Bringing the dead back removes conditions?


Rules Questions


If a creature is fatigued, killed, and then raised through raise dead, breath of life, or resurrection, do they come back still fatigued? How about those who were recently hit by Acid Arrow. Or Blindness/Deafness?

Video game logic would dictate they'd be cleansed of these buffs upon death. I don't think I would be upset either way this was ruled at a table. I'm curious to hear what you think.


Ongoing damage effects, things that cause direct HP damage, continue regardless of the aliveness of the target they are affecting. Acid arrow will continue to damage a target that has died and been brought back until it expires.

This is usually made irrelevant by the cast time of raise spells. Breath of life being the exception.


Raise dead lists which effects are cleansed (normal disease and poison, abilities damaged to 0 are raised to 1). Curses and magical diseases remain.

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