Local clergy have developed new guidelines and procedures to safeguard the resurrection of the recently deceased. Well of Life (spell #308) is now required by the cleric to establish a soul link with the corpse prior to casting any raise dead spells. At any point in time after the souls are linked and prior to being raised, a soul may UNLINK to sever the bond between cleric and deceased. The cleric is mandated to protect the recently resurrected for 2 minutes.
Once established, the soul link will last for approximately 15 minutes or until the corpse is raised or UNLINK is invoked. A reminder: this soul link does not negate the requirement of preserving (spell #305) the corpse!
The UNLINK verb is available for a corpse to invoke at any time once a soul link has been established.
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