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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lancelot" data-source="post: 5237507" data-attributes="member: 30022">4e is a lot more narrative than previous editions. It's the DM's call if this is permissible or not.Rules-as-written, there's nothing stopping you from "killing" the undead then using the raise dead ritual. A creative DM might make it a little more interesting than that, though. Perhaps the person can only be raised if the "master undead" that turned them is also destroyed... or maybe special components are required (The Sacred Ruby of Life, a Phoenix Feather, etc, etc).In terms of powers that can "restore" them without slaying-then-raising... no, there isn't anything like that. But it could make an interesting Skill Challenge. If the undead-ified person was known to the party in life, perhaps they can restore something of it's mind during a combat by reminding it of who it was. Appropriate skills might include History, Diplomacy, Bluff, Insight and Religion. If the party succeeds on the Skill Challenge, the undead stops attacking and goes "docile", giving the party enough time to cast raise dead on it without actually beating it in combat. This would work particularly well if the undead was powerful enough that beating it in a straight fight would be almost impossible.</blockquote>