Actually regeneration and healing spells will work when you're dead. Except you'll just have a prettier, still-dead corpse.

Actually regeneration and healing spells will work when you're dead. Except you'll just have a prettier, still-dead corpse.

Source? The PHB says that it has no effect.

See we play in a world where death doesnt always make sence, i mean after you die you have the option of getting back up EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Some players prefer to say that instead of dieing every time sometimes they get knocked out, mechanicly they still need a raise but you can always rp the scroll (or spell if your ACTUALY a cleric with it ready) as a slap on the face or pouring waer over them or something, this is fine IMO ive done it myself quite a few times.

Now if your only knocked out and not dead rp wise then whats the problem with regening while your out cold?

I have no issues with this kinda rp as being dead every time does get a bit old especialy for people like me who die a lot.

Actually, it was more of a joke than anything. Technical-wise, no, healing and regeneration don't affect dead bodies. If you're ICly KOed, but OOCly dead, you might wake up a few minutes quicker, but if you're ICly dead, regen will not bring you back if you're at or below -10 hp. The only creature I know of that regens when dead and then revives is the Tarrasque.

Actually, it was more of a joke than anything.

Raise Dead: The subject must be in one piece. You cannot raise some who has been beheaded, for example. Missing pieces will be missing after the spell is cast, though any mortal wounds are sealed. Those that have been undead or died of old age can't be raised.

Resurrection: The condition of the subject does not matter; if you have one proper piece of a person, you can raise him as long as the piece was intact at the moment of death. The subject's body regenerates around the piece being resurrected. Any other pieces, such as the severed head of the victim that someone might be keeping as a trophy, crumble to dust at the moment of resurrection. You can raise those who have been undead and then destroyed, but you can't raise anyone who's died of old age.

*Snip*

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Ron will probably correct me on that.

I think Dr. Frankenstein proved to us all that you can't regenerate dead tissue...

That's Fronkenschteen!

Raise Dead: The subject must be in one piece. You cannot raise some who has been beheaded, for example.

Does this mean if you RP hacking someone's head off they can't be raised by a scroll?

Yes, I would say to get the OOC permission of the victim before you break out the hacksaw on their dead deceased corpse.

I think the main reason, as even I once or twiced have used that "regenerates" design is because the "Out" after being PvP killed was...well... not there.

Which it's supposed to be.

So here I had gotten the OOC raise. Waited for the killer to wander well off. Nothing or anyone was coming by after a while. So... "that little ring Wisp got from her friend began working furiously to heal the wounds" [regen +1 Jenova] became my only means to get going again.

Lame. Tacky. Not supposed to work. But when you've been killed and you're not getting your out; should you just instead emote *And their Deity saved them!* which feels just as tacky?

It's a valid question, and I think the answer is that you see the regeneration of the dead when the "out" is missing.

Unfortunately I can't find where in the Rules I've seen about the "out" so now I'm wondering if it's something I heard elsewhere. Which, if it's not in Amia, would invalidate my point.

And Please do get OOC permission first. The more fair-warnings there are, the less trouble you'll get :) Expecially since you may be prompting people to ignore the fact Raise Dead shouldn't be restoring lost body parts; you don't agree first, I think they have that right- personally.

The difference is, you can RP yourself as not having been dead and the regeneration saved yo. That's perfectly acceptable

Nyet

Killer decided whether or not you are dead, or simply incapacitated.