Raise Dead: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:16, 16 September 2024

Name	Raise Dead
Length	Short (2 Minutes)
Range	10ft / 3m
Duration	Instantaneous
Cost	2-4 magic points
Material Cost	1 unit of powdered bone, material link
Key Words	Necromancy
Description	This rite must be performed over the body of a dead creature who has not previously been raised as an undead. The level of the rite is equal to the magic points spent in its casting. As well as drawing a circle or symbols in powdered bone, the magician must incorporate some material link to the target into the rite, such as blood, flesh or grave mold. At the conclusion of this rite, the target creature’s body or spirit rises as a supernatural creature whose powers derive from the Plane of Undeath, of a type specified by the caster, such as a skeleton, zombie or phantom, with a level equal to the level of the rite. The undead is not under the caster’s control when raised; for this reason, most casters raise undead in the middle of an active ward. If the creature has been protected against being raised, this rite automatically fails.
Skills	None (i.e. this skill must be researched or acquired in play)

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+| Cost || 2-4 [[Magic#Magic Points|magic points]]
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-| Description || This rite must be performed over the body of a dead creature who has not previously been raised as an undead. The level of the rite is equal to the magic points spent in its casting. As well as drawing a circle or symbols in powdered bone, the magician must incorporate some material link to the target into the rite, such as blood, flesh or grave mold.
+| Description || This rite must be performed over the body of a dead creature who has not previously been raised as an undead.
-At the conclusion of this rite, the target creature’s body or spirit rises as a supernatural creature whose powers derive from the Plane of Undeath (per [[Discern Nature of Undead]]) of a type specified by the caster, such as a skeleton, zombie or phantom, with a level equal to the level of the rite. The undead is not under the caster’s control when raised; for this reason, most casters raise undead in the middle of an active ward (see [[Necromantic Ward]]).
-If the creature has been protected against being raised (see Lay to Rest, p. 00), this rite automatically fails.
+The level of the rite is equal to the [[Magic#Magic Points|magic points]] spent in its casting.
+As well as [[Rites#Preparing the Space|drawing a circle]] or symbols in powdered bone, the magician must incorporate some material link to the target into the rite, such as blood, flesh or grave mold.
+At the conclusion of this rite, the target creature’s body or spirit rises as a supernatural creature whose powers derive from the Plane of Undeath, of a type specified by the caster, such as a skeleton, zombie or phantom, with a level equal to the level of the rite.
+The undead is not under the caster’s control when raised; for this reason, most casters raise undead in the middle of an active [[Necromantic Ward|ward]].
+If the creature has been protected against being raised, this rite automatically fails.
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+| Skills || None (i.e. this skill must be [[Research|researched]] or acquired in play)
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