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Originally posted by Jan:
Welcome.
Resurection spells don't help when someone is dead. I don't know about harpers call.
Use the spell raise dead or buy a certain rod which will do the trick.
To quote from the manual, "Like the 5th level spell Raise Dead, Resurrection will return a character back to life." I would only add that if Raise Dead will work, a Resurrection spell will; and if the rod works, a spell of Resurrection will always do so, since that rod casts Resurrection, and not Raise Dead. (The difference is that Raise Dead leaves the subject alive with 1 hit point, while Resurrection leaves them fully healed.)
However, if a character is in effect mauled and otherwise harmed beyond the point of simple death, they cannot be raised or resurrected, no matter what you use. Their portrait may still be visible, but they're gone. The final condition is complete disintegration: when that occurs, their icon actually disappears from your party.