Raise Dead Scroll not working?

Oh goody a rules debate!

What about p268 of the PHB 3.5 - the Raise Dead spell

"A creature who has been turned into an undead creature or killed by a death effect can't be raised by this spell. Constructs, elementals, outsiders, and undead creatures can't be raised. The spell cannot bring back a creature that has died of old age."

A native outsider is still an outsider.

 

The Native subtype has a special exception to the Raise Dead rule that overrides the rule for outsiders.

I'm honestly shocked that the rule is even programmed in. Is it just there for one NPC companion (who might be exceptional as well)? I can't think of when else it would matter.

Also, I looked, and it doesn't appear to be in the spell script, so it must be hard coded in the Raise Dead condition that actually does some of the work.

 

Its easier turning them into Lesser Aasimar and Lesser Tieflings (as I have done)

 

I've been off my computer the past few days, but, yes, @ithildur is correct. They can't be affected by most Humanoid-only effects, such as enlarge person, but raise dead works.

 

Aasimar and Tieflings are under the Human race so I don't see why they wouldn't be seen first as Humans, and therefore capable of being raised

 

Took a look and fixing the code correctly looks pretty difficult. This is a really clever workaround. I am going to give it a shot for the next Temple+ version.

 

I could take a crack at fixing the underlying problem if you want. I looked and it seemed like it'd be possible.

Spoiler: special cases

Also, it looked like there is a special case for Darley, because she's a human in her proto. So they specifically test for her proto ids to make sure you can't raise her.