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Grimbold 01-17-05, 01:16 PM	Some questions concerning true resurrection arose in our last session: 1. If the body of the creature who is to be resurrected is totally destroyed, where does the new body appear? Does it appear near the caster or at the place where the creature originally died? 2. If someone was slain and his dead body is still intact (but held "captive" somewhere), can this person be raised by a true resurrection without the body or is this version only viable if the body is totally detroyed first? If not, would the original body be restored to life where it is or would a new body appear near the caster? According to the entry "bringing back the dead" in the SRD, only raise dead and resurrection are mentioned in this context: Preventing Revivification: Enemies can take steps to make it more difficult for a character to be returned from the dead. Keeping the body prevents others from using raise dead or resurrection to restore the slain character to life. Casting trap the soul prevents any sort of revivification unless the soul is first released. However, the True Resurrection Entry idicates that the body must have been destroyed: This spell can even bring back creatures whose bodies have been destroyed, provided that you unambiguously identify the deceased in some fashion (reciting the deceased’s time and place of birth or death is the most common method).
Seeker95 01-17-05, 03:39 PM	1. In the unoccupied square closest to the spellcaster. (my opinion, but drawing upon many such "where to appear" references for teleport et al.) 2. The body does not need to have been destroyed. It is not a requirement of true resurrection -- it is a benefit. If the body does exist, but is not present, the same thing as #1 (above) would happen. However, a really develish DM could easily rule that the original body is resurrected, wherever it may be, fully restored to health. I would only recommend this if it really did further the plot.