New Posts For Thread: Raise Dead in Nexthttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29754359/Raise_Dead_in_NextI think Raise Dead should be a little harder to accomplish in Next, with a longer lasting penalty.I am currently (that's the issue) playing a character that was killed by gnolls during the last session. Out of character, I simply failed to realize thCool ... my way has most of the fighting to get out... so the party is able to operate as a party.. but the players own insight int to his inner spiritual landscape is pretty tempting awesomehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29754359/Raise_Dead_in_Next?post_id=529216399#529216399Cool ... my way has most of the fighting to get out... so the party is able to operate as a party.. but the players own insight int to his inner spiritual landscape is pretty tempting awesomeThu, 21 Feb 2013 02:21:46 -0600Excellent insight, I do indeed allow the dead character a participatory role in the quest. The party obviously has a finite amount of time in which to choose on embarking on such a quest, which is usually during or immediately after the session in whhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29754359/Raise_Dead_in_Next?post_id=529216293#529216293Excellent insight, I do indeed allow the dead character a participatory role in the quest. The party obviously has a finite amount of time in which to choose on embarking on such a quest, which is usually during or immediately after the session in whThu, 21 Feb 2013 02:08:12 -0600To keep the dead character player active allow him to be battling to save himself against those otherworld adversaries who manifest his aspects... don't emphasize the part of the quest where they are apart because that is harder to game he might evenhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29754359/Raise_Dead_in_Next?post_id=529216051#529216051To keep the dead character player active allow him to be battling to save himself against those otherworld adversaries who manifest his aspects... don't emphasize the part of the quest where they are apart because that is harder to game he might evenThu, 21 Feb 2013 01:40:18 -0600FWIW I treat the variety of raise dead spells as gate spells which open a portal into the Land of the Dead where the party may then enter to retrieve the lost soul and bring them back to its body. This offers opportunities in side quests, as the soulhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29754359/Raise_Dead_in_Next?post_id=529215869#529215869FWIW I treat the variety of raise dead spells as gate spells which open a portal into the Land of the Dead where the party may then enter to retrieve the lost soul and bring them back to its body. This offers opportunities in side quests, as the soulThu, 21 Feb 2013 01:19:26 -0600I prefer the DM to have total control over how raise deads/ressurections/etc work. It doesn't really matter how the spell is written currently, it's how you wish to implement it. I also feel it's fair to warn the players before their first game how yhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29754359/Raise_Dead_in_Next?post_id=528814773#528814773I prefer the DM to have total control over how raise deads/ressurections/etc work. It doesn't really matter how the spell is written currently, it's how you wish to implement it. I also feel it's fair to warn the players before their first game how yWed, 06 Feb 2013 12:55:53 -0600