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<blockquote data-quote="Riley37" data-source="post: 7614750" data-attributes="member: 6786839"><p>There are some implications, which may vary by setting and by DM, about the relationship between body and soul. In my non-expert understanding of Forgotten Realms, the friend's spirit is gone to the afterlife. When you cast Animate Dead, you bring a spirit from the Shadowfell to the Material, and that evil spirit takes over the corpse. This spirit's proficiencies, and its motivations, are its own; its proficiencies and motivations do not come from the friend. The spirit's primary motivation, except as otherwise compelled by the master's orders, is the relentless urge to kill any living creature which crosses its path.</p><p></p><p>If the friend were Reincarnated, and met the skeleton/zombie made from its remains, then that skeleton/zombie would, unless otherwise ordered, attempt to kill the friend, because the core motivation of the spirit animating that corpse is "kill!". </p><p></p><p>"C)Are there any ways to return a skeleton/undead back into a corpse/pile of bones?"</p><p></p><p>Yes. Reduce its HP to zero. This sends the animating spirit back to the Shadowfell, assuming your setting includes the Shadowfell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley37, post: 7614750, member: 6786839"] There are some implications, which may vary by setting and by DM, about the relationship between body and soul. In my non-expert understanding of Forgotten Realms, the friend's spirit is gone to the afterlife. When you cast Animate Dead, you bring a spirit from the Shadowfell to the Material, and that evil spirit takes over the corpse. This spirit's proficiencies, and its motivations, are its own; its proficiencies and motivations do not come from the friend. The spirit's primary motivation, except as otherwise compelled by the master's orders, is the relentless urge to kill any living creature which crosses its path. If the friend were Reincarnated, and met the skeleton/zombie made from its remains, then that skeleton/zombie would, unless otherwise ordered, attempt to kill the friend, because the core motivation of the spirit animating that corpse is "kill!". "C)Are there any ways to return a skeleton/undead back into a corpse/pile of bones?" Yes. Reduce its HP to zero. This sends the animating spirit back to the Shadowfell, assuming your setting includes the Shadowfell. [/QUOTE]
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