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<blockquote data-quote="neogod22" data-source="post: 7734652" data-attributes="member: 6857879">So to generally answer your question, if you look at component costs alone, Revivify being the cheapest way to bring someone back costs 300gp in diamonds.&nbsp; That's very expensive and has to be a before thought on the cleric for the adventure because the person can't be dead for longer than a min.&nbsp; Next you have Raise Dead.&nbsp; The recipient can't be dead longer than 10 days, this is probably the spell that's cast the most in this situation.&nbsp; The spell requires a 500gp diamond, which when you add spell casting services you may be looking to pay around 1250gp to get this done.&nbsp; So who besides adventurers can afford this?&nbsp; Merchants, nobles, and royalty.&nbsp; Who would they bring back, most likely important members who were killed unexpectedly.&nbsp; They will never spend the money to bring back the elderly.&nbsp; Why, because the spell won't work for those that die of natural causes, and because even if they were killed in battle or some other way, they may only have a few more years to live.&nbsp; The exception to this maybe a king or general when the time is great and they can't afford to lose such a powerful figure at that time.&nbsp; Commoners will almost never have the money to pay for any type of resurrection spell.&nbsp; Where can these spells be performed?&nbsp; Well seeing how Raise Dead is a 5th level spell, Resurrection is a 7th level and True Resurrection is a 9th level spell, you would need a 9th, 13th, and 17th level clerics minimum to cast these spells.&nbsp; It will have to be some major temples.&nbsp; You may find a 9th level cleric as the head of a temple of a large town or small city the equivalent of a bishop,&nbsp; a 13th level cleric is probably the head priest of a region, the equivalent of an Archbishop, and the 17th levels would be the equivalent of a cardinal or Pope (the high priest of the god), so you will only find these guys at the centers of the religion.&nbsp; So real world equivalents, you can probably only get a true resurrection performed at the Vatican, the Mormon church in Utah, or Mecca.&nbsp; You would be lucky if you can find that kind of power anywhere else.&nbsp; Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk</blockquote>

[QUOTE="neogod22, post: 7734652, member: 6857879"] So to generally answer your question, if you look at component costs alone, Revivify being the cheapest way to bring someone back costs 300gp in diamonds. That's very expensive and has to be a before thought on the cleric for the adventure because the person can't be dead for longer than a min. Next you have Raise Dead. The recipient can't be dead longer than 10 days, this is probably the spell that's cast the most in this situation. The spell requires a 500gp diamond, which when you add spell casting services you may be looking to pay around 1250gp to get this done. So who besides adventurers can afford this? Merchants, nobles, and royalty. Who would they bring back, most likely important members who were killed unexpectedly. They will never spend the money to bring back the elderly. Why, because the spell won't work for those that die of natural causes, and because even if they were killed in battle or some other way, they may only have a few more years to live. The exception to this maybe a king or general when the time is great and they can't afford to lose such a powerful figure at that time. Commoners will almost never have the money to pay for any type of resurrection spell. Where can these spells be performed? Well seeing how Raise Dead is a 5th level spell, Resurrection is a 7th level and True Resurrection is a 9th level spell, you would need a 9th, 13th, and 17th level clerics minimum to cast these spells. It will have to be some major temples. You may find a 9th level cleric as the head of a temple of a large town or small city the equivalent of a bishop, a 13th level cleric is probably the head priest of a region, the equivalent of an Archbishop, and the 17th levels would be the equivalent of a cardinal or Pope (the high priest of the god), so you will only find these guys at the centers of the religion. So real world equivalents, you can probably only get a true resurrection performed at the Vatican, the Mormon church in Utah, or Mecca. You would be lucky if you can find that kind of power anywhere else. Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]

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