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Marriage Vow wording question- "Till Death Do You Part" in a world with Resurrection magic.
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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7630375" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>This is a wonderful question for your setting, since it has likely already come up. It also affects inheritance, passing of titles, and the like. "Hey, I'm back after being dead 24 years. Now give me back all my money and magic items. And what do you mean you're now Baron? That's me!"</p><p></p><p>So, the cop-out answer is to ask your DM - if you are doing a political marriage that means that there are titles and such that will likely move on at permanent death.</p><p></p><p>However, it's likely your DM hasn't planned that out - I know I hadn't when I got hit with an inheritance question in a game I ran. Here's how I worked it out for one kingdom, paraphrased. It had more to do with inheritance, but since they are related it might grant ideas.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">The period of mourning for nobility shall be a year and a day. During this time the titles and authority pass on provisionally to an "Acting XX" (or Regent if required). At the end of the time the person is considered legally dead and the Will shall be executed. Commoners (including the new "Merchant class") have a mourning period of three days, and need not work during it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">If at any time during the mourning period the person returns, either incorrectly determined as dead or returned, they may step back into their life. For nobles, an Ordeal of Questioning by their direct Leige or the Church of XX is required to make sure this is truly the person.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">After the mourning period, the person in the eyes of the Law and The King. If they return after this period they are not considered to be their original entity, and have no rights to what they had while alive. This does not stop them from remarrying their widow or otherwise attempting to return to their previous life at the will of those involved, but they are still considered someone new. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'">Undead, even free-willed, are not considered the person in the eyes of the Law and The King.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Medium'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7630375, member: 20564"] This is a wonderful question for your setting, since it has likely already come up. It also affects inheritance, passing of titles, and the like. "Hey, I'm back after being dead 24 years. Now give me back all my money and magic items. And what do you mean you're now Baron? That's me!" So, the cop-out answer is to ask your DM - if you are doing a political marriage that means that there are titles and such that will likely move on at permanent death. However, it's likely your DM hasn't planned that out - I know I hadn't when I got hit with an inheritance question in a game I ran. Here's how I worked it out for one kingdom, paraphrased. It had more to do with inheritance, but since they are related it might grant ideas. [SIZE=3][FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium]The period of mourning for nobility shall be a year and a day. During this time the titles and authority pass on provisionally to an "Acting XX" (or Regent if required). At the end of the time the person is considered legally dead and the Will shall be executed. Commoners (including the new "Merchant class") have a mourning period of three days, and need not work during it. If at any time during the mourning period the person returns, either incorrectly determined as dead or returned, they may step back into their life. For nobles, an Ordeal of Questioning by their direct Leige or the Church of XX is required to make sure this is truly the person. After the mourning period, the person in the eyes of the Law and The King. If they return after this period they are not considered to be their original entity, and have no rights to what they had while alive. This does not stop them from remarrying their widow or otherwise attempting to return to their previous life at the will of those involved, but they are still considered someone new. Undead, even free-willed, are not considered the person in the eyes of the Law and The King. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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