Maerok
2007-06-29, 02:11 PM
Exalted Necromancy Character Option
A NG, LG, or CG character may take this character option when they take their first spellcasting class. That spellcaster may use animate dead, create undead, create greater undead, and plague of undead in a special way that does not violate their alignment (they gain the Good descriptor); any skeleton or zombie they creature gains the NG alignment (or the Deathless type, if available). This also applies to any NE undead that the other two spells could create; creatures of the CE and LE alignments cannot be created this way. Black onyx is replaced by an equal value of diamonds.
Though the body may or may not possess intelligence, the spirit is unharmed and has some say in what the body does - the former creature may terminate its undeath at will, reverting to an inert corpse which cannot be animated again. A corpse cannot be raised unwillingly (but can be if the spirit no longer exists; though it may destroy itself if used in a way contrary to its past life).
Application
Shawken is a Lawful Good cleric of Pelor who has taken the Exalted Necromancy option on his first cleric level. When he hears of an army of lizardmen , he informs his guild and they assemble an elite team of warriors from across the land. On the battlefield, things are going great as the reptilian skirmishers are being forced back down a hill where the final blows can be struck; but disaster strikes as a hidden lizardman sorceror unleashes a wail of the banshee, killing off all his soldiers. The enemy retreats, having won that battle, and sets off to conquer the city.
Left alone, Shawken says a few prayers in the name of his god. He cannot revive them all, and the few he could would not be able to fend off the lizards. With that, he begins his exalted plague of undead, knowing that many of them would allow it to defend their city. About 90% of their spirits agree, and so the newly awaken exalted zombies (NG) march on to catch the lizards from behind by surprise.
As the last of the lizards fall, the warriors decide to depart after honorable combat and their animated remains fall backwards into the graves they had dug. He returns to those who did not come to fight and prepares the rites for their own burial.
A NG, LG, or CG character may take this character option when they take their first spellcasting class. That spellcaster may use animate dead, create undead, create greater undead, and plague of undead in a special way that does not violate their alignment (they gain the Good descriptor); any skeleton or zombie they creature gains the NG alignment (or the Deathless type, if available). This also applies to any NE undead that the other two spells could create; creatures of the CE and LE alignments cannot be created this way. Black onyx is replaced by an equal value of diamonds.
Though the body may or may not possess intelligence, the spirit is unharmed and has some say in what the body does - the former creature may terminate its undeath at will, reverting to an inert corpse which cannot be animated again. A corpse cannot be raised unwillingly (but can be if the spirit no longer exists; though it may destroy itself if used in a way contrary to its past life).
Application
Shawken is a Lawful Good cleric of Pelor who has taken the Exalted Necromancy option on his first cleric level. When he hears of an army of lizardmen , he informs his guild and they assemble an elite team of warriors from across the land. On the battlefield, things are going great as the reptilian skirmishers are being forced back down a hill where the final blows can be struck; but disaster strikes as a hidden lizardman sorceror unleashes a wail of the banshee, killing off all his soldiers. The enemy retreats, having won that battle, and sets off to conquer the city.
Left alone, Shawken says a few prayers in the name of his god. He cannot revive them all, and the few he could would not be able to fend off the lizards. With that, he begins his exalted plague of undead, knowing that many of them would allow it to defend their city. About 90% of their spirits agree, and so the newly awaken exalted zombies (NG) march on to catch the lizards from behind by surprise.
As the last of the lizards fall, the warriors decide to depart after honorable combat and their animated remains fall backwards into the graves they had dug. He returns to those who did not come to fight and prepares the rites for their own burial.