Inevitables and Memory of Function.


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Memory of function can restore destroyed constructs. Would this work on a dead inevitable who can count as a construct with its Constructed ability?


inevitables are still outsiders (living constructs but still living outsiders). their soul and body are one thing. once they die you can't rise them from the dead with anything short of something as powerful as a limited\wish.
As this spell is worded similar to resurrection\rise dead spells (in the part about destroyed constructs) it seem to lack the ability to bring back the inevitable soul back to life.

"Unlike most living creatures, an outsider does not have a dual nature—its soul and body form one unit. When an outsider is slain, no soul is set loose. Spells that restore souls to their bodies, such as raise dead, reincarnate, and resurrection, don’t work on an outsider. It takes a different magical effect, such as limited wish, wish, miracle, or true resurrection to restore it to life. An outsider with the native subtype can be raised, reincarnated, or resurrected just as other living creatures can be."


It’s not like constructs have souls either though.

Liberty's Edge

Inevitable type wrote:


Inevitables are construct-like outsiders built by the axiomites to enforce law. They have the following traits.
...
Constructed (Ex) Although inevitables are living outsiders, their bodies are constructed of physical components and in many ways they function as constructs.
Inevitable statblock wrote:
outsider (extraplanar, inevitable, lawful)

On the basis of the first quote alone, I was in favor of "they are constructs first, outsiders only because they were assembled on the outer planes", but the statblock shows the opposite order of precedence, they are outsiders first, inevitable second, and being inevitable make them "in many ways they function as constructs".

So, strict RAW, I think that Memory of function will not work.

As a GM, I would have it work, as applying "Even a broken object remembers what it means to be a functioning whole. You restore a broken object or damaged construct to a functional state" is extremely appropriate to inevitables.


I think it is completely clear that if you cast Memory of Function on a damaged-but-not-dead Inevitable, they get healed. So the question becomes, "is having counted as a Construct while alive good enough MoF?" And I think that the answer has to be "yes". Because if it isn't, then having counted as a Construct while alive by virtue of actually having been a Construct would not work either and that part of the spell would be pointless!

In conclusion, IMNSHO, yes it works.

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