Originally posted by Yshania:
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I usually play a neutral or neutral good half elf, but have played Ranger/Stalker, Fighter and Avenger... I have always played half elf from habit - in IWD true elves cannot be ressurrected (not that it applies to PC in BG of course )</STRONG>
Hmmm Ysh..IIRC the Raise Dead spell won't work on elves, but resurrect should. It's one of those quirky rules from the original AD & D game.
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Originally posted by T'lainya:
<STRONG>Hmmm Ysh..IIRC the Raise Dead spell won't work on elves, but resurrect should. It's one of those quirky rules from the original AD & D game.</STRONG>
Well I suppose Ressurect is a lot stronger than Raise Dead so perhaps thats why thats the case. Anyone else with ideas why?
We seem to have floated away and spammed the thread, i'm not complaining however, I'm getting closer to the big 1K!!
Originally posted by Nippy:
<STRONG>Ummm, I don't think so... </STRONG>
Originally posted by Gwally:
<STRONG>I would suggest that this thread is certainly open to spam - as Viv and Veh said, "the Noblest of Followings." </STRONG>
Well strictly speaking, this thread is also to catch all the DF spam before it gets into the actual story thread...
Originally posted by Nippy:
<STRONG>Well I suppose Ressurect is a lot stronger than Raise Dead so perhaps thats why thats the case. Anyone else with ideas why?
We seem to have floated away and spammed the thread, i'm not complaining however, I'm getting closer to the big 1K!!
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One of the reaons seems to have been the original designers worried about balancing the game. They had a number of arbitrary rules that were supposed to make balance the special abilities of demihumans, against humans. The source materials (complete book of Elves) also goes into detail about the elven creation myths and religion and the attitudes about necromancy. Supposedly elves were formed from the main elvish God's blood as he fought a hostile god (Gruumsh the orcish god IIRC). Therefore the elves have a strong tie to their gods, their spirits go to the place they call Arvandor.On the CG good plane, something like an arboreal paradise that is the home to the majority of the elvish pantheon. The way it was written, elves don't fear death,(also explaining the immunity to ghoul paralyzation)and they are actually resistant to leaving their deceased friends and family and their gods once they have died. Therefore it takes a very powerful call or spell to bring them back.
Sorry for the long and I suspect rambling explanation
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Originally posted by Yshania:
<STRONG>@Mr Sleep - Harry has just asked me (ICQ) to let you know his purpose could involve sending you to hell... Not my words - his )</STRONG>
actually i believe my words were "tell sleep i'm looking forward to the chance of sending him to hell "
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