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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Psion" data-source="post: 2716916" data-attributes="member: 959">Also consider the Buffy/ Hellraiser aspect, what if when you raised that guy you saved him from hell? A certain pinheaded gentleman may be coming to have a chat with you.What kind of things can go right or wrong when you bring someone back?Are they more vulnerable to becoming undead due to cheating death, or if they cheat death too many times will death simply stop coming for them, despite their age or injuries?I agree that there needs to be more limitations on Raise Dead, for example, I ruled it does not work on death by ability drain since that represents a drain on the person's very lifeforce.There should be a time limit since the person's soul is going farther and farther away in the multiverse.Another aspect of these spells that is often overlooked is what are they like from the point of view of the person being raised. Is it like a video game save point where they go back to just before their death? &quot;Hey guys, are we going to go after the dragon or not? *sniff* You guys have a barbeque while I was asleep?&quot;Do they remember dying? Do they remember what happened after they died?&quot;There was a white light down a long tunnel and at the end were a bunch of guys in a basement playing a game while eating the food of the gods, called Doritos and Mt Dew.&quot;Can they be changed by their death, possibly becoming more celestial or infernal as they were changed while on another plane?Might they forget everything after drinking from the river Styx and come back a blank slate, i.e. 1st level again?Might they come back stronger like Goku, since they were adventuring even after death?In bringing someone back, you are opening a door to another plane, does that door stay closed? Can something else follow them back or could it even beat them back and take their body?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dark Psion, post: 2716916, member: 959"] Also consider the Buffy/ Hellraiser aspect, what if when you raised that guy you saved him from hell? A certain pinheaded gentleman may be coming to have a chat with you. What kind of things can go right or wrong when you bring someone back? Are they more vulnerable to becoming undead due to cheating death, or if they cheat death too many times will death simply stop coming for them, despite their age or injuries? I agree that there needs to be more limitations on Raise Dead, for example, I ruled it does not work on death by ability drain since that represents a drain on the person's very lifeforce. There should be a time limit since the person's soul is going farther and farther away in the multiverse. Another aspect of these spells that is often overlooked is what are they like from the point of view of the person being raised. Is it like a video game save point where they go back to just before their death? "Hey guys, are we going to go after the dragon or not? *sniff* You guys have a barbeque while I was asleep?" Do they remember dying? Do they remember what happened after they died? "There was a white light down a long tunnel and at the end were a bunch of guys in a basement playing a game while eating the food of the gods, called Doritos and Mt Dew." Can they be changed by their death, possibly becoming more celestial or infernal as they were changed while on another plane? Might they forget everything after drinking from the river Styx and come back a blank slate, i.e. 1st level again? Might they come back stronger like Goku, since they were adventuring even after death? In bringing someone back, you are opening a door to another plane, does that door stay closed? Can something else follow them back or could it even beat them back and take their body? [/QUOTE]

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