Partially Used: A Quick Suggestion for Ressurection/Raise Dead

Not a suggestion on tweaking what the spell does... RATHER.... a suggestion for tweaking what happens depending on who casts it.

Right now, there's no difference between a cleric casting the spell, and anyone else using a scroll. Since most players carry Gifts of Zolaras, and a fair number carry rez and/or raise scrolls, there's almost no point at all for a cleric to memorize either spell. Why waste a spell slot that could be put to use for another divine boom, or a healing spell when someone could just pop a GoZ or scroll?

So why not make it *beneficial* for a cleric to cast it rather than have joe-schmoe use his scroll collection?

When cast by a cleric, resurrection and raise dead grant full XP refund to the targeted player. When cast off a scroll by anyone else, it gives the standard 75% XP refund.

Another idea on top of that... taken from another server I played on: On the Gemstone server, clerics would get a bit of XP for raising fellow adventurers. In Aenea, rogues get a bit of XP for disarming traps, so it might be neat to give a small XP bonus to clerics who help their fallen comrades. Nothing huge... 15 for raising, 25 for ressurection.

Me likey.

Partially used. Changes will take effect with next module update.

While not fully restoring XP, the spells will increase the amount returned to the once-again-living.

raise dead (scroll):
return 75% of lost XP, raised PC at 1 HP

resurrection (scroll):
return 75% of lost XP, raised PC at full HP

raise dead (priest casting):
return 80% of lost XP, raised PC at 1 HP
caster gains XP: 1/caster level

resurrection (priest casting):
return 85% of lost XP, raised PC at full HP
caster gains XP: 1/caster level + 20

There is still a cost to dying, but now there will be a small benefit for getting your priest buddy to bring you back to life instead of just using an item.