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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 6523550" data-attributes="member: 97077">From what I've seen on forums and in some gaming circles, a lot of people don't like resurrection-type options because they feel it trivializes character death. As well, it seem like death tends to occur more frequently at levels where access to such things is limited (makes sense). The NPC cleric who needs a quest done in exchange for raise dead is always an option (and is mentioned in the Basic Rules), but oftentimes death occurs in the middle of an adventure and the group has a hard time seeing how to make that work in the dungeon or out in the wilderness.This is why I think it's really important to plan in advance for PC death by having backup characters ready to go both on paper and in the fiction (introduced previously as an NPC and always tends to be within arm's reach of the party) so that if resurrection magic isn't available, you can tap in a new character as quickly and smoothly as possible. No player should be forced to sit there and watch others play unless that's what they want to do.</blockquote>