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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 948729" data-attributes="member: 5328">Second Wind of the Martyr    Conjuration (healing)Level: Clr/Pal 4Components: V, S, M, DFCasting Time: standard actionRange: touchTarget: dead creature touched (see text)Duration: one round per levelSaving throw: none (see text)Spell resistance: yes (harmless)The cleric or paladin summons a lesser servitor of his god to reanimate the corpse of a fallen worshipper. The servitor acts in accordance with the god's principles under the general direction of the cleric, where necessary fighting and saving using the late worshipper's skills, bonus, feats, and extraordinary abilities. The servitor-animated corpse starts out with a  number of hit points equal to the level of the caster plus one for each bonus hit die the target may possess aside from those he or she acquired as a result of class levels. The servitor does not have access to any of the dead person's supernatural or spell-like abilities, but it does enjoy darkvision. Roll for prepared spells and unexpended spell slots as explained in the spell 'Raise Dead': any that are retained are available to the servitor and if unused will remain to the target if he is alive at the end of the spell's duration; any that are lost will still be lost if the 'Raise Dead' effect works.  And if both the god and the target of the spell are Lawful Good, the servitor has the class abilities of a paladin of level equal to the caster's level. If, during the duration of the spell the servitor manages to kill a sentient being, then at the end of the duration the spell the worshipper is returned to life as though by a 'Raise Dead' spell, and cleansed of ritual taint as though by an 'Atonement' spell.To be an eligible target for this spell, the dead person must have been an initiate of the god's cult (eg. baptised), or a frequent and sincere worshipper, or must have taken part  in an appropriate service of the god's cult (eg. gone to Church, prayed with a cleric or other priest in preparation for battle) within the 24 hours prior to his or her death or at the commencement of the undertaking in the course of which he or she was killed. Also, he or she must have an alignment close enough to that of the god that he or she would be eligible to be a cleric of the god. And he or she must have been killed while acting in pursuance of the god's principles or in the interests of the god's cult or worshippers. Furthermore, the target must have been dead no longer than one day.Material component: a drachm of chrism that has been blessed by a cleric of the god in question who had 'Raise Dead' prepared at the time of the consecration. The blessing is equivalent to 'Bless Water', but requires caster level 9, so the price of this chrism is 90 gp, besides which the religious authorities generally regulate its possession and use.</blockquote>

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