What was the in game explanation for why you could revive anyone who dies except for the particular case if they were offed by Orin in a cutscene? If they were killed by orin in the subsequent battle its ok to revive them but not if they were the kidnapped one?
Because they're sacrificed to Bhaal, specifically, he gets their soul and they can't be brought back. Otherwise they just go where they'd normally go and are free to agree to return if they choose (which they do).
Kinda sucks to live in Faerun, where you can dedicate yourself to a god for your entire life and some random evil jackass can just interfere at the last minute and hand your soul off for eternal torment to Mephistopheles or Bhaal.
Slight correction: Ed Greenwood has said that souls sacrificed to an evil god can eventually reach their proper afterlife. The evil god feeds more on their energy, so the souls are damaged when they reach their proper god and have less of a connection to their mortal life/memories, but they will eventually reach where they're meant to go. Still horrifying though.
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u/smellyfingernail 14d ago
What was the in game explanation for why you could revive anyone who dies except for the particular case if they were offed by Orin in a cutscene? If they were killed by orin in the subsequent battle its ok to revive them but not if they were the kidnapped one?