Resurrection

Despite the title of this section, Resurrection is not the only method for regaining a fleshly transport for your immortal parts.

It is, however, the most popular, for reasons which will become clear as we take a closer look at the various options recommended by the imps of Kilmarizan.

Godmother Help

To summon the Godmother to your aid, simple type godmother help. When she arrives, type say yes or 'yes as quickly as possible, or she'll assume you summoned her by mistake, and leave.

Pros:

• Summon her fast enough, and she can sometimes save you from dying in the first place.
• Brings you back to life.
• Carries you and your corpse (with all your possessions) to a place of safety - the place where you first entered the game (e.g. The Mended Drum).
• You get to keep any XP earned while dead.
• Occasionally bestows upon you a tasty pumpkin or two, which you can sell!

Cons:

• The Godmother cannot save you from drowning, because she cannot understand what you are trying to say to her while your lungs are filling with water. Instead, you gurgle pointlessly at each other until she realises she's going to drown too, and departs. Without you.
• You need a certain number of GP to summon the Godmother. Too few, and she won't come.
• Loses you all the XP you possessed at the moment you died.
• Although alive, you are still badly injured (check your HP).
• If you're Guild Level 50 or over, any Godmother service, including raising from the dead, will cost you a life (bringing your total loss under these circumstances to 2 lives).

NB: Since first writing this, the eminent Pishite Zexium has let it be known that you can also think safe or simply nod godmother in circumstances where you cannot talk.

Personally, I had no success with think safe, but nod godmother worked beautifully.

Get Raised

You can be raised to life in a number of locations, listed below. Apart from those players capable of performing the Raise Dead ritual (of whom you should always ask nicely), the general method for availing yourself of this service is to simply type say please raise me, or 'please raise me at the appropriate location. Kindly souls such as Harry in the Temple of Small Gods will sometimes prompt you.

Pros:

• Brings you back to life.
• You get to keep any XP earned while dead.

Cons:

• Loses you all the XP you possessed at the moment you died.
• Although alive, you are still badly injured (check your HP).
• You have to leave your corpse where it is and travel to a "Raise" location, risking the loss of your money and belongings.

Locations:

• Player priests of Pishe, Gufnork and Sek; any player with requisite skills and suitable equipment.
• Harry in the Temple of Small Gods.
• Wizards' House near Pekan Ford & Hillshire.
• Temple of Small Gods in Ohulan-Cutash.
• Mrs Gogol in Genua.
• Temple of Sessifet (1 south, 1 southeast from Fish Temple) in Temple St, Djelibeybi.
• Temple of Pishe ruin in Unnamed Town, Uberwald.
• Tu Silent Llamas, Chopsticks (3 east of the Square of Thousand Parades), Bes Pelargic.
• Hut on Brown Islands, Bes Pelargic.

Get Resurrected

The first option recommended by the Kilmarizan imps, and rightly so. Only other players are able to perform the Resurrect ritual; the convention is politeness at all times, and if you can afford it, possibly a donation. Few Pishites require more reward than the chance to earn some XP themselves with this important ritual; but we all like to feel appreciated, don't we?

Pros:

• Brings you back to life.
• The higher the faith.rituals.curing.target bonus of the Pishite resurrecting you, the larger the percentage of XP earned in life returned to you with your mortal self.
• Brings you back to full health, full stats, all the XP you have earned while dead and, as mentioned above, some of the XP you earned prior to dying.

Cons:

• Compared with the alternatives, there are no cons to Resurrection.

Last But Far From Least...

Resurrection and Recovery Unit (RRU) was founded by the truly saintly and heroic Thalasso¹ for the purpose of rescuing the clueless and unfortunate from desperate situations all over the Disc. Particularly those which result in the otherwise irretrievable loss of one's personal items in phenomenally dangerous environments.

The RRU can also be found in the Discworld MUD list of player clubs here: http://discworld.atuin.net/lpc/playing/club_info.c?club_name=rru. The club description, slightly unreadable on its Discworld MUD webpage, is as follows:

The Resurrection and Recovery Unit is an organization aimed to provide help for those in need of assistance in death-induced situations.

Corpse recoveries and resurrections are among some of the services RRU offers. If you need help of this nature, "tell" one of the online members, mentioning RRU, where you are, and what sort of assistance you require.

The RRU website is located at rru.50megs.com.

And you're back! Back! BACK!

Ah, breath that sweet air! (Unless you're in Ankh-Morpork.) Your adventures in the Land of Shadow are concluded... at least for now.

So collect your belongings from your mortal remains (if you can find them), re-equip as fast as possible; and discover that you cannot bury your own corpse².

And also check that line in your score again...

You have died 1 time and can die 6 times before you are completely dead.

Yes indeed... despite your return to health and fitness, for you the sands are flowing from just a little further down the glass. You have only 7 more lives to lose before your adventures are ended forever.

Or have you?

1. What a guy!
2. For some reason, you cannot bury your own corpse, nor that of another player. However, if you and the Pishite who resurrects you are both player killers³, the Pishite will be able to perform a ritual to give your Discly remains a decent send-off.
3. Unlikely, but possible.