Talk:Gorion/@comment-107.9.217.77-20140322211709/@comment-104.169.188.238-20150731090110

there are WAY more spells that exist then only the ones BG makes available to players. A lot of people don't realize that 2nd edition Mages get a raise dead spell for instance (Reincarnation, 5th level), though the game does acknowledge that it exists since Thalantyr knows it/mentions it. Of course it can't actually restore life to a dead body since that requires divine intervention or wish-level power, but can transport the soul into a new form (the resulting body is some variety of human-sized humanoid, with PC races and a few things like Orcs, goblins, or Hobgoblins as possible results)

Not to mention he might've simply been using the PnP version of Chromatic Orb, rather then the heavily nerfed version made available to players. (the silver orb, available as a choice at lvl 8 petrifies on a failed save and stuns for 1d4 rounds on a success).