L^: c7, sh7	-	R#: T	-	D^: P
C^: v.s.m	-	CT: 1t	-	S^: None
A^: Person touched	-		-	-

Effect: The cleric employing this spell is able to restore life and complete (strength) to the person he/she bestows the resurrection upon.

The person can have been dead up to 10 years cumulative per level of the cleric casting the spell,
i.e. a 19th level cleric can resurrect the bones of a person dead up to 190 years.
See raise dead for limitations on what persons can be raised.
Employment of this spell makes it impossible for the cleric to cast further spells or engage in combat until he || she has had one day of bed rest for each level of experience of the person brought back to life or destroyed.

Destruction:

The reverse,
destruction,
causes the victim of the spell to be instantly dead and turned to dust.
Destruction requires a touch,
either in combat or otherwise.

MC: The cleric's religious symbol and holy/unholy water.
 

Shukenja: The shukenja employing this spell is able to restore life and complete health to a dead body.
The body may be dead up to 10 years per level of the shukenja, but must also be in a relatively complete form.
The character being resurrected must be an honorable creature, as the spell does not function on those of less than 50 honor.
Casting this spell is so draining that the caster must REST in bed for one day for each level of experience of the figure brought back to life, and may cast no further spells during that time.

Shukenja.Destruction: The spell's reverse, destruction, turns the victim to dust, and requires the shukenja to touch the victim.

Shukenja.MC: Components of both spells are the shukenja's holy symbol, holy water, and burning incense tapers.
 

Question: Does the spell Resurrection require a Constitution percentage roll?
If so, does the character lose a point from his Constitution?

Answer: , to both.
However, some DMs don’t make you lose the point.
They only want you to keep track of how many times you have raised, and once you have been raised as many times as you have Constitution points you can no longer be raised.
This way, you don’t lose the benefit of extra hit points if you have a high constitution.
 

QUESTION: Although the PH does not include them in the description of the Raise Dead spell,
may elves and half-orcs be raised from the dead?

ANSWER No, they cannot.
They do not have souls, and therefore a wish must be used to bring them back.
<does the above apply to resurrection?>

Question: If a character is killed by poison, does a
Neutralize poison spell have to be cast on the character
before a successful Resurrection is possible?

Answer: Nyet.
The Resurrection spell will take care of the poison if it is still in the body and still potent.

garhkal wrote:
Bringing in a new one, from over on planetadnd..

What is the restrictions (if any) on clerics casting resurection/raise dead on those NOT of the faith? Are those restrictions lessened when the cleric is a PC?
 

Heh...

That's one I prefer to leave in the capable hands of the DM of the campaign to decide.
I allow any Good alignment cleric to cast resurection/raise dead on a like N/PC, with the "donation" varying from reasonable to quite otherwise depending on regree of alignment difference--
and the relationship of the two deities served, if different.

Cheers,
Gary