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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolfwood2" data-source="post: 3123879" data-attributes="member: 39394">How is this any different from the Animate Dead spell, which is already available to clerics?  Is there any difference?My suggestion would be to instead make Raise Dead into a last minute super-healing spell.  Like Revivify, but maybe extend the time you can cast it out to a minute per level instead of a just one round.  Basically the idea is that the recipient's heart may have stopped, but they're not "really" dead yet.  Their soul hasn't left the body or anything, so a super-duper body repair spell can still fix them.  (This works well with Raise Dead's requirement that the body remain intact.  Doesn't work if their head was bitten off.)It's not much different in effect really, but I think it preserves the flavor you're looking for that coming back from the dead is a huge deal while still providing some of the cushion against an unfortunate crit causing a loss of character.Also, I see you completely left off discussing Reincarnate.  Everybody forgets the druidic ability to restore the dead to life (sorta).  So how does that work?</blockquote>