No doubt someone will show up soon telling what the Bible has to say on the matter. I'm guessing you shouldn't covet your neighbour's golem but does that mean you can't have sex with it?
When the very first two voice acted characters in Icewind Dale sound like they could be brothers (both Arundel and Hrothgar are voiced by Jim Cummings aka Minsc). I mean, I guess they could have a similar dialect from having lived in ye-olde' frozen wasteland for so long, but really? Don't get me wrong, Jim Cummings is my favorite voice actor in any Infinity Engine game, but it was a little odd.
Elves cant be resurrected. Also, Khalid. They can fix it be denying resurrect to other elves. Also reduce Con by 1 after each successful one. as i believe was originally planned.
Plus with any spell to bring someone back from the dead there was a D100 chance based on your CON that the spell would fail and you would be dead forever.
Why bother with Resurrection at end of ToB?? Just Wish them back, much easier, and bypasses all those silly rules! Hell, once you got Wish, why bother with any mundane task, like fighting, and travel, etc.
and all of this assumes you didn't choose to become a God, in which case...really you Drow want to kill my Wife? Oh Lolth? Let's have some words!
How come death is such a big thing in this setting when you can resurrect characters. I'm pretty sure Gorion expected to be resurrected by his harper friends. (what happened they have a grudge or something?) I mean he must be wealthy and influential with his years of adventuring. You would think if he anticipated trouble he would of arranged someone to bring his body to a temple. Admittedly you have to be 'rich' in game terms.
P.S I do like how bioware poked fun at this by having a little kitty resurrection joke in the game (a play on the nine lives thing).
Why bother with Resurrection at end of ToB?? Just Wish them back, much easier, and bypasses all those silly rules! Hell, once you got Wish, why bother with any mundane task, like fighting, and travel, etc.
and all of this assumes you didn't choose to become a God, in which case...really you Drow want to kill my Wife? Oh Lolth? Let's have some words!
According to the same PnP rules; a wish spell ages the caster 5 years! D&D used to be a lot more brutal back then...
Why is CHARNAME's death Game Over? Surely the remainder of the party can get him/her to a temple, or use a Rod of Resurrection, or a cleric spell to bring him/her back??
It could be argued that the god-essence prevents such, but you can still resurrect Imoen, and even:
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No worries. There's a thread in Community Support about formatting and such, but the spoiler code goes [*spoiler][*/spoiler], except without the * of course.
Why is CHARNAME's death Game Over? Surely the remainder of the party can get him/her to a temple, or use a Rod of Resurrection, or a cleric spell to bring him/her back??
It could be argued that the god-essence prevents such, but you can still resurrect Imoen, and even:
Sarevok finds himself resurrected somehow...
When you bring Sarevok back he isn't considered one of the Bhaalspawn anymore. He says as much in his conversation with him. The same would have happened if CHARNAME died. Hence the game over video in BG1 of CHARNAME's statue being destroyed, just like Sarevok's is once you kill him at the end.
Why is CHARNAME's death Game Over? Surely the remainder of the party can get him/her to a temple, or use a Rod of Resurrection, or a cleric spell to bring him/her back??
It could be argued that the god-essence prevents such, but you can still resurrect Imoen, and even:
Sarevok finds himself resurrected somehow...
When you bring Sarevok back he isn't considered one of the Bhaalspawn anymore. He says as much in his conversation with him. The same would have happened if CHARNAME died. Hence the game over video in BG1 of CHARNAME's statue being destroyed, just like Sarevok's is once you kill him at the end.
And yet there is a dialog between Imoen and Sarevok in ToB. Where she asks him how it was to be dead.
Then he replies that he is sure that she died as well in the past, so why ask him, she would know herself. Then she says yes that she died indeed, but was only dead for a short moment, whereas he was dead for a longer period. (Even if you take care to never let her die, this happens)
She could have died in the period after she was drained by Bodhi and before she got her soul back. It still doesn't make much sense, because how can you bring someone back from the dead who has no soul?
Gott damn it! I thoughtlessly clicked the link, and got stuck on the damn page for two hours! What were you thinking, leaving links like that where anyone can come up and click them? Don't you know that page is dangerous?
I have a love hate relationship with TV tropes. It can be very entertaining, but some of the pages read like they were written by a twelve year old. And what kind of segregation system has a category for fanfiction AND professional wrestling? I bet there can't be much crossover between those two fanbases.
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As for things that make me go hmmmm? This thread, definitely...
http://www.ancientscrossroads.com/adnd_tools/con_table.htm
and all of this assumes you didn't choose to become a God, in which case...really you Drow want to kill my Wife? Oh Lolth? Let's have some words!
P.S I do like how bioware poked fun at this by having a little kitty resurrection joke in the game (a play on the nine lives thing).
It could be argued that the god-essence prevents such, but you can still resurrect Imoen, and even:
Use the spoiler tags.
She could have died in the period after she was drained by Bodhi and before she got her soul back. It still doesn't make much sense, because how can you bring someone back from the dead who has no soul?
I think you have to chalk this up to story and gameplay segregation. Otherwise known as the 'Why can't I use a Phoenix Down on Aeris' rule. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GameplayAndStorySegregation
What were you thinking, leaving links like that where anyone can come up and click them? Don't you know that page is dangerous?
I bet there can't be much crossover between those two fanbases.