When a character in BG dies, he/she can be raised fairly easily. They're not zombies, skeletons, or any other type of undead. But in Forgotten Realms novels, people who die are dead. Is this an inconsistency, or is the person not quite dead but needs a cleric's services to revive them? Or is there some other explanation?
Raising the Dead (No, I'm not asking how to do it)
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Zayle79
, avril 09 2011 04:44
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Posté 09 avril 2011 - 10:28
morbidest2
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I vaguely remember that in some of the old floppy disc TSR games that preceded Ice Wind Dale and BG the concept was that if hit points were reduced to 0 the character was unconscious and bleeding to death. If given prompt enough "bandaging" he/she could considered only critically wounded and eventually nursed back to health. That philosophy seemed to have influenced BG. But of course, if you play at Core level or higher, or are petrified and then damaged, or have all levels or one of your 6 attributes lowered to zero, then you are DEAD and GONE.
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Posté 10 avril 2011 - 04:15
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Another way to look at it, is that a high level cleric will be able to resurrect a dead companion, if they are not "too far gone." In core rules, if they are petrified, or chunked, or just plain got the crap smacked out of them, they cannot be resurrected.
When you go to a temple, you can assume you are dealing with a higher level priest, who has the resurrection spell available.
That being said, there are some differences/inconsistencies between true 2nd ed AD&D rules, and Baldur's Gate. They are necessary, so as to make it playable as a PC game. Additionally, the FG novels tend to "glaze" over the 2nd ed AD&D rules as well in order to create a good story. The Drizzt series (which I love) is a great example of this.
When you go to a temple, you can assume you are dealing with a higher level priest, who has the resurrection spell available.
That being said, there are some differences/inconsistencies between true 2nd ed AD&D rules, and Baldur's Gate. They are necessary, so as to make it playable as a PC game. Additionally, the FG novels tend to "glaze" over the 2nd ed AD&D rules as well in order to create a good story. The Drizzt series (which I love) is a great example of this.
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Posté 10 avril 2011 - 08:47
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Actually it is possible for clerics to resurrect the dead in the Forgotten Realms novels. It just takes an extremely powerful and rare cleric to do it. The main difference between the games and novels is the amount of powerful characters that exist. To make the game interesting they have to offer a lot of high level NPCs for you to fight but in the novels it is only the truly legendary characters that achieve that kind of power.
Essentially any cleric powerful enough to raise the dead has much bigger issues to deal with than raising your friend.
Essentially any cleric powerful enough to raise the dead has much bigger issues to deal with than raising your friend.
Modifié par Shannara13, 10 avril 2011 - 08:53 .
