====== Ritual of Rebirth ======

//"The caster of this spell revives a previously slain hero via the ancient Ritual of Rebirth. The ritual mummifies the dead hero before bringing him or her back to life. Only great heroes from the Hall of Fame can be resurrected by this ritual. The ritual can be performed multiple times on a single hero. Inanimate or undead beings are not affected by this spell."// -- Illwinter

Do you miss one of your [[Commander|Commanders]] or Mages dearly? Is it because they accomplished something and made it in the [[Hall of Fame]]?

Well fret not! The **??Ritual of Rebirth??** will return your **highest-placing** Hero to you, for only {{gems>15D}}!

=== Details ===

The Ritual of Rebirth is a [[Research|Level 7]] [[Enchantment]] [[Rituals|Ritual]] that requires a {{path>D4}} Mage and consumes {{gems>15D}} on use. 

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Truth be told, it works a bit like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Sematary|Pet Sematary]], irreversibly turning your guy into a Mummy that you can't hug. They lose all of their innate traits and attributes, other than [[Magic]] levels, [[Afflictions]], [[Experience]], and their [[Hall of Fame|Heroic Ability]], and they get new ones instead. These are as follows:

  * {{:abilities:undead.png?nolink}}[[Undead]]
  * {{:abilities:inanimate.png?nolink}}[[Inanimate]]
  * {{:abilities:need_not_eat.png?nolink}}[[Need not Eat]]
  * {{:abilities:death_curse.png?nolink}}[[Death Curse]]
  * {{:abilities:spirit_sight.png?32&nolink}}[[Spirit Sight]]
  * {{:abilities:vulnerability_fire.png?nolink}}[[Elemental-Resistance|Vulnerability to Fire]] (-10)
  * {{:abilities:resist_cold.png?nolink}}[[Cold Resistance]] (15)
  * {{:abilities:resist_poison.png?nolink}}[[Poison Resistance]] (25)
  * {{:abilities:plague_carrier.png?32&nolink}}[[Spreads Plague]] (8)

The last trait is especially concerning, spreading [[Disease]] to anyone next to them.

There are three kinds of Mummies produced by this spell; the ??Giant Mummy#741?? (Size 4) is for everyone Size 4 **or larger**, the winged ??Mummy#743?? (Size 3) is for everyone Size 3 **or smaller** who has the [[Flying]] trait, and the normal ??Mummy#398?? (Size 2) is for everyone else. Giant Mummies have the same-sized "Plague Aura" as the other two. All three have high [[Strength]] and HP for their forms (compared to the living), decent [[Map Movement]], 12 Attack, 8 Defense, 8 Precision, 8 [[Protection]], 16 [[Magic Resistance]], 30 [[Morale]], and decent Undead Leadership.

As said in the description, Inanimates cannot be brought back by the Ritual of Rebirth, **other than the Mummies made by this spell**. You can keep bringing the same guy back as often as you wish, provided that they stay on the Hall of Fame and aren't outdone by another of your Commanders/Mages/Priests. Contrary to what the spell description states, however, the "living" Undead (such as Vampires and Ghouls) **can** be brought back by this Ritual.

[[Prophet|Prophets]] brought back by the Ritual lose their Prophet trait if they've been dead for 6 turns, but they keep their boosted {{:misc:magic:holy.png?14&nolink}}[[Divine Magic|Priest]] levels. You can thus make the same guy a Prophet twice to get {{path>H4}} or {{path>H5}}, or even {{path>H6}} if they were one of those {{path>H4}} [[Heroes]].

The [[Soul Slay|soul-slain]] cannot be brought back with this ritual.

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