Death's Door (spell) - Revision history

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Wounds, Injuries & Disease

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 Additionally, the spell is bound by a strict time limit. The character must have died within one hour per caster level — beyond this threshold, their body becomes too far gone for Death's Door to take effect. If too much time has passed, stronger magics such as resurrection are required to return the deceased to life.
 See [[Raise Dead (spell)]]
-[[Category: Clerical Spells]][[Category: Don't Review until 2023]]
+[[Category: Clerical Spells]][[Category: Reviewed]]

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-'''Death's door''' brings back the life of a [[Experience Level|levelled]] creature that's been killed, whose [[Hit Points|hit points]] (h.p.) after [[Death|death]] are greater than [[Negative Hit Points|-20]].
+'''Death’s Door''' is a spell that restores the life of [[Experience Level|levelled]] creatures that have been killed, provided their [[Hit Points|hit points]] have not fallen beyond negative 20 after [[Death|death]].  It is capable of reversing fatal wounds; The spell requires that the target's body remains relatively intact — it cannot restore those who have been completely destroyed, dismembered or reduced to ash. Those revived by ''Death's Door'' awaken weakened and vulnerable, often requiring immediate care to recover their full strength.
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 | level = [[Cleric 3rd Level Spells|cleric (3rd)]]
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-'''For example''', Cristos has 8 h.p. when he's hit by a chimera for 22 [[Damage (hit points)|damage]].  He's dead, but because his corpse has -14 h.p., death's door can yet return him to life.
+This period of immobility represents the body's slow return to function — muscles regaining strength, blood flow stabilising and the mind reorienting itself after briefly slipping away. If attacked or disturbed during this time, the character cannot defend themselves, making immediate protection from allies critical.
-Once restored, recipients must make a [[Constitution (ability stat)|system shock survival]] roll, but not a [[Resurrection (spell)|resurrection]] roll.  Their hit points increase to zero, and they're conscious ... but a full five rounds must pass before the character can take any actions whatsoever.  During this time, the character is prone.
+'''For example''', Cristos has 8 h.p. when he is struck by a chimera, suffering 22 points of [[Damage (hit points)|damage]]. This reduces his total hit points to -14, meaning he is dead but still within the threshold for Death's Door to restore him. Since his hit points have not fallen below -20, his body remains salvageableand the spell can pull him back from death.
-== Circumstances of Death ==
+The spell serves as an intermediate measure between conventional healing magic and true [[Resurrection (spell)|resurrection]], allowing allies to be saved from an otherwise permanent fate. However, because it only works within a limited range of negative hit points, it imposes a harsh cutoff between those who can still be saved and those who are truly beyond reach.
-If the death occurred from [[Disease|disease]], system shock failure or other wholistic effect, the spell can be of no assistance.  Furthermore, the killed individual must have suffered death less than 1 hour perl level of the caster.
+== Wounds, Injuries & Disease ==
 See [[Raise Dead (spell)]]
 [[Category: Clerical Spells]][[Category: Don't Review until 2023]]

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 == Circumstances of Death ==
-If the recipient sustained any wounds prior to or on account of the killing blow, these wounds are closed and can do no further harm to the character.  Any [[Injuries|injuries]] that might have been sustained in the character's death are still present — so these must be [[Healing|healed]] before further h.p. can be restored.
+If the recipient sustained any wounds prior to or on account of the killing blow, these wounds are closed and can do no further harm to the character.  Any [[Injury|injuries]] that might have been sustained in the character's death are still present — so these must be [[Healing|healed]] before further h.p. can be restored.
 If the death occurred from [[Disease|disease]], system shock failure or other wholistic effect, the spell can be of no assistance.  Furthermore, the killed individual must have suffered death less than 1 hour perl level of the caster.

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 '''Death's door''' brings back the life of a [[Experience Level|levelled]] creature that's been killed, whose [[Hit Points|hit points]] (h.p.) after [[Death|death]] are greater than [[Negative Hit Points|-20]].
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 | level = [[Cleric 3rd Level Spells|cleric (3rd)]]
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 Once restored, recipients must make a [[Constitution (ability stat)|system shock survival]] roll, but not a [[Resurrection (spell)|resurrection]] roll.  Their hit points increase to zero, and they're conscious ... but a full five rounds must pass before the character can take any actions whatsoever.  During this time, the character is prone.

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-'''Death's door''' brings back the life of a [[Experience Level|levelled]] creature that's been killed, whose [[Hit Points|hit points]] (h.p.) after [[Death|death]] are greater than [[Negative Hit Points|-20]].  For example, Cristos has 8 h.p. when he's hit by a chimera for 22 [[Damage (hit points)|damage]].  He's dead, but because his corpse has -14 h.p., death's door can yet return him to life.
+'''Death's door''' brings back the life of a [[Experience Level|levelled]] creature that's been killed, whose [[Hit Points|hit points]] (h.p.) after [[Death|death]] are greater than [[Negative Hit Points|-20]].
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 | name = Death's Door
 | range = touch
-| duration = permanent; see below
+| duration = permanent; see text
 | area of effect = 1 creature
 | casting time = 2 [[Combat Round|rounds]]
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-Snatches back to life a leveled creature who has been killed, so long as their hit points have not dropped below -19, or a non-leveled creature whose hit points have not dropped below -9.
+Once restored, recipients must make a [[Constitution (ability stat)|system shock survival]] roll, but not a [[Resurrection (spell)|resurrection]] roll.  Their hit points increase to zero, and they're conscious ... but a full five rounds must pass before the character can take any actions whatsoever.  During this time, the character is prone.
-Once those five rounds have passed, the creature may act normally.
+See [[Raise Dead (spell)]]
-The spell retains the power to preserve creatures only so long as they have been killed less than 1 hour per level of the cleric.
+[[Category: Clerical Spells]][[Category: Don't Review until 2023]]

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	The spell retains the power to preserve creatures only so long as they have been killed less than 1 hour per level of the cleric.		The spell retains the power to preserve creatures only so long as they have been killed less than 1 hour per level of the cleric.
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