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<blockquote data-quote="BASHMAN" data-source="post: 4114555" data-attributes="member: 8277">As a branded &quot;Hater&quot; I would just like to point out that I too LOVE this approach to raise dead.&nbsp; Baker's point about why kings can't just have their wills stipulate that they be raised has always bugged me.&nbsp; I have had to bend over backward in campaigns to deal with this before, claiming that the assassin used a special poison that prevented the body from being raised, etc.&nbsp; All nobles had clauses in their will that said they had to be raised if they died unnaturally or the beneficiary would be disinherited, etc.&nbsp; This is much better-- the King died because that WAS his destiny.&nbsp; Brilliant.However, DMs should then reserve the right to say that when a PC dies, that was THEIR destiny (i.e. in the triumphant battle vs. the Ultimate Evil, your hero dies just after striking a telling blow.&nbsp; That should be your destiny that you fulfilled.&nbsp; If a level 20 fighter gets cut down by orcs in this sleep... yeah, he may get a rez...)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BASHMAN, post: 4114555, member: 8277"] As a branded "Hater" I would just like to point out that I too LOVE this approach to raise dead. Baker's point about why kings can't just have their wills stipulate that they be raised has always bugged me. I have had to bend over backward in campaigns to deal with this before, claiming that the assassin used a special poison that prevented the body from being raised, etc. All nobles had clauses in their will that said they had to be raised if they died unnaturally or the beneficiary would be disinherited, etc. This is much better-- the King died because that WAS his destiny. Brilliant. However, DMs should then reserve the right to say that when a PC dies, that was THEIR destiny (i.e. in the triumphant battle vs. the Ultimate Evil, your hero dies just after striking a telling blow. That should be your destiny that you fulfilled. If a level 20 fighter gets cut down by orcs in this sleep... yeah, he may get a rez...) [/QUOTE]

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