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AzureKnight
2013-11-13, 05:16 AM
The arcane spell clone states that when the character it was modeled for dies, the soul transfers to it. So that got me to thinking on 2 questions.

1. Can another willing soul be placed within the clone body,

Example being Joe and Bob are brothers. Joe was the elder and was very strong and agile, while bob was born with several physical defects, and was always thin weak and sickly. Joe is an adventurer whom has a very powerful mage companion whom created a clone for him months ago. Bob's body gives out and he dies, but Joe wants his little brother back and to be free of his many defects and sickness. He askes his mage companion if he could find a way to bring back his brother in the body of his clone so he can be as strong and healthy as Joe.

2. A lich, years before undergoing undeath, created a clone of himself. Upon it's completion, placed it in temperal stasis with a contigency spell that upon his soul being freed, the stasis would end. A group of adventurers kill the now powerful lich then destroy his phylactry (sorry if its mispelled) At that moment when his soul is freed, would the clone awaken with the lich's soul intact, now making the lich again a creature umungst the living?

hymer
2013-11-13, 05:51 AM
By RAW, no.
1: The one you make the clone of is the one whose soul can go into the clone.
2: The point of weirdness occurs when the would-be lich finishes his Ritual of Eternal Night (IIRC that's the name of it). At this point he dies, which would send his soul to his clone. But the ritual also makes him undead upon dying, keeping his soul in his dead body. So which takes precedence?

In either case, you could probably do something with Miracle or Wish.

While we're talking Clone, has anyone ever played out the harvesting of the 'flesh' component? How exactly did you go about it?