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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 4216049" data-attributes="member: 4937">Some observations:a) Most NPCs are probably built with monster rules.  They won't have PC classes.  If Linora has stats, its likely a monster stat block.  (Similar to 1st edition.)b) Linora probably doesn't even have stats.  You aren't intended to fight her, and 4e encourages winging it outside of combat.  c) This isn't a simulation.  NPCs don't come back from the dead because rituals like 'raise dead' don't work on them by DM fiat.  So there is no reason why 'raise dead' couldn't be a readily available ritual that any priest could perform, because the logic of the scarcity of 'raise dead' isn't based on the scarcity of priests but on the scarcity of PC's.d) I'm really curious as to what balancing mechanic if any will be provided with regard to rituals.  Can Linora raise dead at will?  What is the cost and who pays?  It doesn't appear that the balancing cost will be valuable material, because it is unlikely that the PC's will come up with enough treasure in a 1st level adventure to pay a balancing cost for raise dead.  It could be that its balanced with rare material (a dragon's heart or some such), and this could be provided but that is either the same thing or it has its own issues (how covertible to wealth is the rare item?, how convertible to the rare item is wealth?).  I'm starting to feel that 4e has either some novel balancing mechanic ('a ritual is only usable once per level') or else handwaves balance entirely.</blockquote>

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