Topic: Necromancy

[chris11th]

Hi mates,
i just want to ask for your help, 'cause i'm new with RMFPR (i usually play with the old 2nd edition) and a friend of mine decided to create an evil cleric.

The problem is how to use/handle the evil Channeling List NECROMANCY.

At 1 lv you can rezz a dead body (50% of your weight) as a rank I undead with -25MM and -20 OB and must stay focused on him. Assuming which the undead has 25 charge/15 weapon attack, it means that the ressed corpse has virtually no OB, right? Or else the caster's ressed body has a level equal of real body in life with -25/-20 reduction?

Other  problems here...

At lv 2 you can "control" an undead rank I. What can you do with that spell? Just take control of an undead ressed with another one spell w/out focus on him OR/AND take control of any kind of enemy undead (rank I)?
Moreover the spell says: "there is a 2% per class to resist". Can't you take control of just one class#1 undead?? 
This 2% special resist must be rolled after the regular RR? Must be rolled every round?

Is it clear which a Necromancer must wait lv5 spell to really ress a body into an undead rank I with no limits. After that he must control it. Is it possible to use "Undead Mastery" with 5% risk and repeat the process until he reach the limit of  1 rank I undead per lv of the caster?


If there are also other house rules concerning raising undead i will be glad to use it.

Thank you very much for your help.

Chris

[Arioch]

Welcome Chris.

1st question: the spell says that you should use the Created Undead (class 1, I think), but with a Move Rate of 25 and a total ob of -20, for the creature. So the animated body attacks are -20charge/-20weapon.

2nd question: yes, you use the spell to control class I undead. They may have been reanimated by you (using the 5th level Create Undead I spell) or be undead that you just happen to encounter in your adventures.
You can control only class I undead with this spell, but read the higher levels Control Undead spells: they say "as Control Undead I" spell, so the "2% per class" makes sense for those spells. 
The special 2% chance is separated from RR and overrides it, even if the undead failed his RR it still has a chance to break free (we usually roll it before the RR, for simplicity). It's rolled just one time, when the spell is cast.

On Undead Mastery: yes, you can repeat the spell until you have your very own undead horde, the only limit is you level   

And on necromancy house rules, check my custom necromancer profession on the guild companion: http://www.guildcompanion.com/scrolls/2006/sep/necromancer.html

[Skaran]

Just wondering how do you raise an undead army in your worlds?

[Arioch]

Magic Rituals, lots of standard "create undead" spells (casted by mini.. ehm, assistants), spell mastered "create undead" spells, custom spells...

[Skaran]

Ritual magic sounds good for this. What about 'recruiting' a litch as an ehm , assistant. Though what could you offer a litch? Vampires probably somewhat easier. supply them with ehm meals. But only expect them to work at night.

[Marc R]

Twinned evil artifacts, a black cauldron that permanently animates any bodies you place in it for up to  Type III (one body type III, three bodies three type I, two bodies a Type I and a Type II), and a black iron torc that masters any undead created by the cauldron.

Or

Master a really nasty undead like a vampire or a lich, then have it rule the lesser undead using it's own abilities or raw physical threat.

[Arioch]

Master a really nasty undead like a vampire or a lich, then have it rule the lesser undead using it's own abilities or raw physical threat.

Or just become a really nasty undead, by ritual of black eternity... 

[Skaran]

There is always that;)