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[mpgalvin]

someone not so recently asked /tg/:

So, if undead in D&D can be given simple commands that allow for only rudimentary conditional statements... If you had enough undead, could you perform computation?

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/12936417/

Comments

[ddrpolaris]

Ravenloft is just a necromancy/CSE double major's MQP gone horribly wrong.

[mpgalvin]

Ravenloft wouldn't be the ideal place for a Skeletron, as the inevitable mechanical decay would still wear down the system before it could reach self-sustaining levels.

You'd really need a near-negative demiplane for sustainable necrocomputing.

[mpgalvin]

Though all that long term stuff is moot, as Liches would probably just use it for posting amusingly-captioned pictures of their familiars on nofacebook.

[purple_dj]

"Necrocomputing".... There's a word I never would have put together.

Excellent idea!

[shogunhb]

Which reminds me of Rick Cook's Wizardry series, which follows a computer programmer dropped into a magical world.

http://www.amazon.com/Wizards-Bane-Rick-Cook/dp/0671698036

First 2 books are available on the Baen Free Library.
http://www.baen.com/library/rcook.htm