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Message: <blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 1466702" data-attributes="member: 1164">Manual of the planes 3E lists intelligent undead as souls that never got to their eternal reward.  1E listed specters as souls that were first sent to the lower planes, became larva and then were transformed into their undead state.I have noticed some squeamish people disliking the possibility of having souls destroyed, I personally LOVE the idea as it gives good reason for those who have died well [or at least made it to the afterlife ] to NOT want to get Raised from death. It also fits well into the fantasy fiction D&D has strong roots in.Raise dead and reincarnate [and resurrection in previous editions IIR ] have a blanket statement preventing all who became undead [and later destroyed] or died from death magic, from benefiting from it. On this I would assume even having a body transformed into an unintelligent undead creature robs the body [at the very least] of some vital quality to house the soul or to be used as a focus to create a new body. Also note that heroic feats are retained in unintelligent undead in 3.5.</blockquote>