not raise just anyone either. They would do it for profit or power. Examples would be bringing back a ancient powerful warrior or wizard to aid their cause or lead their people or church in a cause. They would defiantly not do it out of kindness of their heart. As for the neutral both good and evil . The reasons would vary and they might be more willing to raise or resurrect someone based on the deeds they performed for a *moderate fee. (I could see a cleric of Waukeen doing this under certain circumstances). Of course in all these scenarios alignment factor would play a part along with the characters history, who they are and impact in the kingdom or world they have. Even if your some rich bastard money won't always buy you everything.. All this would not only apply to bringing back from dead, but virtually every other service a cleric or church provides. Well how did you get cursed? did you deserve it you sick freak? Well you will have to accept an atone spell to get that removed ;-). How did you get hurt stealing from someone?trying to kill someone? yes we can heal you wait here while we fetch a healer. Then they return with the guards. They heal you enough so you don't die or get infection and your arrested. A big thing to remember that Religion motivates everything when it comes to clerics & churches. Many good or evil will want to use people to further their own religion & causes. They might request services or information for the healing, remove poison or to send a cleric with you. Of all the power players and governments. Churches & religion have throughout history been the biggest power mongers and behind the scenes manipulators. It should come to no surprise in a fantasy world it's the same. [/QUOTE]

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