POWERS

Imbue Unlife

: Fatiguing :

You can lend animation to the dead, creating a mockery of life. Imbue Unlife may create two kinds of undead: mindless or intelligent.

Mindless: You turn the bones or bodies of dead creatures into undead skeletons or zombies, which obey your spoken commands. They remain animated until destroyed. A destroyed undead creature can't be imbued with unlife again.

A skeleton can be created only from a mostly intact corpse or skeleton. The corpse must have bones. If a skeleton is made from a corpse, the flesh falls from the bones when it is created. A zombie can be created only from a mostly intact corpse. The corpse must be that of a creature with a true anatomy.

To determine how many undead you create, make a power check. A result of at least 10 allows you to create a number of undead equal to your power ranks, increasing by 5 for every 5 by which you exceed 10 (round down). You cannot create more undead than the nearby "corpse supply" (ew) will support.

The skeletons or zombies you create remain under your control indefinitely. No matter how many times you use this power, however, you can control only two times your total power ranks in levels of mindless undead. If you exceed this, all newly created creatures fall under your control, and any excess from previous castings become uncontrolled. You choose which creatures are released from your control.

Intelligent: You transform a corpse into an intelligent undead creature. Unlike the mindless undead, this creature is not under your control; although, you can use other means, including other powers, to command it. You can create a crypt wight or hopping vampire using this power. Creating an intelligent undead creature has a Difficulty of 18.

If you fail an Imbue Unlife check to animate a corpse, that corpse is permanently immune to any further attempts by you to imbue it with unlife.

Action: One minute.