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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 7932903" data-attributes="member: 6855114">Ok About the Reincarnate spell.It can be a bit overwhelming but the spell is there to be used. Remember that it is a one hour ritual that costs 1000gp. This is a lot (at least in my campaign). If I check the DMG for treasure and the treasure we see in published adventures this is not a small amount of money if you consider 9-11th level party. More than probably, each character will have spent a lot of gold into potions, scrolls and other personal endeavors. Hell, my players barely have enough money among themselve for the diamond required for a raise dead and they are 10th level.If your campaign is generous with magic items and money, then you should increase either the penalty for a spell, its costs or the way it is cast. You might even consider to create some restrictions/penalties.I.E. In my worlds, a cleric can not raise a non follower of his deity (unless the deity approves, an augury is sufficient to know if the god approves but if you want to bargain, a commune spell might be needed). Otherwise the spell will simply fail. If the character is not exemplary in his faith, it will be to the god of death to judge if he allows such a soul to go back to the world of the living. The character might even have to bargain with the god for a return. That bargain could be a quest that will put the morality or goals of the character in jeopardy. Not doing the quest/service is a sure way to be refused a return to life the next time.As for bards, casting the raise dead will bring questions from the god(s) of the deceased if any. If not, again the god of death, if it is willing, will strike a bargain or a quest with the character, at the same conditions above. And if the character isn't exemplary in his alignment and belief; it is entirely possible that the spell fails. Raising the dead isn't a joker you can just get out of your sleeve with a HA HA! GOTCHA! The same applies with reincarnate.The only spell I do not question, is revivify. I consider it a kind of defibrilation and since it does not restore lost body part, it won't work on a body with a severed/squashed head...I know it is not RAW or even RAI. Some might consider this a houserule. Personally, I consider this a world feature.If raise dead and reincarnate are such a nuisance in your campaign, the above might be a solution.</blockquote>

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