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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7932949" data-attributes="member: 6801845">In addition to limiting bringing back the dead I still think you're being dismissive of other options.  <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many creatures such as dragons will destroy the body almost immediately upon being eaten.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Does the body part need to be more or less whole?  What if it's charred, melted from acid or smashed beyond recognition?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why not have creatures run away with the body?  Have a purple worm kill someone and tunnel away, only to lead to a maze of burrows with no clue which tunnel to follow - or a whole nest of purple worms?  Have that wyvern take the body and fly off.  The phase spider goes ethereal, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">That giant has been eating a lot lately, good luck finding the right body part.</li> </ul>At a certain level, in my experience it's always been easy to bring somebody back in all editions, especially once they get to the level where they can cast reincarnate or resurrection.Have the possibility of debilitating permanent damage on death.  Or use something other than death as a penalty.Instead of a death penalty, make any PC that previously died "marked for death".  Sprinkle in encounters where the group is repeatedly attacked by undead (especially wraith types) and the PC that was raised is the primary and perhaps only target.  Hel is pissed and she wants her soul back, as others have stated once you become undead that's pretty much it.  Of course the easiest is to just tweak the rules so coming back from the dead, or coming back whole and sane, is no guarantee.</blockquote>

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