[Spoiler] Memory of function and Casandalee

[gadeschaos]

I have a doubt.
As of my understanding, memory of function can bring back to life an android, since it counts as a construct.
So, when the players find the body, could they think of using this spell to bring her back to life? I don't see anything against it, since the neurocam they find is only a copy of her, and she's not been dead for so long that the spell would not function.

Is there something i'm not seeing that prevents from resurrecting her?

[Mathmuse]

Memory of Function says, "If you attempt to cast this spell on an object or a construct that has been destroyed for more than 10 years per caster level you possess, the spell fails."

Furkas Xoud found Casandalee's body around 4703 AR, around 109 years ago. That time is well within the range of the 13th-level cleric or wizard casting the spell. However, Furkas Xoud found her dead body. Page 7 of Valley of the Brain Stealers mentions that Casandalee had reached Silver Mount in 4221 AR, 591 years ago. I cannot find the date of her death; nevertheless, Casandalee was been dead for several centuries.

[Slithery D]

There's also the GM-fiat "her soul was already judged and can't come back option." But in that case you can do something other than just have the spell fail, you can have the body repaired with a new soul, just like an ordinary android reset. It wouldn't be Casandalee, though.

[Mathmuse]

Mathmuse wrote:

Furkas Xoud found Casandalee's body around 4703 AR, around 109 years ago. That time is well within the range of the 13th-level cleric or wizard casting the spell. However, Furkas Xoud found her dead body. Page 7 of Valley of the Brain Stealers mentions that Casandalee had reached Silver Mount in 4221 AR, 591 years ago. I cannot find the date of her death; nevertheless, Casandalee was been dead for several centuries.

Oops, I copied the dates from the modules correctly, but I incorrectly remembered the current year. The likely date of Iron Gods is 4714 AR. Thus, Casandalee's time at Silver Mount was only 493 years ago. Well, that still puts her death at over three centuries ago.