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Lifelines

Dealing with Corpses &
Tombstones

 

QUESTION

I need to move my corpse or tombstone to a safe location
for corpse recovery or a resurrection. How does this work?

ANSWER

There are a few different ways to deal with a dead, broken body in
Vanguard:

Resurrection style="font-weight: bold;">

A healer of the appropriate level can
resurrect your corpse on the spot. You'll arise with your gear
equipped. Healers of certain levels can resurrect you during combat if
necessary, but often you'll need to wait until a battle is over before
you rise from the dead. When a healer casts a resurrection spell on
you, you will receive a message alerting you and asking you to accept.
Accept and you'll be back on your feet in no time.

Tombstone Dragging
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If it turns out that your corpse is in an inconvenient location you can
release from your body and leave a tombstone, then one of your
groupmates can drag the tombstone somewhere safe. (Corpses cannot be
dragged; only tombstones.) But before a groupmate can drag your
tombstone, you'll need to grant them consent. This is done by typing
/consent Playername. (Spelling counts!)

How do you drag a tombstone if another player has consented you? Simply
target the tombstone and type /corpse to summon it to your side from a
short distance away. If you're going to haul a tombstone over a
distance (out of the depths of a dungeon, for example) you'll want to
create a /corpse href="http://vanguard.tentonhammer.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=496">macro
and hotkey so that you can spam it as you run, pulling the
tombstone behind you.

Throw me a Line!

The /rope command allows another player to throw you a rope and get
your corpse out of a tight spot. It's really more of a one-shot deal
for use if your corpse is stuck in the terrain or needs to be dragged a
very short distance. Your friend will need to target your body, and
then type /rope. Like a resurrection, you'll get a message asking if
you want to accept the rope. (This is why you won't want to use rope
over long distances; you need to accept with each rope toss.) Accepting
will make your corpse move to the rope-tosser's location.

When All Else Fails

If you simply can't reach your tombstone and you have no one to help
you recover it, you can summon it to an altar. Simply right click the
altar to pop up the recovery dialog. Be warned that your gear will take
a durability hit, and your experience will take a bigger hit, too.
Summoning your tombstone to an altar is a last-ditch remedy.

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