Thus, resurrecting them brings them back as they are now. In the case of a transformed undead, like a lich, that person has become undead, and that is their authentic self.
What is being targeted by resurrection spells is the soul of the creature, and the body, when utilized, is just a conduit:
Humanoid > dies > Humanoid Corpse (object) > animated > Undead > dies > Undead Corpse (object) Contrarily, spells which make undead, such as Animate Dead do change the creature type. Revivify/ Raise Dead/ Resurrection do not change the creature type of the target upon a (successful) casting. For the sake of completeness, since this is an interesting topic, let's flesh-out (shoot me) the logic a bit. You really don't want to become an undead at all, and this is why Gentle Repose & other spells/features preventing a creature from becoming undead are important.
Raise Dead & Resurrection have no effect at all on a dead undead. For clarity: Revivify will revive an undead creature. It does not work, nor does anything short of TR & Wish. I think this was debated similarly with the Spell Revivify, which does not specify whether or not it works on undead (it says "a creature that has recently died"). With a clear distinction between types, I don't see why an undead has to stay an undead once it is raised (if you can find definitive RAW saying that, please share) Isn't a dead body technically an object though (at least I think JC has said so)? Using that logic: Humanoid > dies > Corpse (Object) > animated > Undead > killed > Corpse (object) > raised > Humanoid. When something becomes an Undead, they are an Undead until something explicitly changes that, and an Undead that has been killed (again) is still an Undead. Undead is a creature type, not really a condition. True Resurrection and Wish are the only options. However,what exactly counts? like l can guess that you cant use revivify to turn a lich into a normal guy,but what about if you are attacked by a person that was just turned into a zombie and kill it? Could you bring that back to a living body? or does anyone effected by animate dead/create undead become unable to be revived? L read that unless you use a wish or true res,a undead cant be returned to life. Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft Creatures
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