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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Skald" data-source="post: 68633" data-attributes="member: 1601">Let the Dead Remain SoI certainly understand the desire for life-prolonging or resurrection magic and spells, but I was never a fan of them. Many of the groups I've played in over the past 20 or so years became so frivolous and heedless on the idea of character death that it was never deemed a threat. The lives of their characters had no real value since they could simply drop a pile of gold into the coffers of a local church in order to bring back their dead companions. The risks they took became foolish and self-serving, not heroic.I think there was a quote somewhere stating that "Immortality is reserved for the greatest of all evils." I personally like the idea that once a character dies, he is gone forever, and if he lives to a ripe old age before dying that can be quite an accomplishment.Has anyone ever toyed with the idea of a recently raised character being furious and angry at his former companions who just brought him back from Heaven, Paradise, Nirvana, Valhalla, or whatever afterlife he entered? The idea strikes me coming from the new season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer... she was rather disturbed at how selfish her former friends were for bringing her back from the only peace she ever knew.</blockquote>