8.9 Resurrection after an untimely death.

The most effective way to be resurrected is through the help of a fellow compatriot. Alert your friends at once to your death and they should reclaim your inanimate corpse and carry it to the Pool of Life. There it must be bathed in the pool's waters (by typing BATHE BODY) and the pool's magical properties will return you to the living. Being bathed in the pool of life negates most of the lasting effects of your death.

Alternatively you may travel the path back to the living without aid, by performing the Rite of the Dead. Here you must call upon the Ship of Death (type SUMMON SHIP) and when the black-sailed vessel dips in to view, you must BOARD SHIP. Stepping on to te gangplank you will embark upon your long journey through the incredible domain of the Gods, eventually alighting at the self-same Pool of Life. A new body will be afforded you at a cost. All characters in Avalon begin with ten safe trips on the Ship of Death. Each trip reduces this number by one. When you have used up your safe trips your physical and mental abilities will begin to be effected by the rigours of resurrection. Every trip on the ship of death after the ten safe ones will cause your skills to become less effective by 1%. This will not effect the actual levels of your skills, but only their effectiveness in daily use. You will be able to restore the effectiveness of your skills, and even give yourself more safe trips on the ship of death by consuming the herb known as wurtfoil. Skilful members of the Animists and Rangers guilds will be able to supply you with this, if they think you are worthy.