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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clawhound" data-source="post: 4122307" data-attributes="member: 63041">When I set forth my "why don't people do these other things..." examples, the point was not to say they were bad. My point was to show that there are many logical implications that we leave sitting on the table because to follow every logical implication in every direct leaves us with something that looks like nothing that we wanted.In playing a setting, the DM sets forth a feel or an ideal of how the setting works. There are some things that he will allow, and there are some things that his internal sense of his game won't allow, no matter what the logic. There are some directions that the players see that they can go, but others that the players refuse to go because that direction does not fit their idea of the game that they are playing.The advantage of a system where all directions are possible is that all directions are possible. However, not all directions are equally desirable.For instance, I may choose to including Vikings in my 3e game. Naturally, by looking at what is optimal for my nature warriors, my Vikings should all go in the direction of druid/bears with tripping wolf companions because that would be the most optimal path for them to take. Yet, if they do that, I no longer have the Vikings that I wanted in the first place. Which do I choose? Do I choose the guys with axes or the guys with claws? There's no right answer there, but for any game, one is a better answer than the other. The unfavored answer will be left on the table. That unfavored answer may be possible for the players, but the game world won't follow it. The DM may make up a fluff reason to explain it, but the answer comes down to DM fiat.Raise Dead works the exact same way. How it acts in the game is ultimately not an exercise in logic, but a decision by the DM about how the game world will act. The fiat may be overt or covert, but the answer is still DM fiat. Once that decision is made, then logic follows.</blockquote>

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