On Fri, 2004-01-02 at 14:23, Matthew Klahn wrote: > On Jan 2, 2004, at 12:40 , Jag wrote: > > It would have to be more than 3 days. Remember in PotD, it took them > > *months* to reach Deathgate Falls. Suppose they were carrying a body > > with them. The soul would have to somehow be still attached to the > > body > > when it went over. > > Well, the 3 day limit was only in terms of revivification, not in being > able to enter the Paths from Deathsgate. So, if you're longer than 3 > days dead, you can still enter the Paths if your body goes over the > Falls, but you can't be revivified. I never meant to say that they could be revivified after 3 days. Just that there is definately a connection between the corpse and soul that lasts long after death. > > Another argument supporting the idea that going over Deathsgate is > somewhat rare would be the mountain of bones that would be there if > over 200,000 years you're dumping every body over the falls. Good point. > However, > remember in Dragon that they do ship bodies from the battle to > Deathsgate for the trip, so common warriors of House Dragon are > apparently going to make the trip. Interesting. Although, everyone of House Dragon is still a noble.