Gargoyle
Adventurer
drjones said:Yeah the skill check will be a problem in some cases (and yes anyone can use any skill, but the fighter will probably have a -1 on his check vs. the level 1 cleric with a 9 or an 11 so he will will have a slim chance of knowing something no one else does.). Raise dead is a little weird but if it really is a ritual and not a prayer to a particular god then a smart wizard should be able to muddle through it I guess, maybe they come back missing a finger or with one undead leg or something?
Many rituals don't require a successful skill check for the ritual to function. Some use the skill check to determine the degree of success (like Animal Messenger) and some don't have a check at all (Gentle Repose, Make Whole), and some do require a skill check for it to work (Detect Secret Doors, Passwall). There is no check for Raise Dead, it just works.