Necromancers Lay Power
Invoke Sphere 5
Range Self Only
Duration 15 Minutes
Extendable? No
Description This invocation takes a full 5 minutes to cast and requires a consistent and appropriate ceremony to be performed centred upon a casting mat (see the high level casting page). Upon completion the caster has called directly on the Evil Sphere for aid and so may cast a single Evil Ritual Invocation, at normal use of power, using vocals only, without the normal 15 minutes casting time. The Ritual invocation must be cast within 15 minutes of the Invoke, and until it is cast no invocations from other Spheres can be cast nor can another Invoke Sphere be cast. The caster may only cast a Ritual Invocation that he is already capable of casting, no additional casting ability is granted by this invocation.
Invocation List
| Animate Dead 1 - 5 |
| Banish Lesser Undead 5 |
| Control Lesser Undead 5 |
| Embody Undead 1 - 5 |
| Flesh Rot 1 |
| Neutrality to Lesser Undead 4 |
| Repel Life 5 |
| Speak with Lesser Undead 3 |
Invocation Descriptions
Animate Dead 1 - 5
Range Touch
Duration 15 Minutes
Extendable? No
Description This invocation summons a Spirit from the plane of the Sleepless dead to inhabit a corpse and animate it as an undead creation. The corpse upon which this invocation is cast must have been subject to a Flesh Rot invocation and may not have a Bless or Protection from Undead invocation in effect upon it or the invocation will fail. The type of undead animated and their abilities vary by the rank of the invocation as shown below:
| Rank | Undead Raised | Number of Hits | Damage |
| 1 | Lesser Corpse | 16 | None |
| 2 | Lesser Zombie | 32 | Single |
| 3 | Lesser Skeleton | 16 (Blunt Only) | Single |
| 4 | Lesser Undead Warrior | 32 | Single |
| 5 | Lesser Ghoul | 8 | Power 1 |
The undead created is under the control of the caster and will obey his instructions to the letter (see Control Undead for more information).
Necromancers must carry and supply appropriate masks for undead summoned on adventures to ensure that a creature that is undead (and has therefore been subject to a Flesh Rot) can clearly be distinguished.
Banish Lesser Undead 5
Range Touch
Duration 15 Minutes
Extendable? No
Description This invocation will destroy a single lesser Undead. It will have no effect upon a Greater Undead at all.
Control Lesser Undead 5
Range 20 ft
Duration 15 Minutes
Extendable? N/A
Description This invocation allows the caster to take control of a single lesser undead. The undead will follow commands given to it, but its ability to follow such instructions will depend on its intelligence. Simple undead will follow commands to the letter.
The name of the type of undead to be controlled (as normally revealed by the invocation `discern undead') must be included in the vocals of this invocation. Only Lesser Undead may be controlled as a result of this invocation, Greater and Unique Undead are unaffected.
After the duration of the invocation has expired, control reverts to the necromancer responsible for raising the undead, unless another previous control is still running. Control of the Undead goes to the caster who cast the last control invocation still in operation.
Embody Undead 5
Range Self Only
Duration 15 Minutes
Extendable? No
Description The caster summons a spirit from the plane of the sleepless dead to fortify his body. This grants temporary life points which may exceed the recipient's normal maximum as shown below:-
|
Level |
Life Gained |
|
1 |
4 |
|
2 |
8 |
|
3 |
12 |
|
4 |
16 |
|
5 |
20 |
Damage is taken from these extra life points first. Temporary life gained from Embody Undead cannot be cured back.
You may only have a single Embodiment 1 - 5 in effect at any time.
Flesh Rot 1
Range Touch
Duration Instant
Extendable? No
Description This invocation is required to prepare a corpse for animation as an undead. It causes the body to decay rapidly. This invocation will have no effect on anything other than a corpse.
Neutrality to Lesser Undead 4
Range Self Only
Duration 15 Minutes
Extendable? No
Description Lesser Undead creatures view the caster of this invocation as Undead themselves. They will not attack the caster unless the caster attacks them or their creator.
After casting this invocation the caster should don an undead mask to indicate to the monsters that the invocation is in effect.
Repel Life 5
Range 20 ft
Duration 10 seconds
Extendable? No
Description This invocation causes a single living creature within 20 feet of the caster to move directly away from the caster for a distance of 10 feet. A victim prevented from moving the full distance by a solid object is pinned against that object for 10 seconds (or an appropriate proportion thereof corresponding with the distance he has been prevented from retreating).
Speak with Lesser Undead 3
Range Touch
Duration 15 Minutes
Extendable? No
Description This invocation enables a Necromancer to effectively communicate with a single lesser undead creature. It does not affect the natural (or unnatural) behaviour of the undead in any way. Neither does it compel the undead to respond, but if the undead does respond, all responses must be the truth.
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