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Author Topic: Zombies dragging corpses to Necromancers  (Read 1063 times)

NJW2000

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Zombies dragging corpses to Necromancers
« on: October 07, 2015, 03:32:07 pm »

Pretty simple, has probably been suggested before, but just in case:

  What if zombies could drag the bodies of the fallen to necromancers for reanimation during an undead siege, or just whenever?

This sounds like it wouldn't be impossible to code, and would make attacks much more interesting if a cascade affect happened, and minature battles formed over the bodies of the dead, while a stealthy necromancer could be tracked by hapless undead trying to help. It would be a bit like the "return kill" task, I suppose, and the code for thieving non-dorfs is already there with kobolds. Maybe it would be OP, I don't know.
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Re: Zombies dragging corpses to Necromancers
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2015, 09:17:08 am »

That also means we can model a necromancer 'economy' properly, with corpses as a resource that necromancers can trade or fight over.
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Re: Zombies dragging corpses to Necromancers
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2015, 01:30:10 am »

Chief medical necromancer and zombie nurses.
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