Kent Lerch
01-16-1997, 11:06 AM
Greetings,
I have followed the discussion on the death of regents with great interest. As
it seems that the death of Michael Roele is regarded as an important precedent
as to whether regents can be raised or resurrected, I have had a second look at
the novel and found a passage which I think has not yet been given any
consideration in our ongoing discussion, cf. The Iron Throne, p. 499:
"Aedan charged his way through the bodies all around him and reached Michael
just as the Gorgon dismounted and raised his mighty sword for the killing blow,
and the bloodtheft that would follow. In that instant, Michael struggled to his
knees and reached out with his one remaining hand, placing his palm flat upon
the ground. He jerked, convulsively, and bits of earth and rock erupted from the
ground where he had placed his palm, grounding his powers, channeling them into
the earth and denying Raesene the ultimate victory of bloodtheft. With a howl of
rage, the Gorgon brought his blade down and cut Michael in two."
While this does not solve the question whether Raise Dead is possible on Cerilia
(respectively desirable in a campaign from the DMs point of view) it might
explain that the priesthood would have had extraordinary difficulties due to
this unusual form of demise of the late Emperor of Anuire.
BTW, interesting power that Michael uses here, isn't it? I haven't found
anything in the rules on this as yet. Anyone able to enlighten me?
Kent
I have followed the discussion on the death of regents with great interest. As
it seems that the death of Michael Roele is regarded as an important precedent
as to whether regents can be raised or resurrected, I have had a second look at
the novel and found a passage which I think has not yet been given any
consideration in our ongoing discussion, cf. The Iron Throne, p. 499:
"Aedan charged his way through the bodies all around him and reached Michael
just as the Gorgon dismounted and raised his mighty sword for the killing blow,
and the bloodtheft that would follow. In that instant, Michael struggled to his
knees and reached out with his one remaining hand, placing his palm flat upon
the ground. He jerked, convulsively, and bits of earth and rock erupted from the
ground where he had placed his palm, grounding his powers, channeling them into
the earth and denying Raesene the ultimate victory of bloodtheft. With a howl of
rage, the Gorgon brought his blade down and cut Michael in two."
While this does not solve the question whether Raise Dead is possible on Cerilia
(respectively desirable in a campaign from the DMs point of view) it might
explain that the priesthood would have had extraordinary difficulties due to
this unusual form of demise of the late Emperor of Anuire.
BTW, interesting power that Michael uses here, isn't it? I haven't found
anything in the rules on this as yet. Anyone able to enlighten me?
Kent