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Zombie (ritual)
Origin
Ritually raised Zombies date back to magics first mentioned
in 1800BC. Zombies are often used as servants for Mages and
Necromancers because of their unquestioning nature and great
physical strength.
Appearance
Zombie appear human, although they do not heal or 'live' in
the normal sense. A Zombie will appear as it did at the
point of 'raising', plus whatever wear and tear has taken
place.
Known information
Necromancers worked out a complex method of
drawing a sliver of the soul back to the body to power the
corpses and give it 'life'.
Strengths
Zombies seem to sense life, and thus need no eyes or other
physical senses to be dangerous.
Zombies keep functioning even under application of large
amounts of damage. Destruction of major limbs and bones, while
permanent seems to eventually be 'adapted to'.
Zombies possess great strength, probably because of their
disregard for their own bodies.
Weakness
Zombies also do not heal damage, so they
carry with them all physical damage caused since the ritual.
This may not sound too bad, but the body accumulates many
nicks and scratches each day and the upper limit on the life
of a Zombie seems to depend on the amount of physical
effort the Zombie is used in and the initial state of death.
Zombies are destroyed by the destruction of the skull or
brain. Upon death, the body remains, but will decay at an
increasingly rapid rate before turning to dust in about 1 or
2 hours.
The Magics
There are a vast number of Zombie rituals, depending on the
type (or flavor if you will) of the Zombie to be raised.
Common forms of Zombies include: guard, warrior, servant,
mule, hunting (special). The different rituals imbue the
zombies with different attributes. Combat oriented zombies
tend to last less time and the magic's enhance their senses
and strength. Servant zombies can have less senses and
'brain' and greater strength or greater resistance to
eventual decay.
The ritual required to create a zombie takes (generally,
varying by flavor) about 5 hours, 4 of preperation and 1 of
actual casting. Casting requires access to the body or
grave. The types of materials required vary from reasonably
cheap to expensive. Some of the materials are rare, but
often only a pinch is required.
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