Talk:Undead/@comment-4536066-20121210222930/@comment-5349823-20121210224234

Well, that would depend on how long they were dead. If it were only a few minutes, maybe 10-15, they would be fine, not undead. If it was longer, such as a few months, then when they are revived, they'd be a zombie. Unless of course the necromancer in doing the ritual had sufficient life force to put into the ritual. Even then, the ritual can fail, causing the revived to suffer from amnesia, leave them mentally retarded, or even just a vegetable. But in theory, one could be revived if a human sacrifice was made, trading the victims lifeforce to revive the person in question. Without it, the Necromancer would be forced to cut off the flow of life force to a greater portion of their body. There are few necromancers with that sort of heart.