Talk:Resurrection
Edition-specific sections (RESOLVED)
Can this page mark separate sections for 1e-only canon and 2e canon? As of PF2e, resurrecting someone is either done a) in 10 minutes by casting raise dead [from a spell slot or scroll/wand/etc.], or b) in a 1-day-long process by the multi-caster ritual resurrect.
Very roughly, one could think of it like the 1-minute raise dead was retconned to the new 10-minute raise dead, 1-minute resurrection was retconned to the 1-day 5th-rank or 7th-rank resurrect ritual, and 10-minute true resurrection was retconned to the 1-day 9th-rank resurrect ritual.
Accordingly, it might be appropriate to imply that, in the retcon sense, the 9th-rank heightened resurrect ritual "is" the true resurrection spell now, in the canon where true resurrection does not exist anymore. When nine ritual casters get together to perform resurrect without any body parts, in-world characters might (if informally) refer to this heightened resurrect ritual using the name true resurrection? At present, the article confusingly mixes the two canons as if they coexist, especially on the article text's lines 37 and 73.
I think my personal preference might be to section the article in "half" by placing the Notice {1E|section} at some point down on the page. The sections above the Notice would have information that can coexist between editions; the sections below the Notice would be dedicated to 1e-exclusive information such as the non-rituals resurrection and true resurrection. Descriptivist (talk) 19:47, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
If it's a concern, I'd rather remove all mechanical information and spell names out of the article, split any spell-specific information into disambiguated articles of their own, and focus this article solely on canon information about the process and effects of resurrecting the dead in the campaign setting. -Oznogon (talk) 21:35, 14 August 2024 (UTC)