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Angel Of Death

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Best necromancy subjects.
« on: February 20, 2012, 07:20:55 pm »
I want to know your experience with raising the dead. Which creatures worked best? I quite like to have a few zombie giant desert scorpions around, to be honest.
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Re: Best necromancy subjects.
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2012, 07:27:10 pm »
I knew i struck gold with those scorpions, lopping limbs off left and right to be raised again.

I found flying creatures particularly usefull too.
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Re: Best necromancy subjects.
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2012, 08:13:11 pm »
Can you raise a dragon?
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« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2012, 08:27:59 pm »
I've had great success with zombie titans. They lose their breath attacks after zombification, though (not that that's really necessary because the things basically become giant damage sponges, and even limbless ones can kill quite easily by just pushing at your opponents until something gets crushed). The nature of titans is to be randomly generated, though, so take this with a grain of salt. Giant Dingoes have also proven pretty useful.

Zombified necromancers, sadly, don't seem to be anything special. Maybe Huskified necromancers?
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« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2012, 08:41:10 pm »
Children. Forget about combat benefits, and think about RP potential. Of course, doing that felt so wrong that I killed off my necromancer.
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« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2012, 09:05:19 pm »
More speculation than personal tale, but I imagine a zombie hydra would be all kinds of dangerous. In addition to basically being a giant stab-absorbing snake, you can raise the individual heads when they inevitably get lopped off. It's basically a walking (whatever slithering) armory for necromancers.
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« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2012, 10:48:56 pm »
Quote from: Angel Of Death on February 20, 2012, 07:20:55 pm
I want to know your experience with raising the dead. Which creatures worked best? I quite like to have a few zombie giant desert scorpions around, to be honest.

Does the poisonous sting still work after death?
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2012, 09:24:14 am »
Quote from: Randy Gnoman on February 20, 2012, 10:48:56 pm
Quote from: Angel Of Death on February 20, 2012, 07:20:55 pm
I want to know your experience with raising the dead. Which creatures worked best? I quite like to have a few zombie giant desert scorpions around, to be honest.

Does the poisonous sting still work after death?
Sadly, no. However, it seems to pierce through everything it touches.
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2012, 09:46:47 am »
For ease of carrying, I've taken to grabbing the heads of things that I kill, and then throwing them, to animate on target.
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« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2012, 11:06:29 am »
Quote from: Barnox on February 21, 2012, 09:46:47 am
For ease of carrying, I've taken to grabbing the heads of things that I kill, and then throwing them, to animate on target.

strangely, thats likely what i will do, being a head collector and all.
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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2012, 11:10:06 am »
Hmm, would boogeymen work?
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« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2012, 11:15:00 am »
Quote from: GrizzlyAdamz on February 21, 2012, 11:10:06 am
Hmm, would boogeymen work?

No, they evaporate after you kill them.
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« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2012, 11:19:32 am »
Quote from: miauw62 on February 21, 2012, 11:15:00 am
Quote from: GrizzlyAdamz on February 21, 2012, 11:10:06 am
Hmm, would boogeymen work?

No, they evaporate after you kill them.
My version must be glitched. I can raise boogeymen as zombies.
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« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2012, 11:27:58 am »
The evaporation is not instant.
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« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2012, 11:43:27 am »
Off-topic:
Has someone ever categorized the boogymen?
Becouse, for me it is hard to categorize them (they might be aliens!)
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