Death’s Sting

Out of Character Documentation

Upon being restored to life, a character will be in a weakened state, with all stats experiencing a reduction of 40%. The rate of recovery depends on how the character died and was restored to life.

Type of Death	Stat Recovery
Death With Deeds and Resurrection	4% per minute
Death Without Deeds, With Resurrection	2% per minute
Decay With Deeds	2% per minute
Decay Without Deeds	1% per minute

The Cleric spell, Holy Receptacle (325) - Chrism, can be used to mitigate this weakness, reducing it by up to 50% (to a 20% stat reduction). This will allow characters to prepare for emergencies, like major invasions, and be able to get fallen heroes back into the fray within minutes, if needed, but at a cost of a Chrism gem. Also, characters under level 10 will recover at twice the normal rate.

In addition to the above, the character’s Constitution will be reduced, with the amount based on the way that the character died and the number of times the character has died recently. Recent deaths are defined as those in the last 50,000 experience or 30 days, whichever results in fewer recent deaths. Players may type EXP to see their number of recent deaths. Constitution reduction for each type of death is as follows:

Type of Death	Constitution Loss and Other Penalties
Death With Deeds and Resurrection	-1 Constitution per recent death
Death Without Deeds, With Resurrection	-3 Constitution per recent death; reduced health, stamina, spirit and mana recovery rate for the next 2000 experience
Decay With Deeds	-3 Constitution per recent death; greater reduction in recovery rates
Decay Without Deeds	-3 Constitution per recent death; reduction in recovery rates as decay with deeds, effective for next 10,000 experience

The modifier for recent deaths will be capped at 5; even if a character has a chronic death problem, the character will not lose more than 5 Constitution for a normal death with resurrection. The cumulative maximum reduction will be capped at 25. These points will be recouped at a rate of 1 point per 2000 exp gained. The Cleric spell, Holy Receptacle (325) - Chrism, may mitigate this temporary Constitution loss, reducing it by up to 2 points. Characters under level 10 will not lose Constitution for recent deaths. Characters will also lose any unabsorbed field experience at the time of resurrection.

There is a means in which characters can recoup these temporary losses ... it is a puzzle for the players to figure out. All I know is to look for the priestesses that wander the towns and that the shadowy dragons and mounds found outside of town are involved.