Category:Destroyed

This category is mainly for Items that have been destroyed, either definitively, or as the most likely outcome of an adventure module. People, including Undead and Constructs that have been destroyed, should use Category:Deceased instead for clarity, as it is more specific.

Destroyed need not entail utterly annihilated. But destroyed is the utter ruin of a thing's or a creature's essence. A violin that is destroyed may be reduced to an unrecognisable pile of ash or it may be reduced to a recognisable pile of wood. Either way, it will never again be used by the hands of the violinist to play music.

In a world where magic is real, such as Ravenloft, destruction is not always permanent, and the boundaries between destruction and other states are sometimes unclear. A construct deanimated by damage or a vampire deanimated by a stake through the heart is not completely destroyed. Nothing exceptional is required to effect their reanimation. The construct whose parts are put beyond all hope of repair is destroyed. A vampire who is reduced by sunlight to ash is destroyed. And yet, with powerful magic, or by the whim of the Dark Powers, they could rise again.

The deanimation of the living is, however, their destruction. It is reversible only through the extraordinary means of a raise dead spell. A life snuffed out is a life destroyed. A deceased human is a destroyed human. Destruction does admit of varying degrees of thoroughness however. The destruction of an individual can include not only his or her life but his or her corpse, putting him or her beyond the reach of vampirism or of a raise dead spell, and quite possibly beyond the reach of a resurrection spell. But there is still a wish spell for those determined to tempt the Dark Powers.