Resurrection?

[Plumbersmack]

I was/am playing through, and my half orc character died during a random encounter (we were f**ked up already). I didn't have a resurection scroll at the time, so I didn't raise him from the dead. I went and bought one, but now cannot raise him.

I heard some of the priest you find can raise the dead, but it does not seem to be working either (no option to raise).

Am I SOL or just doing something wrong?

[Grymm]

I picked up a Raise Dead scroll, and there was some info there that I wasn't used to... Said something about getting 2 (or 3?) negative levels upon the Raise, and the character you were trying to Raise had to have more Hit Dice than Negative Levels. Also noticed in some of the Load screens that some mobs (Devils / Demons?) could kill you in a fashion that you can't be raised / res'd from....

[Plumbersmack]

Originally posted by Grymm:

I picked up a Raise Dead scroll, and there was some info there that I wasn't used to... Said something about getting 2 (or 3?) negative levels upon the Raise, and the character you were trying to Raise had to have more Hit Dice than Negative Levels. Also noticed in some of the Load screens that some mobs (Devils / Demons?) could kill you in a fashion that you can't be raised / res'd from....

Thanks, but it wasn't a demon or anything, maybe the negative levels? I am not sure...

[Harnak]

Raise Dead has several limitations. One of these is that it works only on creatures dead for no longer than 1 day per caster level.
Since scrolls are usually made at the lowest CL possible (which is 9th for 5th-level spells), your companion must have been dead for no longer than 9 days. You may have exceeded that time if you didn't raise him immediatly.

Later you'll be able to cast Resurrection (at 13th cleric level, not sure if they sell scrolls though), which raises a creature dead for 10 years per caster level. However, this comes at a much higher cost.

EDIT: Well, that's how It works in the tabletop version. I'm not sure It works the same way here, since Raise Dead scrolls don't seem to mention the days limitation.

[Captain Wasabi]

Scrolls only work if your caster suceeds dc of 29 use magic item check.