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[Nefarian]

I have captured a necromancer and i'm trying to build a training room, but i'm having some trouble doing so.

For some reason the necromancer refuses to reanimate anything. He's stuck behind fortifications he's NOT in a cage and the corpses future-traning-dummies are right next to him.

I've also tried with glass/gem windows, same result.  No resurrection.

Any idea why he isn't reanimating them? Should i have my crossbow dwarves shoot him once or twice?

[Fluffe9911]

Necromancers only resurrect the dead when they are fighting something so you would need to drop a dog or a dwarf in there for him to reanimate anything.

[Nefarian]

Necromancers only resurrect the dead when they are fighting something so you would need to drop a dog or a dwarf in there for him to reanimate anything.

That's what i was thinking but i wasn't sure, thank you. The only problem is that the only pets i have in the fort are giant cave spiders. Time to throw some Crundles down there, i guess

[PatrikLundell]

They don't have to actually fight, only get scared enough. Having something seen though windows or fortifications at a sufficiently short distance should be enough. There's a recent thread on the forum where a description of a working setup is provided.

[Staalo]

In my experience having a member of militia visible to the necromancer has been enough to trigger reanimation, but it might take one or two game days before they react. I'm guessing spending too much time with only zombies as company makes you really, REALLY slow-witted.

[Nefarian]

In my experience having a member of militia visible to the necromancer has been enough to trigger reanimation, but it might take one or two game days before they react. I'm guessing spending too much time with only zombies as company makes you really, REALLY slow-witted.

Yes, i can see that they aren't the brightest beings out there. I managed to make it work by adding 2 giant cave spiders next to him, constantly shooting webs (he's far enough to not get webbed) but he has zombie-level reaction times.

I'm going to give some necromancer friends to him, so they can all become necrobuddies and raise more training dummies together. 3 slow-witted minds are better than one.

[Insert_Gnome_Here]

Now you can farm the GCS silk, too.

[snow dwarf]

Hmmm, what would happen if you had  the corpse pile between the GCS and necromancers... Would it be possible to instantly web the reanimated corpses?

[martinuzz]

Hmmm, what would happen if you had  the corpse pile between the GCS and necromancers... Would it be possible to instantly web the reanimated corpses?

And that's how mummies were invented

[Staalo]

Hmmm, what would happen if you had  the corpse pile between the GCS and necromancers... Would it be possible to instantly web the reanimated corpses?

They would get webbed only after moving one square. Cage traps would be better as they'll snare the zombies immediately when they reanimate.