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<blockquote data-quote="Anguirus" data-source="post: 5867193" data-attributes="member: 41413">I'm giggling like a schoolgirl over here that a D&amp;D game designer actually used the word and concept &quot;resuscitation.&quot;Because DUH.&nbsp; We know that there can be a vast gulf between dead for five minutes, dead for an hour, and dead for a day.&nbsp; Our own medical technology recognizes that these are distinct states as far as how much hope they offer for recovery.&nbsp; In the real world this is because of the physical nature of the brain.&nbsp; In D&amp;D that can be the time it takes for you to get to the light at the end of the tunnel.There's already the raise dead - resurrection - true resurrection tiered revival spells.&nbsp; What if raise dead only worked for five minutes, or an hour?Or here's a thought, what if ANY cure spell could bring back someone who has &quot;merely&quot; stopped breathing for a few minutes, since this magic can already heal any and all life-threatening physical injury.&nbsp; But if you wait any substantial amount of time (a DM can calibrate this, could be as little as one round, or could be a few minutes) they are dead-dead and it's time to storm the gates of Hell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anguirus, post: 5867193, member: 41413"] I'm giggling like a schoolgirl over here that a D&D game designer actually used the word and concept "resuscitation." Because DUH. We know that there can be a vast gulf between dead for five minutes, dead for an hour, and dead for a day. Our own medical technology recognizes that these are distinct states as far as how much hope they offer for recovery. In the real world this is because of the physical nature of the brain. In D&D that can be the time it takes for you to get to the light at the end of the tunnel. There's already the raise dead - resurrection - true resurrection tiered revival spells. What if raise dead only worked for five minutes, or an hour? Or here's a thought, what if ANY cure spell could bring back someone who has "merely" stopped breathing for a few minutes, since this magic can already heal any and all life-threatening physical injury. But if you wait any substantial amount of time (a DM can calibrate this, could be as little as one round, or could be a few minutes) they are dead-dead and it's time to storm the gates of Hell. [/QUOTE]

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