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Message: <blockquote data-quote="A'koss" data-source="post: 1369301" data-attributes="member: 840">In our low magic campaign there are only two resurrection-style spells, both very high level. As a matter of fact, one of them is epic level.  There are essentially two "death states" in our game. Mostly Dead... and Dead-Dead. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> So long as the subject to be resurrected is in fairly decent condition, the first spell will be able to revive him. Death in our game occurs at [- Con Score] HP and so long as the subject hasn't reached [- (2x) Con Score] HPs, he can be revived. If the target has been beheaded, disemboweled, eaten, rotted, incinerated - that is all she wrote. Now if that happens it is still possible to temporarily revive a character with the epic level version of the spell. It's an idea I stole from Babylon 5 and used well in previous campaigns though I've changed it somewhat for our current Norse-flavored campaign. Essentially it summons the fallen's Einheriar, provided the fallen was a worthy hero in life. A divine spark allows the "revived" character to exist on Midgard, but only for a time. In my previous campaign, all Resurrection-style spells only granted characters temporary reprieves. Raise dead would bring a character back for finish one last heroic task (eg. the adventure) or just long enough to set his affairs in order. Resurrection and "True" Resurrection could fan the flames of life for longer - 1 month/level and 1 year/level of caster respectively (to your maximum age).  And if you were slain and resurrected again, the spell used to revive you would function as though it were the next lower spell in the chain. For example, if you were True Resurrected once, then slain again - True Res would only function as Resurrection spell (life for 1 month/level) and Resurrection would function as a Raise Dead spell (life to finish 1 last task). Raise Dead would no longer function, and so on. Cheers, A'koss.</blockquote>

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