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[Yourmaster]

You guys thing there is a reason this happened? A traitorous underling? He probably has our magic now...

[aattss]

Commanding the legions of the undead from afar would probably be more effective than actually being in the legions of the undead.

Magical Conductor

[Sarrak]

Commanding the legions of the undead from afar would probably be more effective than actually being in the legions of the undead.

Magical Conductor

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[The Froggy Ninja]

Metabolic Devourer for I like stone walls and we can sit around making more zombies while enemies fail to kill the keystone of our army(us).

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[GreatWyrmGold]

Sabotage.

[escaped lurker]

So many ties, only one breaker.
The Plains of Grating, Fifth Age
The Age of Death, Year 625
Day 1, Morning

While gauging the mana available to you, it is clear that this ghoul was built as an magical conductor. Relieved at not being prisoner to the body of a brute, you also feel a bit helpless, with all what happened so suddenly. But there is an even more pressing feeling. A feeling that you are somewhat sure that you have not had in centuries. You are hungry. Very hungry. Painfully so. If this is a ghoulish trait, or just you being by now unused to this sensation is beyond you, but it actually hurts.

Either way, you scan your surroundings, whilst making your vessel move some very awkward steps. At least everything seems to work, and thus you take a good look at the nearby area.

The surrounding city is but a ruin – all traces of the presumably wooden roofs have rotted away, and even the clayern bricks are brittle, with plenty of walls crumbled or fallen. There are multiple signs that the end was not peaceful, with the protective wall having been toppled and the occasional scorch-marks even visible after what might better be counted in centuries than decades.

Dominating the scant flora of the area are dry grasses and the occasional twined growth, some which are also responsible for the further decay of the fallen metropolis. There are no signs of any other life to be found, and eerie silence envelopes you – making even your own footsteps audible. This should be part of “The Dead Lands” - or so your memory tells - but anything more eludes you.

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Ghoulish Vessel
Strength: 11
Endurance: 11
Agility: 7
Intelligence: 13
Wisdom: 13
Charisma: 5

Currently
200/200 HP
153/153 MP

Status:
Comepletely Starved - Will not regenerate wounds

Spoiler:  Spells (click to show/hide)

School of Necromancy
Branches: Mysticism, Occultism

Animate Skeleton – 50 MP
Raise a temporary Skeleton to do your bidding. Lasts 1 Day, extendible by 3 MP per day.
Can be made permanent by spending additional 30 MP on it.

One of the most basic Spells of Necromancy, the caster weaves a magical net that substitutes as muscles for the raised skeleton. Unless a beginner or in a dire situation, most necromancers also include a few minor enchantments that enable the construct to gather mana on its own, making it self-sustaining instead of temporary.


Turn Lesser Undead – 30 MP
Allows you to destroy, render harmless or straightly take over an undead creature.

Making another undead your own, is a tricky buisness. Much depends on the skill and care that was put into it, with advanced constructs not seldom being protected against such mischief. Undead with an enslaved soul attached, are significantly harder to turn, but could still be disabled by this spell.


Soulspeaker – 20 MP
Allows you to contact the souls of the dead, and to communicate with them. Duration 1 Hour.

Conferring with restless souls is not the most common of past-times of a necromancer, more prone to just outright enslaving them instead – but it is a staple spell. Also useful if you want to converse with natural or rouge undead that lack vocal chords. Which most of them do.

School of Transmutation
Branches: Enchanting, Alteration

Drain Energy – 20MP +50% of the drained Energy must be paid in MP
Allows you to drain a prone or enslaved creature of its mana or vitality.

This spell is one of the main reasons why the rising number of undead under a necromancers command is sometimes a boon, instead of an encumberment. Vampires actually do something that is quite the same, albeit it comes naturally to them, and they are far more proficient at it.


Change Object – 80 MP, Duration 1 Hour
Allows you to temporary change the properties or shape of an object.

While very useful to strengthen armour, blunting swords and lightening maces, one should be wary of the duration and intended effect. Actually also the all-time-favourite of drunkard mages, as transforming water into booze allows the inebriation to begone in the moment at which the effect of the spell wears off...


Store Mana – 40MP + Desired Amount
Allows you to store mana into gemstones.

Perfect for sticky situations, or spells that go way above ones reserves. The used gemstone can only hold so much, and it is common for those of lesser quality to break upon draining. Even so, this spell has saved lives – and undoubtedly also taken quite a number of them as well.

Dawn is slowly breaking, and you are left with the decision of what to do.
You really could go for a bite right now...

[GreatWyrmGold]

Do we naturally regenerate mana or do we need to drain things for it?

Search for anything edible. Rats? Raccoons? Cats? Badgers? Corpses? Anything, really.
Also search for anything else of note--not that much is expected...

[Tomcost]

Do we naturally regenerate mana or do we need to drain things for it?

Search for anything edible. Rats? Raccoons? Cats? Badgers? Corpses? Anything, really.
Also search for anything else of note--not that much is expected...

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[NAV]

Can't see the images.

[escaped lurker]

Can't see the images.

Site is currently down. o°
Checked it myself and with another site. Might need to change host if this happens with any frequency...

Do we naturally regenerate mana or do we need to drain things for it?

We regenerate mana naturally. Not doing anything special on that front this time 


Alright, changed to imgur again - some of their resizing antics made some stuff look just plainly horrible, but in this case it still looks like it should. Either way, guess that is dealt with.

[The Froggy Ninja]

We should make a regular skeleton to defend us just in case.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Are there any skeletons around to animate?
...Do we need skeletons to make a skeletal minion?

[escaped lurker]

We need Skeletons or corpses for pure necromancy. Evocation could summon things out of thin air, and enchanting also leads to golems later on.
The Plains of Grating, Fifth Age
The Age of Death, Year 625
Day 1, Noon

Without much hope of success – given the state of the city – you decide to use the morning to search if there is anything useful to be found. There is also a slight hope of finding something to eat, but given the dead silence of the whole areal, you are unsure which has a bigger chance of unveiling itself.

You wander the streets systematically, looking out for the smallest hints of success. The inner city looks even worse than where you came to, with most of the buildings simply razed to the ground. To your amazement you make out a statue of some god, albeit buried under the stones that once formed the sanctuary around it, it is in very pristine condition. The implications thereof leave you with a very uncomfortable feeling, and you keep your distance from that place afterwards.

The rest of your search is crowned by the discovery of an old fireplace – it is clearly several months if not years old, but shows that there just might be life around after all. At least your wishful thinking and empty stomach decides it to be so, your intellect more set on thinking it a suicidal adventurer of sorts. At some point you also saw a hawk or a similar bird of prey, making its rounds in the skies, but that is truly all that you could find.

The sun is now in the zenith, and by your own estimate you should have searched about one tenth of the city. With not even scraps of metal turning up, you assume that it has been thoroughly looted at some point in time.

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Ghoulish Vessel
Strength: 11
Endurance: 11
Agility: 7
Intelligence: 13
Wisdom: 13
Charisma: 5

Currently
200/200 HP
153/153 MP

Status:
Completely Starved - Will not regenerate wounds

Spoiler:  Spells (click to show/hide)

School of Necromancy - Adept
Branches: Mysticism, Occultism

Animate Skeleton – 50 MP
Raise a temporary Skeleton to do your bidding. Lasts 1 Day, extendible by 3 MP per day.
Can be made permanent by spending additional 30 MP on it.

Turn Lesser Undead – 30 MP
Allows you to destroy, render harmless or straightly take over an undead creature.

Soulspeaker – 20 MP
Allows you to contact the souls of the dead, and to communicate with them. Duration 1 Hour.


School of Transmutation - Adept
Branches: Enchanting, Alteration

Drain Energy – 20MP +50% of the drained Energy must be paid in MP
Allows you to drain a prone or enslaved creature of its mana or vitality.

Change Object – 80 MP, Duration 1 Hour
Allows you to temporary change the properties or shape of an object.

Store Mana – 40MP + Desired Amount
Allows you to store mana into gemstones.

" Guess I'm slowly getting used to being hungry again. Still very uncomfortable. What now though?"

[Yourmaster]

Eat our own rotting flesh

[Tomcost]

Eat our own rotting flesh

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