Raise Zombie

Component:

Mithril ink

The sorcerer spends a watch tracing arcane symbols in mithril ink around a body. Through this ritual, the sorcerer beckons a devil from the Waste to crawl into the corpse and binds the devil to their service. This creates a zombie (see Appendix C).

• A zombie has no attributes. They are rotting flesh. However, they generally have all the physical capabilities possessed in life.

• The sorcerer can issue orders to a bound zombie during Challenges using the Command action. The zombie will obey most commands in genuinely good faith and with reasonable intelligence. Zombies even obey suicidal commands.

• A zombie remains bound until it has obeyed a number of commands or performed tasks equal to the sorcerer's Wands attribute.

• Each additional Resolve spent grants extra commands equal to the sorcerer’s Wands attribute.

• When the required number of services have been performed, the devil claims the body for its own purposes. The zombie may then attack, shuffle away, or crumble into a heap of ash.

This spell lasts until the zombie has completed its services. Resolve spent on casting this spell can never refresh as long as this spell continues.