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death [2023-11-16 06:03] – Include alter reality poemsdeath [2024-12-22 15:53] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 Being raised by a wish does not cause CON loss, nor does it count against times raised. Being raised by a wish does not cause CON loss, nor does it count against times raised.
  
-^ Method               Available to elves and half-orcs?  ^ CON loss?  ^ Counts against max raises?  ^ Can bypass original CON limit?  ^ +^ Method                           Works on elves and half-orcs?  ^ Res. check?  ^ CON loss?  ^ Counts against max raises?  ^ Can bypass max raises?  ^ 
-| Raise Dead           | No                                 | Yes        | Yes                         | No                              +[[Raise Dead]]                   | No                             | Yes          | Yes        | Yes                         | No                      
-| Resurrection         | No                                 | Yes        | Yes                         | No                              +| Resurrection                     | No                             | Yes          | Yes        | Yes                         | No                      
-| Rod of Resurrection  | Yes                                | Yes        | Yes                         | No                              +| Rod of Resurrection              | Yes                            | Yes          | Yes        | Yes                         | No                      
-| Reincarnation        | Yes                                | N/A        | Yes                         | No                              +Elixir of Life                   | Yes                            | No           | No         | No                          | Yes                     | 
-Wish or //alter reality//                 | Yes                                | No         | No                          | Yes                             |+| [[Reincarnation]]                | Yes                            | No((PHB 85.))            | N/A        | Yes                         | No                      
 +[[wishes]] or //alter reality//  | Yes                            | No           | No         | No                          | Yes                     | 
 + 
 + 
 +==== Souls and spirits ==== 
 + 
 +Elves and half-orcs cannot be affected by //raise dead// or //resurrection//((PHB 50, PHB 53.)) because they have spirits, not souls.((DDG 10.)) The soul or spirit is the unchanging thing that travels to another plane after death, and that which is returned when the creature is restored to life. Therefore, even if an elf or half-orc is [[reincarnation|reincarnated]] into a human, the character does not become eligible for //raise dead// or //resurrection//.
  
 ===== While polymorphed or shape changed ===== ===== While polymorphed or shape changed =====
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 Whether a creature can be raised from the dead by //raise dead// or //resurrection// depends on its original form. For example, a human druid who died while [[shape change|shape changed]] into giant bat form could be raised, but an elven or half-orc who died while [[polymorph|polymorphed]] into a human could not.((Remember that elves and half-orcs can not be brought back by //raise dead// or //resurrection//, only a //rod of resurrection//, //wish//, or similar. See [[Death]] for more info.)) When the creature is raised, it will remain in the form it died in (including wounds and poison, as normal, unless the means used to raise state otherwise). Whether a creature can be raised from the dead by //raise dead// or //resurrection// depends on its original form. For example, a human druid who died while [[shape change|shape changed]] into giant bat form could be raised, but an elven or half-orc who died while [[polymorph|polymorphed]] into a human could not.((Remember that elves and half-orcs can not be brought back by //raise dead// or //resurrection//, only a //rod of resurrection//, //wish//, or similar. See [[Death]] for more info.)) When the creature is raised, it will remain in the form it died in (including wounds and poison, as normal, unless the means used to raise state otherwise).
 +
 +===== Henchmen =====
 +
 +When henchmen are killed and not raised, the question arises of what happens to their possessions. No mention of this is given in the rules, so rules are provided in the [[Wills]] rules extension.
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