RESURRECT DEAD

Shoomat Lomiar

The power over life and death comes in many forms, but this Manc is perhaps the most dramatic and powerful, and often cause the most consternation in the common folk about Mancers. This is the returning of a dead person's (or other creature's) spirit and body. It forces the departed spirit back into its original body, regardless of how much body is left and reforms any remaining parts of the body, making the being alive and well again.

The resurrected being awaken afresh and healthy. Their body is as it was at the point of its death, meaning that any long-term, healed damage already taken still remains, such as missing limbs or organs, scars, or aging effects, and such. They reform naked, except where their dead body was still clothed. Unfortunately,the resurrected being can not learn from how they died, for upon awaken alive and anew they have no memory of event leading up to their death. The length of memory loss is dependent upon the length of time they were dead before being raised.

TIME DEAD	MEMORY LOSS		TIME DEAD	MEMORY LOSS
< 1 Movement	1 Day, 1 Movement		221-419 Days	3 Days
< 1 Day	1 Day, 2 Movements		1-5 Dodecates	3 Days, 2 Movements
1-2 Days	1 Day, 3 Movements		6-10 Dodecates	4 Days
3-5 Days	2 Days		11-50 Dodecates	4 Days, 2 Movements
6-7 Days	2 Days, 1 Movement		51-99 Dodecates	5 Days
8-35 Days	2 Days, 2 Movement		100-499 Dodecates	6 Days
36-220 Days	2 Days, 3 Movements		> 500 Dodecates	7 Days

It should be noted that certain persons who had previously given their souls to a devil, deity, or other otherworldly entity, may not be exactly as they were before death. Sometimes the divinity is displeased with this raising of the soul and refuses such a boon, causing the Manc to fail. Other times the divinity is pleased that their servant is resurrected and may give them a boon of some kind upon their awakening, though they may not be aware of it until guided to its revelation by their divinity.

The Manc is never certain to succeed, aside from the divinity meddling, there are many other factors that decide if the attempt to Resurrect Dead is successful. These factors include: length of time dead, if the being was religious (and thus had a connected divinity), the number of Mancers performing the ceremony, time to perform the ceremony, and where,when, and how the ceremony is being performed.

The DM should check each of the following points to determine the final % needed to successfully Resurrect Dead (all points are cumulative):-

• Minimum ceremony time (2 Movements): =10%
  
• For each extra Day of ceremony time: +4
  
• For each participating Mancer of Level 1-4: +1
  
• For each participating Mancer of Level 5-10: +4
  
• For each participating Mancer of Level 10 or greater: +10
  
• For each whole 7 Mancers participating: +10
  
• If in Üolarm pentacle: +10
  
• If in other Üolarm: +5
  
• With Tarse Leaves: +3
• With self-sacrifice (potentially bad act): +25
• With serevmen-worth victim sacrifice (an Evil act): +25
  
• Whole body undamaged: +5
  
• At least 75% of body undamaged: +1
• If only a finger remains: +0
  
• Dead for less than a Day: -1
  
• Dead for 1-5 Days: -5
  
• Dead for more than 5 Days but less than a Dodecate: -10
  
• Dead for greater than a Century: -30
  
• Dead for greater than a Cycle: -60
  
• If Dead was a cleric: -4
  
• If Dead was a paladin: -2
• Divinity happy for resurrection: DM variable
• Divinity unhappy for resurrection: DM variable
  

Spell Casting:-

Both gestures and vocals are both essential for success.

Vocals:

old tongue words here
old tongue words here

Item Creation:-

The potion is flat black in colour and must be poured over the dead body.

The powder is flat black in colour and must be cast over the dead body. Two powders are made.

The scroll effects all dead within hearing range of the user up to the creator's Level x 10 maximum.

Item Vocals:

old tongue words here
old tongue words here

1 Round = 30 seconds