Sunday, 26th August 2012, 12:16 by nago
From the bot: reaping is a weapon brand that turns everything you kill into friendly zombies if a corpse is generated
So, any corpse will create a zombie - the chance a monster leave a corpse should be 50%.
Zombie stat are related to the monster type base stat: the biggest differences are they're slower and with slightly worse defensive stat, and they take damage from their maxHP, until they're destroyed (they can't regenerate health!).
Numerically, their stat are, in comparison of the monster type base stat: -2 speed (min 3), AC/EV -2/-5, d5+5 hit die.
A character can have an "infinite" number of friendly zombies on any floor (if there's a a limit, it's so huge anyone shouldn't bother about it). Anyway, they can't follow upstairs/downstairs, but only wait patiently for your near the stairs until your return back on the floor.
I wouldn't suggest to use the spear as main weapon: spear base type is quite bad (low base damage, essentially) and a good weapon is the most important thing to use for a Fi. Furthermore, Mi have very good apt to polearms, and awesome defensive stat, so you should really switch to that glaive as soon as you reach a decently low delay - until you can afford to use a bardiche.
Anyway, if you can stand the boredom of switching weapons (and the little risk involved, you lose 1 turn for swapping, plus most of your damage output), it could be worthy to land the last blow with that spear against enemies which can became powerful zombie minions. For example, in Lair spiny frogs, (death) yaks and obliviously hydras can be very powerful thrall. Killing things behind a solid meath-shield make things a lot easier!
Oh, I don't know if you're a follower of Okawaru: he dislikes - piety loss - when allies - including undead - are killed, so in that case don't bother to use the spear (except against maybe really really really good potential zombi, like a 8-head hydra)
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nago on Sunday, 26th August 2012, 12:19, edited 1 time in total.
screw it I hate this character I'm gonna go melee Gastronok