Abyss Ambulator
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Joined: Thursday, 10th March 2011, 19:45
Idea to replace Animate Skeleton.
Replacement suggestion: Skeletal Servant (level 1 Necromancy)
Creates an undead servant from a corpse or skeleton similarly to Animate Skeleton, except that instead of creating an ally with stats derived from the base monster, it would create a "skeletal servant" monster with stats determined by spell power. It would therefore be necessary to invest more skill in necromancy to get stronger allies, and the spell power cap could be set to avoid it becoming too strong.
The skeletal servants would still be permanent allies but unable to go up or down stairs, just as skeletons are now.
Something similar could be done with Animate Dead - "Shambling Corpses" or something, or it could just be removed and Twisted Resurrection used instead.
This would leave creating monster-dependent undead unique to Yred, which would help distinguish god-derived necromantic abilities from the necromancy spell type.
(Animating bodies with Yred would still be very powerful, but god choice is a much bigger investment/decision than learning a level 1 spell.)
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