Resurrection Side Effects (d40)

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1

You are always icy cold to the touch.

You didn't quite fully shake death's cold embrace.

2

When sleeping, you appear dead to a casual observer. You barely breath, and your heartbeat cannot be felt.

Your signs of life now cease whenever you sleep.

3

You feel at home in crypts, graveyards, and other places of burial. You feel tired in such places.

You find comfort in the places of the final rest.

4

You have trouble remembering that living creatures and corpses should be treated differently.

It is difficult for you to differentiate the rites of dead and the customs of the living.

5

You barely bleed, even when badly injured.

Your blood has become thick and doesn't spill easily.

6

You still bear the wound that killed you. It never bleeds, but never heals, as if frozen in time.

The physical trauma of the killing blow has left an immutable mark on you.

7

You develop a great interest in matters of spirituality and faith.

You are interested in matters of the soul, spirit, and faith.

8

You develop a fascination with the occult and necromancy.

You are fascinated in the rites of necromancy and eccentric magics.

9

Your heart beats very slowly. This event sometimes surprises you.

Your heart beats very slowly. This event sometimes surprises you.

10

You rarely blink, and your eyes possess a glazed over look.

During the soul’s departure, its windows have glazed over.

11

You find little use in material wealth.

You've learned that you can't take it with you, and find little use in material possessions.

12

You have an obsession in the pleasures of the material world.

You feel the urge to indulge yourself as much as possible while you still can.

13

Grass browns beneath your feet, small animals get visibly ill near you, and insects drop dead around you.

The energy of death still lingers within your soul and faintly radiates from you.

14

When you breathe, a small fog issues from your mouth or nose as if you are in freezing temperatures.

Death's cold embrace is still present in your every breath.

15

You are restless, not wanting to waste a single moment of this renewed life.

You've been given another chance. You aren't about to squander it.

16

You find it difficult to bring yourself to kill another being or condone a being's death.

Having died, you find it difficult bring yourself to inflict a similar fate on another being.

17

Your skin tone becomes desaturated, and your eyes sunken in.

The countenance of death has not faded since your return.

18

You smell of damp earth, and you find dirt on you in the strangest places.

The dirt of the grave is always with you.

19

Corpses and places of burial unnerve you greatly, and you feel uncomfortable when discussing your death.

The dead disturb you, and you feel a great unease discussing your demise.

20

You're glad to be back, but you always feel a sense of unease having cheated death.

You're relieved to be alive, but you can't help but feel that you're on borrowed time.

21

You are followed by blackbirds and ravens when outdoors.

The birds of death and ill omen follow curiously in your wake.

22

Your hair color becomes white.

The hue of your hair has turned shock white on your death.

23

You can't help but feel that life has a little bit less meaning and purpose.

You can't help but view the world of the living with a bit more nihilism.

24

You develop a strong sense of caution and slight paranoia.

You frequently worry about dying again, and take great pains to avoid doing so.

25

Your eye color becomes an unnatural color.

Upon the soul's return, the color of its windows has changed.

26

You no longer have a reflection.

You no longer have a reflection.

27

You feel like you owe a great debt to those who resurrected you.

You feel as if you owe a nigh-unpayable debt to those who resurrected you.

28

You feel the guilt of failure in your death.

You feel the guilt of failure in your death.

29

You no longer cast a shadow.

You no longer cast a shadow.

30

Your movements are echoed by a faint, ethereal afterimage.

Your spirit and body have slightly unsynced, giving your movements a ghostly echo.

31

To you, your return is a sign that the fates have a greater destiny in store for you.

To you, your return is a sign that the fates have a greater destiny in store for you.

32

You can't be bothered trivial things anymore. All the petty stuff seems so meaningless to you now.

You can't be bothered with the trivial things anymore.

33

Your joints and muscles are often stiff and tense, especially after waking.

The aches of death never seem to fully go away.

34

You have a permanent mark of your resurrector's deity or afterlife's symbol on your body.

Your return has come with a reminder of your savior and brush with death.

35

Your afterlife was blissful. You were reluctant to come back.

Your afterlife was blissful. You were reluctant to come back.

36

You no longer fear death, and make decisions with little regard to your own safety.

You feel invincible, especially in the face of danger.

37

Your veins have darkened and your blood has turned to a black ichor.

The energy of death stills flows through your veins.

38

Your voice has a ethereal, echo quality.

The voice of your spirit has returned and blended with your voice.

39

Death was far from pleasant and you would do anything to never experience it again.

Death was far from pleasant and you would do anything to never experience it again.

40

Your afterlife experience is a foggy memory, and you can't help but feel as if you're forgetting something important.

Your memory of the afterlife is hazy, but it's right there, on the tip of your tongue...