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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 3371607" data-attributes="member: 3854">This whole idea that raising dead PCs in a D&D game should be rare and/or extremely difficult, or impossible, based on the argument that it is such in myth, legend, and literature strikes me as very odd. Since when, and why, do myths, legends, and literature drive the rules, conventions, and concepts of D&D? Could D&D, in any edition/era, actually emulate myths, legends, and literature exactly, without heavy modification? Hell, D&D doesn’t even mimic LotR – and many people claim LotR was a direct inspiration for D&D (though that assertion has been stated wrong by the creator of the game).It’s like saying that movie action heroes should have a dozen weapons and thousands of rounds of ammo on them because computer game action heroes have such. And movie action heroes should be able to restart a scene after dying in that scene, because computer game action heroes can do so.D&D is a game. Any given party of protagonists usually has at least one, usually more than one, magic worker. Even the lowest mage or priest can do things that stand out as miraculous in most myths, legends, and literature. A first-level character can have a sword shoved into his gut, he can fall unconscious and be moments away from death, yet the first-level cleric can touch him with a 0-level spell and stop him from bleeding to death. A 1st-level spell can heal him completely. Completely. That is not common in myth, legend, and literature.A low-level mage can levitate, put a squad of enemies to sleep. A low-level druid can animate the plant life to grab and hold a horde of enemies. A low-level cleric can repel a group of zombies with his basic faith. The mage and cleric can call a creature from Heaven or Hell and have it fight for him. Warriors struggle against and defeat dragons, giants, and other monsters every game session. All of these are deeds worthy of grand myths and legends in our Real World. But everyone accepts them without blinking in a D&D game.Yet, reviving a character from death is somehow too potent? Because it is rare in myths, legends, and literature? If Real World myths, legends, and literature rule what can be accepted as normal in your D&D campaign, you have a lot of trimming to perform on the game beyond must limiting coming back from the dead. Heck, how can you have cure light wounds? Magical healing is just as rare – usually reserved for just deific characters in myths, legends, and literature.Quasqueton</blockquote>

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