Originally Posted by RedOrbifold

I lol'd

needs moar lulz here

can your religion bring people back to life just by telling the dead guy to? didn't think so

Originally Posted by Consensus

I missed it, what's the source on this?

Originally Posted by Vir

Looks like an interview in the Scientology magazine Celebrity, but it would be useful to know the date/issue.

Originally Posted by d20 System Reference Document

Raise Dead
Conjuration (Healing)
Level: Clr 5
Components: V, S, M, DF
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Touch
Target: Dead creature touched
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: None; see text
Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)

You restore life to a deceased creature. You can raise a creature that has been dead for no longer than one day per caster level. In addition, the subject’s soul must be free and willing to return. If the subject’s soul is not willing to return, the spell does not work; therefore, a subject that wants to return receives no saving throw.

Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The subject of the spell loses one level (or 1 Hit Die) when it is raised, just as if it had lost a level or a Hit Die to an energy-draining creature. If the subject is 1st level, it loses 2 points of Constitution instead (if this would reduce its Con to 0 or less, it can’t be raised). This level/HD loss or Constitution loss cannot be repaired by any means. A character who died with spells prepared has a 50% chance of losing any given spell upon being raised, in addition to losing spells for losing a level. A spellcasting creature that doesn’t prepare spells (such as a sorcerer) has a 50% chance of losing any given unused spell slot as if it had been used to cast a spell, in addition to losing spell slots for losing a level.

A raised creature has a number of hit points equal to its current Hit Dice. Any ability scores damaged to 0 are raised to 1. Normal poison and normal disease are cured in the process of raising the subject, but magical diseases and curses are not undone. While the spell closes mortal wounds and repairs lethal damage of most kinds, the body of the creature to be raised must be whole. Otherwise, missing parts are still missing when the creature is brought back to life. None of the dead creature’s equipment or possessions are affected in any way by this spell.

A creature who has been turned into an undead creature or killed by a death effect can’t be raised by this spell. Constructs, elementals, outsiders, and undead creatures can’t be raised. The spell cannot bring back a creature that has died of old age.

Material Component: Diamonds worth a total of least 5,000 gp.

Originally Posted by AnonLover

dam i missed this... full reference to text version here

https://secure.wikileaks.org/leak/sc...s-handbook.pdf

page 217 of 297

Originally Posted by whoever

Or maybe even a contact assist

Originally Posted by CBB

Originally Posted by A-non-non-anon

See, if only Johnny T had been sensible, and played D&D, he would have known the *real* way to bring someone back from the dead. Vin Diesel would have been right there, ready with the 5k in diamonds

Originally Posted by twistedpuppet

After reading that, I have to ask, when did Hubbard start with the whole "life assist" crap? If it was after D&D hit the scene, then we can be fairly certain he ripped it from D&D.

Originally Posted by HellRazor

Just what we fukken need... a bunch of dead scilons brought back to life.

Originally Posted by emplode

So. If someone dies, yell at him to bring him back to life. Great.

Originally Posted by azonymous

So, you think this might look a little weird to, say, an EMT? In the back of an ambulance...

Originally Posted by emplode

So. If someone dies, yell at him to bring him back to life. Great.