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Chattox

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What will Necromancy entail?
« on: October 08, 2011, 02:18:57 pm »
I've been out of the loop regarding the upcoming update, can someone fill me in on what necromancy will be like? How do adventurers learn the secrets of this black art? And once learned, how is it used? Is it a ritual, or a case of point at corpse, corpse gets up?

Sorry, not sure if this should be in gameplay questions since it's not been added yet, so feel free to move it if it's in the wrong place :)
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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2011, 02:29:51 pm »
From what I gather, secrets are engraved on tablets by necromancers/gods, and people can read the tablets to learn the secret.

The raising will be a matter of pointing at a corpse and making a zombie AFAIK
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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2011, 02:31:26 pm »
Quote from: The Merchant Of Menace on October 08, 2011, 02:29:51 pm
From what I gather, secrets are engraved on tablets by necromancers/gods, and people can read the tablets to learn the secret.

The raising will be a matter of pointing at a corpse and making a zombie AFAIK

The secrets of life and death given by the gods? that sounds awesome. Will the moment it happens be recorded in the history of the world to check out in legends? I certainly hope so :P
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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2011, 02:39:13 pm »
New bugs!
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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2011, 02:42:43 pm »
Quote from: Kogut on October 08, 2011, 02:39:13 pm
New bugs!

Hah, true enough :P They'll be quirky though, I'm pretty sure Toady is taking time to make sure he gets all of the game-breaking ones before release, this time. Speaking of which, does anyone have a vague idea of when it'll be released? I get the feeling it will be soon. In time for Halloween would be appropriate :P
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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2011, 02:48:58 pm »
Personally, I look forward to having my own army of severed arms.
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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2011, 08:44:17 pm »
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Personally, I look forward to having my own army of severed arms.

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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2011, 09:48:43 pm »
I'm raising an army of zombie squirrels. GO, MY MINIONS! Steal the elven food supply, the tree hugging hypocrites!
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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2011, 04:44:30 am »
I want a adventurer army. (Undead ones of course.
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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2011, 04:46:42 am »
We can finally be the Lich King. 
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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2011, 04:07:04 pm »
Is there somewhere a fellow can go to read up on all the excessive awesome new stuff they're adding? :P
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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2011, 04:10:39 pm »
Quote from: Ibid Straydrink on October 09, 2011, 04:07:04 pm
Is there somewhere a fellow can go to read up on all the excessive awesome new stuff they're adding? :P
Read the current development logs on the main page. You might also be able to find out a little more in the Future of the Fortress links in the current development logs.
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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2011, 05:32:15 pm »
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Re: What will Necromancy entail?
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2011, 05:39:39 pm »
Thank you both!
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