Animal Resurrection

== Animal Resurrection is the use of Healing Magic to restore deceased sentient, but non-sapient, creatures to life. ==
The common consensus is that resurrection is difficult and dangerous magic that has never been perfected. This is true, when applied to members of sentient species and to uplifted or gifted animals such as Familiars. Non-sapient beings, however, can generally be restored to life as long as the body is no more than a few hours old and mostly intact. Each resurrection puts stress on the creature, however, and effectively ages it. Once the creature's body is simply too aged and exhausted to continue, no magic can resurrect it without promptly also causing systemic shock severe enough to kill it. Most creatures can be resurrected, at most, three times before death sets in. Some particularly long-lived animals with hardy systems, such as tortoises, can be raised several more times before permanent death sets in,
Sacrifices
Among those bloodthirsty gods and spirits who use animal sacrifice as a test for their worshipers/source of power, using a single animal more than once is considered bad form. Stygios, however, does not mind due to his pragmatic and gluttonous nature. 
Category:Magic
Category:Fauna
Category:Deity