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Message: <blockquote data-quote="navriin" data-source="post: 22411" data-attributes="member: 1045">I think this situation is best served by DM arbitration, and a few background rules. In my campaign I only allow clerics of the deceased character's god or their close allies to perform the actual raising. Next I take the viewpoint that people on the prime are basically being raised like crops for the deities to reap, sort of like counting beans. When a faithful dies, his soul departs to join his god, increasing the deity's strength, making said divine a little bit more powerful. So naturally, the gods are reluctant to 'give up' the newly acquired soul, and will basically only do so if the dead character could further serve the deity's purpose by being brought back to life. This is judged partly by the work the character does against the deity's enemies, but moreso by the work the character does for the deity-after all dead allies of an opponent deity are nice, but what the god really wants is more followers, thus, raising tends to be reserved for those who actively work to increase the power of the faith, by winning new converts and nurturing those followers into higher levels of faith (tastier souls, yum!).Second, I take the viewpoint that the gods have a set of rules they follow to avoid the destruction of the world-hence gods working through clerics instead of directly. Basically the rules state that for every favor a god shows to his follower, his opposing deity is allowed to answer with an equal favor. Thus, if a cleric of a good god raises a faithful, he does so knowing that an evil deity may very well answer in kind by bringing back a terrible foe from the grave. This makes the cleric decide if the raising is actually worth it, and can make such affairs dangerous.Lastly, I provide for worry-free raising through the priests of a death-god, for a price...of course. (Adventure hooks are a good thing).Just a run-down on how to look at this topic, I think game mechanics would cheapen the maricle of being brought back to life, but that's just my opinion.</blockquote>

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