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Message: <blockquote data-quote="random user" data-source="post: 1543064" data-attributes="member: 16581">I think that even those who nominally have 5000gp to use and still not be bankrupt, in many situations they would choose not to be raised.Imagine an NPC Smith.  He owns his own smithy and does a decent trade.  He's been working for 20 years so he's decently old (let's say about 35) but still has a few years of life in him.  If he were to die, by selling his smithy and collecting all his money, he could afford to be raised and still have a house to live under.But he remembers his long years of apprenticeship and having to wander from teacher to teacher.  He scraped together all of his money together so eventually he could buy a smithy so he could pass it down to his son, who has some talent in smithing.  If he sold his smithy, his son would be left with nothing and would have to seek work elsewhere.  Indeed, he would as well, since he wouldn't have his own shop.In addition, he's scraped together about 1000gp to offer as a dowry for his daughter.  He had a hard life, and he's hoping that by having his daughter marry someone of minor importance (which the dowry will help) she may have a better life, and more importantly, his grandkids may never have to experience going to bed hungry like his kids did when he was younger.  He could use that money for himself, but that means that his daughter would most likely have to live the life of a pauper.If this NPC died, do you think he put in his will "please liquidate everything and bring me back to life?" Or do you think he would be content that he raised a son and a daughter, both of which will hopefully have an easier life than he had?I'm not saying that there are no people who would choose to be raised; however, I still maintain that the vast majority of the population would not be affected by raise dead regardless of how common it is.</blockquote>

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