Quote Originally Posted by Kvess View Post
D&D's weirdness cuts both ways. If your band of murderhobos slays someone important in an extralegal assassination, there's nothing stopping the crown/church/organization from ponying up diamonds, casting Raise Dead, and putting the villain on the witness stand of a murder trial.

If death isn't always permanent, then just killing someone isn't really a solution.

Edit: Short of a Level 11 Wizard casting Disintegrate + Gust of Wind.
Even then, True Ressurection doesn't need a body.