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[The Alchemist]

Awesome this things back!

It's alive, IT'S ALIVE! MHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously though, do mention that you can prove it, choose something small and relatively harmless ( say, raising a bug or a fish), tell him what you are going to do, and then do it. Don't simply spring the demonstration on him.

This.

[NoahTophatz]

It's alive, IT'S ALIVE! MHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously though, do mention that you can prove it, choose something small and relatively harmless ( say, raising a bug or a fish), tell him what you are going to do, and then do it. Don't simply spring the demonstration on him.

this but prepare to run if he looks like he might get violent but he also might faint so prepare for that too

[Zako]

Glad to see this back!

Make sure that he remains calm throughout the demonstration, cause if he panicks, that would be really bad. Make sure he knows that you're not evil or have any intention of going on a rampage or doing any of the traditional necromancer stuff that gives them a bad reputation, like making armies of zombies and stuff.

[GlyphGryph]

Nym, gesture vaguely towards the thread to indicate your necromancy powers at work.

Good to have you back, Monk.

More seriously - can his sight allow him to see some of our "not-immediately-mark-us-as-necromancer" abilities? Most of the humans don't have magic sight, but we could still see necromancy objects with it, right?

[Fireiy]

Glad to see this back!

Make sure that he remains calm throughout the demonstration, cause if he panicks, that would be really bad. Make sure he knows that you're not evil or have any intention of going on a rampage or doing any of the traditional necromancer stuff that gives them a bad reputation, like making armies of zombies and stuff.

Yeah, he does have training in fighting after all, and you have none.

[GlyphGryph]

And make sure you tell him you want to keep him close, just in case. At best, he can keep you on the straight and narrow... at worst, he can make sure you're no longer a threat. We do need to face the possibility that we might someday go mad (and it might help his confidence in us).

[Ancre]

Yay ! An update !

Also this :

It's alive, IT'S ALIVE! MHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously though, do mention that you can prove it, choose something small and relatively harmless ( say, raising a bug or a fish), tell him what you are going to do, and then do it. Don't simply spring the demonstration on him.

And like everyone said, let's make sure he's calm and be ready to run for the hills or something.

[V-Norrec]

I cherish this, my first post in epic thread (bread?).  We don't have to create a zombie in front of him, we can make this much simpler.  Suck the vitality from the grass around us a then put the vitality in a rock or something.  The eldritch glowing of the rock and the dead grass should be proof enough.  It should also show we are more thoughtful than some zombie raising machine.  Again warn him as to what we are about to do, before doing anything.

[Child of Armok]

I cherish this, my first post in epic thread (bread?).  We don't have to create a zombie in front of him, we can make this much simpler.  Suck the vitality from the grass around us a then put the vitality in a rock or something.  The eldritch glowing of the rock and the dead grass should be proof enough.  It should also show we are more thoughtful than some zombie raising machine.  Again warn him as to what we are about to do, before doing anything.

No,
Elves hate it when you hurt plants or something. And a patch of brown grass is pretty evil looking,not?
But i like the idee of not making a zombie. Can't make a golem of sticks (dead wood) and a pit of rope (or something else)?

And: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEJJJJ it's alive!!!

[Felius]

Besides, draining life force is not that obvious as a form of necromancy. Raising a zombie on the other hand is very obviously so. Zombie Fish or Zombie Bug is probably better if you are looking to make a demonstration. Otherwise I would have recommended just animating a piece of rope or something.

[V-Norrec]

See reference to being more thoughtful than a zombie raising machine, and I think Omo will understand a bit of dead grass in order to show our point.  The eldritch glowing of the rock will more than prove what we say.  Also I do agree to telling Omo we need his help to keep us on the right path, from falling, or at the very least, to put us down if we cross that line.  As our friend, we would be honored to have him be our watcher.

[Ancre]

We should probably animate a golem or a zombie - the glowing rock, while cool, is not really a trademark sign of necromancy like those two things are, and I think we have to make it as clear as possible. (Plus Omo imagines necromancers to be super villains with pointy armor and glowing skulls, so let's give him something cliché that he can cling at - he'll have to accept that we are a necromancer despite the fact that we're nice).

A zombie might be a bit much, but we will experiment on zombies eventually, so I think it's better to show it right away rather than try to push things gradually. It might give a bad impression, since, if we introduce bit by bit the more "morally ambiguous" spells, he might wonder where will we effectively stop.

[Grek]

I definitely recomend the "zombie bug" demonstration.

[joemoben]

Doing my daily rounds, checking all those forum games that have died for a while, when I suddenly see what looks like a new page! But wait, surely my history got deleted somehow right? NOPE.JPG
So glad this is back, although I fully endorse this plan -

It's alive, IT'S ALIVE! MHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously though, do mention that you can prove it, choose something small and relatively harmless ( say, raising a bug or a fish), tell him what you are going to do, and then do it. Don't simply spring the demonstration on him.

This isn't something quite as frightening as killing an area of wildlife around you, but shows that we definitively are a necromancer. Also, definitely be sure to show that it's still you. Yes, you are a necromancer, but that doesn't mean you are a mass murdering machine. That's just about all I can think of for now.

[RAM]

Really, I don't think it will be necessary to provide proof, it isn't exactly something that we are likely to lie about. And if proof is necessary, try to prove it without killing anything that wasn't going to die anyway. Better to kill and animate your dinner than to kill and animate some random bystander...