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<blockquote data-quote="Starfox" data-source="post: 5505793" data-attributes="member: 2303">I can see no reason reincarnate would not work, except the time limit is counted from the living creature's death (prior to becoming undead). There are no such thing as dead undead creatures. An undead creature that is destroyed becomes the corpse of a living creature. That this living creature spent some time as an undead is irrelevant. It is not the formerly undead creature you target with resurrect, raise dead, reincarnate, and similar spells, but the formerly living creature.&nbsp; Question is, will this living-again creature remember what happened while it was an undead? Will it retain any experience it gained as an undead? These are open questions, and pretty intriguing ones. I guess it depends on whether the living creature's soul was corrupted upon becoming undead, or if there was another soul (or no soul at all, undead are often referred to as soulless) inhabiting the body. One possible solution is that the resurrected former undead keep memories but in a detached &quot;this happened to someone else&quot; fashion. The memories are stored in the creature's brain, but the soul did not experience these events and thus has no personal relationship to them - it is like reading a book.Either way, even if a good undead risks losing memories (and associated levels) by being destroyed and raised, NOT volunteering for this is a surefire way to real corruption and evil. This is what evil is all about - putting your personal interests and power before the welfare of others.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Starfox, post: 5505793, member: 2303"] I can see no reason reincarnate would not work, except the time limit is counted from the living creature's death (prior to becoming undead). There are no such thing as dead undead creatures. An undead creature that is destroyed becomes the corpse of a living creature. That this living creature spent some time as an undead is irrelevant. It is not the formerly undead creature you target with resurrect, raise dead, reincarnate, and similar spells, but the formerly living creature. Question is, will this living-again creature remember what happened while it was an undead? Will it retain any experience it gained as an undead? These are open questions, and pretty intriguing ones. I guess it depends on whether the living creature's soul was corrupted upon becoming undead, or if there was another soul (or no soul at all, undead are often referred to as soulless) inhabiting the body. One possible solution is that the resurrected former undead keep memories but in a detached "this happened to someone else" fashion. The memories are stored in the creature's brain, but the soul did not experience these events and thus has no personal relationship to them - it is like reading a book. Either way, even if a good undead risks losing memories (and associated levels) by being destroyed and raised, NOT volunteering for this is a surefire way to real corruption and evil. This is what evil is all about - putting your personal interests and power before the welfare of others. [/QUOTE]

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