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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dmnqwk" data-source="post: 6873936" data-attributes="member: 6804204">One way to consider making resurrection a more harrowing process is to create a quest to bring them back to life, taken by their allies.For example:Zanco the Gnome Wizard was ripped to shreds by a nasty encounter with a very ferocious pack of Owlbears. His lifeless corpse was dragged off into the bushes and the party had to hunt them down to get it back. Their party Cleric can cast the spell, but to do so requires her local church and a long, harrowing ritual.The ritual requires the following components:1. A Family Member or loved one to offer up a reason for the party member to return to life.2. The completion of a Spirit Quest, dependant on how the character died as much as who they are (for example, the Gnome Wizard might be a brash, snobbish fellow who values intellect above all else so to bring him back to life, the quest could take place in a Labyrinth full of tricks and illusions, culminating in a showdown with a Spirit Guardian in the shape of an Owlbear, but maybe using the stats of a Dragon (complete with Legendary resistance).To make it more harrowing, on return from the afterlife, the character suffers a neuroses, such as the ones listed in the DMG for Madness, for a period of 1 month (I recommend creating your own RP opportunity, such as in the above example Zanco now has an irrational fear of animals, requiring a Charisma saving throw just to be able to ride on a cart pulled by horses).Also if anyone "dies" on the spirit quest trying to help their friend, they vanish from the encounter, and are in shock for a period of 24 hours, after which they wake up with short-term madness (again, feel free to create your own).</blockquote>

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