Still Alive...
(Owner/Author's note: Still alive, I've just snowed under from work, and life in general. It didn't help the the well of creativity ran dry for a couple years, but ideas are starting to percolate back up. Enjoy! )
Selected transliterated* notes from Tigra's lectures regarding The Hidden Society, common mythos, and other odds and ends.
Regarding Undead:
They really do exist, but are incredibly rare. Among the undead, the most common are what D&D gamers would know as lichs and vampires.
Undead are not inherently evil, most are either neutral or even good. evil undead don't last terribly long before getting whacked.
Zombies don't feed on brains; true to stereotype, they have no cognitive brain functions. They don't last very long either, and are damn near impossible to make.
Making any undead for that matter is damn near impossible. you need three things:
Necromancy is largely banned for that reason, except for exceptional and extreme situations.
VAMPIRES DO. NOT. SPARKLE!! (unless they sparkle which is something entirely different.)
Also, Ann Rice was wrong, they can tolerate sunlight. most don't drink blood either, that's directly related to blood magic and certain forms of necromancy. Most vampires are energy vampires, and they feed off of sunlight, truth be told. Yeah, it totally ruins the 'goth' look and aura that's been built up over a couple centuries, but hey, appearances, right?
Lichs are not for licking, are not quite created like the D&D monster manual specifies, but they do have this doo-hickey that powers them. It is different for each lich, but it has to stay with the body, otherwise it's game over.
Blood Magic and Necromancy
both are forbidden by the Order, although the knowledge is kept, mainly because blood magic is very, very powerful. A blood mage grows stronger as he bleeds, and unless your first attack kills them outright, it will make them almost impossible to kill, similar to vehemic energy. There are exactly two known blood mages at present, and both are on a short leash.
Necromancy is largely banned, although some forms are needed, but only in certain circumstances.
* the notes were written in t'rrth glyphs, but in english.
** Not to be confused with a fuck tonne, which is a lot less.
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Selected transliterated* notes from Tigra's lectures regarding The Hidden Society, common mythos, and other odds and ends.
Regarding Undead:
They really do exist, but are incredibly rare. Among the undead, the most common are what D&D gamers would know as lichs and vampires.
Undead are not inherently evil, most are either neutral or even good. evil undead don't last terribly long before getting whacked.
Zombies don't feed on brains; true to stereotype, they have no cognitive brain functions. They don't last very long either, and are damn near impossible to make.
Making any undead for that matter is damn near impossible. you need three things:
- A dead body, preferably fresh and undamaged. comatose patients in a permanent vegetative state who's owners 'have left thing building' would probably work best.
- A willing soul- Most souls without a body are not exactly willing to inhabit a body that isn't OE, primarily because of:
- the willingness to stand a shite-tonne** of pain and suffering until the body or soul fails. DO NOT ASK HOW THE MAGI KNOW THIS. That's the other reason most unattached souls won't try it- there's a good chance that they will perma-die during the process, or shortly thereafter. You die like that, and you don't come back EVER. You are destroyed and the universe is made less from it.
Necromancy is largely banned for that reason, except for exceptional and extreme situations.
VAMPIRES DO. NOT. SPARKLE!! (unless they sparkle which is something entirely different.)
Also, Ann Rice was wrong, they can tolerate sunlight. most don't drink blood either, that's directly related to blood magic and certain forms of necromancy. Most vampires are energy vampires, and they feed off of sunlight, truth be told. Yeah, it totally ruins the 'goth' look and aura that's been built up over a couple centuries, but hey, appearances, right?
Lichs are not for licking, are not quite created like the D&D monster manual specifies, but they do have this doo-hickey that powers them. It is different for each lich, but it has to stay with the body, otherwise it's game over.
Blood Magic and Necromancy
both are forbidden by the Order, although the knowledge is kept, mainly because blood magic is very, very powerful. A blood mage grows stronger as he bleeds, and unless your first attack kills them outright, it will make them almost impossible to kill, similar to vehemic energy. There are exactly two known blood mages at present, and both are on a short leash.
Necromancy is largely banned, although some forms are needed, but only in certain circumstances.
* the notes were written in t'rrth glyphs, but in english.
** Not to be confused with a fuck tonne, which is a lot less.
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