My Pishite Zexium can resurrect reliably. I will switch characters if requested, but may not be able to do so immediately you ask.
XP return seems to be based on several factors, including the resurrection (or fai.rit.cui.ta) bonus of the priest doing the resurrection, and the XP before death of the ghost. It is speculated that the return to the resurrected person is capped at 75% of their pre-death XP. It is also speculated that the higher the XP a character dies with, the higher the bonus needed by the resurrecting Pishite to get the maximum return to the character. A priest who returns 75% of 200k to your little newbie alt may not have enough bonus to return 75% of 8 mill to your big number-chasing main.
No pishite can tell you what your XP return will be. However, unless you know that your XP is below a level at which a specific resurrection bonus will comfortably hit the XP return cap of 75%, it makes sense to look for the highest resurrection bonus you can. The skills website and the "who pishe" command may help. Note, however, that ghosts asking Pishites for their bonuses at their moment of need may alienate those Pishites.
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There are people who will try and help you.
You will:
You will not, under any circumstances, get stroppy or complain about:
If the ritual failed, sit tight and wait quietly unless the priest says otherwise. A priest that has just failed a ressurect or raise ritual probably feels upset enough about it without you doing or saying anything at all. GP regen is normally required before the ritual can be repeated. We didn't kill you, we're trying to help. Please don't get annoyed at us!
Raise is a ritual available to Priests and Priestesses of Gufnork, Pishe and Sek. It is also available through some NPCs and in some special rooms, usually requiring some interaction by the ghost, such as using the command "raise" or saying "please raise me". I don't know if any of the NPCs are language sensitive. It will restore the ghostly player to a more substantial form, albeit with a reduced Con stat, no XP and very low HP. This is the same as being raised in the shrines and temples listed below.
Resurrect is a ritual available to Priests and Priestesses of Pishe. The advantages of resurrect is that it can restore some of the lost XP, and will also restore the Con stat, but not HP.
Resurrect needs a lot of energy (GP) to cast, and even high level Priests and Priestesses can fail. They will then have to wait for their GP to build up before trying again. Most Priests and Priestesses do not appreciate funny stunts while waiting, and the best advice if this occurs is to "keep your hands away from the keyboard and wait patiently". Your funny stunt may be perceived as complaining about ritual failure (see above) which may lead to you receiving a reduced service. This might be, but is not limited to: raise dead instead of resurrect, no healing after raising / resurrection, no restore after a raise, or the pishite just leaving.
Remember that after both Resurrect and Raise you will need some healing before you do anything that may cause a loss of HP. After Raise you will also need a Restore or to wait for your Con stat to increase to it's normal level.
These are locations where a ghostly player may be restored to a more substantial
form without player assistance. In all cases, the restored player will have reduced stats.
You may need to use a command (such as "raise") or request the help of NPC ("say please
raise me" or "sayto
The NPC of last restort, the Godmother will transfer you to your start location, raise you and bring your body along as well, but she will charge, initially just a temporary stat drop, later on she charges a life. Make sure you have a spare life before using the godmother command. If you are having problems understanding or communicating with the good fairy, just "say yes", "nod" your head and "think safe".