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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6160239" data-attributes="member: 17106">It's never come up that I can recall. Not a lot of PC deaths since I instituted this policy. If it did, it would be interesting.All fair points. I am a pacifist and my players know this, so they likely interpret the rule in that context. I would describe capital punishment as evil, period, in a D&D context. A paladin can kill an opponent in combat who represents an active threat, but I would never consider it a permissible act to kill a sentient creature that cannot defend itself.However, all characters can perform evil acts. Some people might indeed be willing to justify the restoration of a great hero, even at great cost, if they believe it serves the greater good. Sacrificing a mindless or evil creature to restore such a hero is arguably less evil than your typical evil cultist sacrificing someone for personal power or something. That's where I'm waffling.Some will, some won't. I could imagine that if a good character was the one being resurrected, he might refuse to come back. I could also imagine the party sacrificing a bear and moving on. (Though I place a lot higher value of the life of an animal than most people, and druids are a large part of my world).I would. I allow unwilling sacrifices because of the interesting implications. I'd rather have a resurrection happen and be interesting than tell players they can't do it because no one of their level is willing to commit suicide. I also was thinking this way because the idea is from Heroes of Horror.Another DM wants to do this with willing sacrifices only, that's great for him.I say it limits the willingness of non-evil persons to use it. Which is most people.And, on a world level, it limits the number of total resurrections. Every time someone dies, there's one less person living. Even if he gets raised, there's still one less person living. It's a sort of "Law of Conservation of Souls". This has important thematic implications in my world.Or would elves balk at sacrificing humans? Or would rich people balk at sacrificing poor people? So many social issues to explore!Totally. I don't think I've ever discussed my resurrection policy on ENW at length before.</blockquote>

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