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<blockquote data-quote="Stumblewyk" data-source="post: 5384824" data-attributes="member: 67606">I...want to allow it.&nbsp; But I don't think I would if it ever came up.&nbsp; They (Raise Dead and Resurrection) clearly are defined differently - one is a spell power the other is a ritual.Gentle repose specifically refers to functioning to extend the length of time a body is viable to be raised.I'm inclined to say that Resurrection only functions for 24 hours because after that the Spirit has been separated from the Body for too long for the Cleric to summon it back without the aid of a ritual.&nbsp; Raise Dead doesn't care about how separate the Spirit and Body are.&nbsp; It makes the call, and if the Spirit is willing, it returns to the still viable body.I know it's a matter of semantics and personal preference, but I like the idea that while the Cleric has to expend nothing but the use of the power to Resurrect you, other resources need to be used to employ a ritual, and therefore Gentle Repose doesn't work on corpse for the purposes of Resurrection.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stumblewyk, post: 5384824, member: 67606"] I...want to allow it. But I don't think I would if it ever came up. They (Raise Dead and Resurrection) clearly are defined differently - one is a spell power the other is a ritual. Gentle repose specifically refers to functioning to extend the length of time a body is viable to be raised. I'm inclined to say that Resurrection only functions for 24 hours because after that the Spirit has been separated from the Body for too long for the Cleric to summon it back without the aid of a ritual. Raise Dead doesn't care about how separate the Spirit and Body are. It makes the call, and if the Spirit is willing, it returns to the still viable body. I know it's a matter of semantics and personal preference, but I like the idea that while the Cleric has to expend nothing but the use of the power to Resurrect you, other resources need to be used to employ a ritual, and therefore Gentle Repose doesn't work on corpse for the purposes of Resurrection. [/QUOTE]

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