100 Resurrection Effects
Not all returns from death are equal, no matter how clean the magic appears on the surface. The rituals of raise dead, resurrection, and even true resurrection are often described as precise, reliable workings - but they reach into a place that is anything but orderly. The soul is not a passive thing waiting patiently to be retrieved; it moves, changes, lingers, or is claimed. Some return reluctantly, others eagerly, and still others are pulled back through circumstances they scarcely understand. In that journey, something is always left behind… or something else comes back with them.
Even the most experienced priests and arcanists will admit - quietly, and only among peers - that resurrection is less a perfect restoration and more a negotiation. Forces beyond mortal comprehension may take notice, impose conditions, or leave subtle marks upon the one returned. These effects are not always curses, nor are they always blessings, but they are almost never without consequence. A resurrected soul may find their body altered, their perceptions shifted, or their place in the world slightly… misaligned. To die is to cross a threshold. To return is to do so imperfectly.
Whispers in the Dark
In the weeks following your revival your hair and body become colorless (albino). You may retain only three languages of your choice; all others are lost. You take a -2 penalty on Will saves against sleep effects.Weakness of the Thread
You have returned to life but your hold on it is tenuous. You die at -5 hit points instead of -10. Natural healing restores only half the normal amount, and cure spells heal -1 hit point per die (minimum 1 per die).Preparation is Obvious
Certain of the need to prepare for death, your alignment shifts one step toward Law. You gain a +1 bonus on Will saves against compulsion effects.It is All Lies and Vanity
Death cannot be prepared for. Your alignment shifts one step toward Chaos. You gain a +1 bonus on saves against fear effects.Message from Beyond
Over the next three months you are visited by dreams bearing meaning. Once per week, you receive the effect of augury (caster level equals your Hit Dice).One with Death
You appear to the undead as one of their own. Mindless undead ignore you unless attacked. Intelligent undead must succeed on a Will save (DC 10 + ½ your HD + your Cha modifier) to treat you as hostile.Unnatural Fear
Your brush with death has weakened your soul. You take a -2 penalty on saving throws against death effects, energy drain, and negative energy effects.A Place at Odin’s Table
You have seen your afterlife and are at peace. You gain a +4 bonus on saves against fear and a +2 bonus on saves against death effects.The Creek of Old Bones
You are unnaturally aged. You take the physical penalties of the next age category but do not gain the mental bonuses.I Shall Not Look on Life
Your memories of death haunt you. You are dazzled in daylight and blinded in direct sunlight.My Father’s Marble Halls
You have glimpsed history firsthand. Knowledge (history) and Knowledge (nobility) become class skills for you, and you gain a +2 competence bonus on both.I Am But a Memory Here
You are infertile and cannot produce offspring.Holy Burden
The gods returned you for a purpose. You are under a geas/quest effect (no HD limit; caster level equals your HD).I Have Seen What Is to Come
You retain a fragment of prophecy. Once ever, you may ask a question as commune (no material component required).Spirit Meld
Your soul adheres tightly to your body. You gain the native outsider type (retain any subtypes).Spiritual Severance
Your soul is loosely bound. Whenever you are affected by positive or negative energy, you must succeed on a Will save (DC 10 + spell level) or become incorporeal until the end of your next turn.Outside the Spiral of Life
You no longer require food or drink, though you must still rest to regain spells and abilities.By Death Damned
Your body requires magical sustenance. Each day you must receive magical healing or take 1 point of Constitution damage.Neither Here nor There
You do not register as alive or undead to detection spells.Stone Soul
A gemstone rests embedded in your body. It has hardness 10 and 5 hit points. If it is destroyed, you immediately die.Not Quite Whole
Your soul lags behind your body. After moving more than 30 feet in a round, you take a -1 penalty to AC until your next turn.Corpse Whisperer
You can speak with the recently dead. You gain speak with dead as a spell-like ability usable once per day (CL = HD, DC 10 + ½ HD + Cha).Empathy for the Dead
You feel each life you take. Whenever you kill a creature, you must succeed on a Will save (DC 10 + creature’s CR) or take a -2 penalty on attack rolls, saves, and skill checks for 1 hour.See Beyond the Pale
You can see ethereal creatures as if under see invisibility.Stared Into the Face of Death
Your presence unsettles others. You gain a +2 competence bonus on Intimidate checks.Not-Reincarnation
You retain echoes of another life. Gain one additional language and a +2 bonus on one Knowledge skill.A World of Shadows
The world seems dull and lifeless. You take a -2 penalty on Listen, Spot, and Search checks.Walker in the Mists
A phantom fog clouds your perception. Range penalties for ranged attacks and Spot checks are doubled.No Rest for the Weary
You only gain restful sleep when lying in dirt, a coffin, or under a burial shroud.It is the Old Wound, Sire
Old injuries linger. Whenever you take a critical hit, you are sickened for 1 round.I Have Seen… Things
Your eyes carry horror. Once per day, creatures within 30 ft must succeed on a Will save (DC 10 + ½ HD + Cha) or be dazed for 1 round.Aura of the Unquiet
Animals react poorly to you. You take a -4 penalty on Handle Animal, Ride, and Wild Empathy checks.Light Aversion
Light recoils from you. You gain a +2 bonus on saves against heat effects but take a -2 penalty on saves against cold effects.Hunger of the Dead
You no longer feel hunger or thirst, though you still suffer normal penalties for starvation and dehydration.Pleasures of the Flesh
You develop an unhealthy indulgence. You take a -2 penalty on Diplomacy checks but gain a +2 bonus on one Craft or Profession.Binding
You are bound to an object tied to your death. You gain a +2 bonus on saves against death effects. If the object is destroyed, you must succeed on a Fortitude save (DC 15) or die.Death’s Servant
You were returned by a death power. Clerics must change domains to those of a death deity.Burden of Truth
You are aware your life came at another’s cost. You take a -1 penalty on Will saves vs mind-affecting effects.Kindred Spirits
You sense those who have died. You are under a constant detect undead effect (60 ft).Taste for Blood
You must consume blood daily or take 1d4 points of nonlethal damage each hour after the first missed day.The Line
You remember those left behind. You are compelled to complete a minor task (as geas).Water in Your Veins
You are immune to bleed effects. Effects requiring your blood automatically fail.Purge of Sin
Your alignment shifts to Good.Memories of the Great Beyond
You suffer occasional visions. Once per day (1% chance), you are sickened for 1d4 rounds (Will DC 15 negates).Sleep of the Dead
You take a -5 penalty on Listen checks while sleeping, but gain a +1 bonus on saves vs mind-affecting effects.The Dark Path
You gain +1 on saves vs fear in shadowy illumination and +2 in darkness.Attuned to Auras
You can determine creature attitudes as if using Sense Motive without a check.Probation
Another creature holds a token linked to your life. If used, you die (no save).The Way of All Flesh
You gain DR 3/slashing. Magical healing leaves you staggered for 1 round.Unliving
You do not need to eat, drink, or breathe. You are immune to poison and nausea, but cannot benefit from ingested items.Rag Doll
Your body is filled with strange material. +1 Dex, +1 Con, -2 Str. Heal skill does not function on you.The Ferryman’s Coins
Coins appear over your eyes after rest. If removed by another, you enter a rage (as barbarian of your level).Graveworm
You must consume grave dirt monthly or be sickened for 24 hours.To the World, a Servant
You become a cleric of your deity (or death). Replace previous class levels.Balance of Forces
An equal-level opposite-aligned rival exists somewhere.Dr. Jekyll
If awakened early from rest, you function as a zombie until rest completes.Breath of the Grave
1/day you may use stinking cloud (CL = HD) but take 1 Con damage.No Memories of the Grave
You lose all memories from your previous level.Second Chances
You gain the young template.Claimed
You are marked by a powerful outsider.Danse Macabre
+4 bonus on Knowledge (religion) checks involving undead.Lightly Upon this Earth
You cannot awaken naturally; only damage or magic wakes you.Divine Script
You bear a supernatural tattoo detectable as magic.Altered Anatomy
You have unusual anatomy (25% chance to negate critical hits).Half the Minority
You take a -2 penalty on Diplomacy checks due to unsettling appearance.Announcement of Return
All acquaintances become aware of your return.We Are Not Alone
A harmless ghost follows you constantly.Hallowed Presence
You emit a 5-ft consecrate or desecrate effect.It Should Have Been Me
A spirit haunts you, causing minor magical effects daily.Waking Death
You are considered dead while sleeping.Ancestral Voice
You gain a +2 bonus on one skill.Not Quite Alive
You register as undead to detection effects.Mortal Fear
+1 dodge bonus to AC and Reflex saves, but -2 on saves vs fear.Not a Mortal Creature
You no longer suffer aging penalties.Nameless
You lose all personal memories.Asleep as Unto Death
Animals treat you as a corpse while you sleep.Rebuker
You may rebuke mindless undead using Intimidate.Stone Cold
+4 on saves vs enchantment, -4 on Diplomacy and Bluff.Undead Habits
You develop odd compulsions. -1 on Diplomacy checks.Miranda
Occasional visions force a Fort save (DC 15) or be sickened for 1d6 rounds.Positive Aura
Undead within 30 ft take -2 on attack rolls.Borrowed Body
1/week, a spirit controls your body during rest.Lost Potential
You take a -1 penalty on all saving throws.Beast Spirit
+4 Handle Animal (one species), -2 Diplomacy.Divine Gift
You gain a random magic item (25% chance cursed).Groupies
You attract followers equal to half your Leadership score.Forgotten by the World
Most people do not remember you. -4 on Diplomacy checks.Soul Companion
A tiny spirit creature accompanies you constantly.Resurrection Trauma
You occasionally suffer flashbacks (Will DC 15 or be shaken 1 round).Private Enemy
You are occasionally attacked by extraplanar creatures (DM discretion).Temporal Echo
You briefly see your own death; +2 initiative for one encounter per week.Familiar Displacement
You and your familiar swap bodies.Altered Form
Your sex changes, but abilities remain unchanged.Rejected by Outsiders
Outsiders are initially hostile toward you.Divine Game
Your life is part of a greater cosmic plan (no direct effect).Identity Swap
You and another resurrected creature swap bodies.Strange Hair
Your body hair becomes unusual; -1 on Diplomacy.Animal Attraction
Small animals are friendly toward you.Rebirth
A nearby creature becomes mystically tied to your existence.Biological Reset
For 2d4 weeks, you take a -2 penalty on Charisma-based checks due to awkward physical changes.
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