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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7950623" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>He does have a point, although it depends on the particulars.</p><p></p><p>In a world like Eberron, where the existence of gods is debatable, it should work fine. Human greed is a perfectly reasonable motivator. Similar for the Taltos novels, where there is no divine/arcane divide, and therefore most of those raising the dead are actually sorcerers.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, in a world with proven gods, it could very well be an issue. Not all deities would necessarily approve of death as a revolving door. Extravagant wealth is typically the domain of one or two deities, and they generally don't have domain over death. Pelor probably is not going to be okay with his priesthood bringing back an evil mobster, regardless of whether he can pay. The Raven Queen is even less likely to be amused by the idea of mortals easily cheating her. Tiamat might be cool with the idea, but it's valid to question whether she can even do so if the goddess of death opposes her, and even if she can she may be risking a divine war by doing so. A million gold probably isn't sufficient compensation if it means that an irate avatar of the Raven Queen could show up at any time at the temple and smite those priests for their temerity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 7950623, member: 53980"] He does have a point, although it depends on the particulars. In a world like Eberron, where the existence of gods is debatable, it should work fine. Human greed is a perfectly reasonable motivator. Similar for the Taltos novels, where there is no divine/arcane divide, and therefore most of those raising the dead are actually sorcerers. On the other hand, in a world with proven gods, it could very well be an issue. Not all deities would necessarily approve of death as a revolving door. Extravagant wealth is typically the domain of one or two deities, and they generally don't have domain over death. Pelor probably is not going to be okay with his priesthood bringing back an evil mobster, regardless of whether he can pay. The Raven Queen is even less likely to be amused by the idea of mortals easily cheating her. Tiamat might be cool with the idea, but it's valid to question whether she can even do so if the goddess of death opposes her, and even if she can she may be risking a divine war by doing so. A million gold probably isn't sufficient compensation if it means that an irate avatar of the Raven Queen could show up at any time at the temple and smite those priests for their temerity. [/QUOTE]
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