Dead
Dead is a status condition in which one has suffered a fatal critical injury or lost all health points.
Most verbs will not work while you are dead, after all you are only a ghost! You can still SAY and THINK to communicate with others and try to find help.
Dead characters can be brought back to life by a Cleric using the Raise Dead (318) spell, or Paladin using Divine Word (1640). On Teras Isle, Dead Man's Pale ale may be used when a cleric is not available, but the ale will not work in any other region.
Preservation
It is possible to check if your character is under the effects of some form of preservation without the presence of a cleric through use of DEPART. If the following message is displayed when typing DEPART (and not DEPART CONFIRM) while dead, the character's corpse is preserved through use of Preservation (305):
Your soul has been magically bound to your corpse. You cannot yet leave.
Any character can force the effects of Preservation (305) to cease through use of the UNLINK verb while dead in order to use DEPART.from that, it is possible to estimate how long an unpreserved character has before automatically decaying through use of DEPART. By typing DEPART alone (and not DEPART CONFIRM), a series of message will be displayed noting time remaining until forced decay.
Decay Timer
| Race | Decay Timer |
|---|---|
| Aelotoi | 10 minutes |
| Dwarf | 16 minutes |
| Elf | 10 minutes |
| Elf, Dark | 10 minutes |
| Elf, Half | 10 minutes |
| Elf, Sylvan | 10 minutes |
| Erithian | 13 minutes |
| Gnome, Burghal | 14 minutes |
| Gnome, Forest | 16 minutes |
| Giantmen | 13 minutes |
| Halfling | 16 minutes |
| Krolvin, Half | 13 minutes |
| Human | 14 minutes |
The duration for how long a corpse can remain unpreserved is determined by race. A timer has been added in Wrayth's cooldown window to show how long a character has until they decay. Apart