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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9380094" data-attributes="member: 7023840">One more time- no, they can't.Elves cannot be resurrected because elves have spirits, not souls.*Raise dead specifies that they cannot be raised. Resurrection states that the same limits on the types of beings that be resurrected from raise dead applied to resurrection.Raise Dead:When the cleric casts a raise dead spell, he or she can restore life to a dwarf, gnome, half-elf, halfling, or human. Resurrection:See raise dead for limitations on what persons can be raised. The reason that most people don't understand or misremember this rule are twofold:1. The Rod of Resurrection, which, for some bizarre reason, allowed you to bring back half-orcs and elves if you used a bunch of charges. Because, reasons I guess?2. Lobbying efforts of BigElf, which clouded the minds of people at the time with the 473 varieties of Elves, from Valley to Keebler, and people could not accept that their beloved character, Legolas IV, was really dead. Brad. Yeah, I still remember that. Now get yourself to a druid and let's have some fun with REINCARNATION! Woot. *Left unexamined, are elves immune to Trap the Soul. Also, this applied to half-orcs, but no one cares about them. See also Deities & Demigods p. 10-AD&D assumes that the anima, that force which gives life and distinct existence to thinking beings, is one of two sorts: soul or spirit. Humans, dwarves, halflings, gnomes, and half-elves (those beings which can have a raise dead or resurrection spell cast upon them) all have souls; all other beings that worship deities have spirits. This latter group includes (but is not limited to) elves, orcs, half-orcs, and the other creatures specifically mentioned in the NONHUMANS' DEITIES section of this work.</blockquote>

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