Do our characters die? Or are they just knocked out when our HP reaches 0? If they are knocked out, then Raise doesn't bring someone back to life, it just wakes them up. But if that's the case, why don't smelling salts wake us up?

If we do die, and raise brings us back, then why don't NPCs that die be brought back with Raise?

Death is in the game, I just did the ALC quests. So death does exist. When we return to our Home Point, do our bodies disappear, rind the lifestream, and reappear at our home aetherite?

The amount of abuse we can take and just fall unconscious is rather amazing.