Raise Dead

[chezcaliente]

Yeah - clearly it should be something to earn beyond just getting to level 9 - but simultaneously any ideas the DMs have to make it more enticing for someone to seek a PC to do it I think would be worth it. And its worth recognising that a PC earning a reputation requires mutual roleplay between them and other players. Not that I am suggesting that this is the case, but if the playerbase is too busy questing to listen to a sermon and consider how affected their PC is by it, it would be very difficult for a cleric to establish a following.

With Egon's suggestion of a slightly better XP return for a PC cast compared to the NPC cast, non-cleric players might be more willing to convert/become a follower of a particularly powerful cleric - both because it never hurts to have powerful friends, but also the assurance that as a devoted follower of said cleric and their deity, they are more likely to have preferential treatment.

In short: ideas and implementations that provide incentive for moving any aspect of the server towards more PC interactions are welcome in my book, so long as they don't devalue things that should be considered special, unusual or a perk for an excellent player.

[Ancient Mystery]

Two quick comments:

1: I don't think raise dead is all that miraculous really, given the game world. I'm guessing 99% of PC's have at one time -already- been raised from the dead at least once.

2: If you are a lvl 9 cleric and you haven't really made some good noise or otherwise accomplished feats for your god, you should reexamine what it means to be a cleric. However, I would guess a majority of those that reach 9 on this server are probably doing a great job. It would be a shame to punish the majority of good players for the failings of a few. Instead, why not remove the ability to cast the spell from those who don't impress, thereby giving them incentive to improve their RP?

[PlayaCharacter]

I've had at least three PCs (non-clerics) in the last two years who kept ample supplies of Raise Dead scrolls in their packs, and used them when the situation arose.

I've never even seen a small diamond, on a cleric character or otherwise. That restriction has never even been a factor for any of my PCs. It's not even really much of a restriction, because it's so easy to circumvent.