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[Berossus]

BY work i mean, does he need line of sight, direct access or just generally be near to raise a corpse?
Like, if a necro in a room with glass windows to another room in which a rather dead being is located, can he raise it?
And, like, if theres dwarves with hammers to kill it again, can he, like raise it again?
Just want to know, just in case i get the inevitable vampire on my new evil embark, and he could stumble across a hammer and a chamber with a target that never truly expires... (if this works id call him Ham-pire. Cause of the hammer and stuff.)

[WanderingKid]

BY work i mean, does he need line of sight, direct access or just generally be near to raise a corpse?

Line of Sight and range.

And, like, if theres dwarves with hammers to kill it again, can he, like raise it again?

Yes.

[EvilBob22]

The raising happens pretty much instantly, so make sure there is a way to cut off the line of sight.

Also, vampires are generally not attacked by undead, although it may be different with a necromancer that is "at war" with your civilization.

[ShadowHammer]

The raising happens pretty much instantly, so make sure there is a way to cut off the line of sight.

Also, vampires are generally not attacked by undead, although it may be different with a necromancer that is "at war" with your civilization.

The undead are only aggressive towards the living*, so they won't attack vampires no matter what unless they are attacked first, which the vampire will only do if you directly order them to. This can get a little tedious, having to renew the kill order every time the vampire kills its target. However, if you are willing to put in the effort, it is very effective training.

*actually I have heard that different necromancers' zombies will fight each other, but I don't think that's accurate. Not sure though.

[WanderingKid]

*actually I have heard that different necromancers' zombies will fight each other, but I don't think that's accurate. Not sure though.

They don't, at least not in vanilla.

[Lich180]

Husks and thralls that are created slightly apart well fight each other, but that's because of the way they get the "opposed to life" tags IIRC.

[4maskwolf]

I've seen amusing things with horse husks because they retain their civ loyalty after husking, resulting in an endless battle.

[Necrisha]

Wait- I can have a nearly endless battle between husk dwarves and husk goblins + associated animals?

[Button]

*actually I have heard that different necromancers' zombies will fight each other, but I don't think that's accurate. Not sure though.

IIRC that's a loyalty spiral sort of issue that can happen with a player necromancer in Adventure mode.

[misko27]

Husks and thralls that are created slightly apart well fight each other, but that's because of the way they get the "opposed to life" tags IIRC.

I believe so. They are still enemies of the things they were enemies of before, so they will fight it out.

The permanent resurrection thing will be gone in the next version though.

[ImagoDeo]

I've seen amusing things with horse husks because they retain their civ loyalty after husking, resulting in an endless battle.

I have this going on in a succession fort right now. It sucks. None of my dwarves can fight the husks or it starts a loyalty spiral among my dwarves. At the same time, the husks are camping out right by the trade depot, and I don't want to abandon the surface or anything. *sigh*

[KingBacon]

Man I had a hallway of traps where necromancers would constantly resurrect he pieces of dead necros. I believe if the bodypart has the grasp tag, it can also resurrect. So you have the hands of necros being raised to call up the bodies of dead necros.

Now imagine a giant centipede where every limb has the grasp tag. Now imagine it being a necromancer and fighting axe dorfs.