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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 4155240" data-attributes="member: 5143">Mechanically, it IS different though.  Following the rules as they were written(as I did in 3.5) meant that nearly anyone who died during an adventure would be brought back to life: nobility of all sorts lived in or near cities which had ready access to the components and people necessary to cast raise dead and they had the political power to make it happen.If the PCs were involved, they would have the resources necessary to do it themselves.  And the rules said that the only time the spell wouldn't work is when the recipient was unwilling.  So, being bound by the rules I have to allow them to be brought back since they DO want to return.Knowing that, I have to make sure my plots don't revolve around someone staying dead.  Either that or I have to give every assassin the ability to steal the souls of their victims.With the new system it says that the ritual only brings back those whose souls are still on the Shadowfell.  The amount of time someone stays on the Shadowfell before moving on to their final destination varies from person to person.  Most of the time it is near immediate and sometimes it takes a while.  Mostly it depends on the strength of their soul and whether the "universe" or the "impersonal forces" or whatever creates destiny are attempting to keep them around longer.I can follow these rules and am perfectly within my right to say "He doesn't come back...he's gone."  So, mechanically, I see a big difference.</blockquote>

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