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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 1948687" data-attributes="member: 8835">My point was, once you bring in ressurection spell,s you're bringing in deities.&nbsp; And I believe this thread started off with the BBEG being the favorite dude of the Evil God.So when you kill Bob,&nbsp; he'll need raising.&nbsp; Assuming I don't get directly involved as a deified NPC, you're premise is that my followers will raise Bob when given the chance.This has always been the problem of healing and raising spells.&nbsp; It's hard to keep people dead or hurt for a significant time.As a DM, you've got to figure what when the gods will grant a ressurection spell and pretty much stick to that.&nbsp; That then gets translated to when I the God of Evil(TM) get to directly or indirectly meddle in the affairs of you pesky PCs who keep trying to kill Bob.And that's where I put the core assumption being faulty.&nbsp; Basically, you need to keep dead people dead, more often than not.&nbsp; The gods can't be allowed to whimsically bring people back via their clerics or directly.&nbsp; Otherwise, I'd be bringing back every freaking orc and kobold y'all kill, just to harass you.&nbsp; Of course, then you'd get the XP twice, so maybe that's the real reason I don't bring back all my little helpers.&nbsp; Perhaps that's the core, evil guys tend to be survival of the fittest types, so if Bob got killed by you losers, he must be weak, and not worth my favor anymore.&nbsp; I think I'll go put his soul on the barbeque now, excuse me..Janx</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 1948687, member: 8835"] My point was, once you bring in ressurection spell,s you're bringing in deities. And I believe this thread started off with the BBEG being the favorite dude of the Evil God. So when you kill Bob, he'll need raising. Assuming I don't get directly involved as a deified NPC, you're premise is that my followers will raise Bob when given the chance. This has always been the problem of healing and raising spells. It's hard to keep people dead or hurt for a significant time. As a DM, you've got to figure what when the gods will grant a ressurection spell and pretty much stick to that. That then gets translated to when I the God of Evil(TM) get to directly or indirectly meddle in the affairs of you pesky PCs who keep trying to kill Bob. And that's where I put the core assumption being faulty. Basically, you need to keep dead people dead, more often than not. The gods can't be allowed to whimsically bring people back via their clerics or directly. Otherwise, I'd be bringing back every freaking orc and kobold y'all kill, just to harass you. Of course, then you'd get the XP twice, so maybe that's the real reason I don't bring back all my little helpers. Perhaps that's the core, evil guys tend to be survival of the fittest types, so if Bob got killed by you losers, he must be weak, and not worth my favor anymore. I think I'll go put his soul on the barbeque now, excuse me.. Janx [/QUOTE]

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