Liliana: Keep your hands off my steward, he's mine and I love him."
But yeah, the easiest way for a necromancer to raise a smart zombie would be to take an entire soul and bind it to a body, but the you don't have a generic smart zombie, you have your friend Bob who is now a zombie.
If you want a smart zombie who isn't an actual pre-existing person, you take a bunch of soul bits (usually from souls and spirits that have been around so long they've forgotten who they once we're) and mash 'em together to get one whole new soul, and shove that into a body! Et voila! A smart zombie that is also a blank slate!
Poor Erasmus. He's going to meet her steward and realize he's made up of souls from people A through J all in the body of person K and just stare into middle distance for awhile.
Erasmus: Once again, I would like to remind you, this isn't how ANY OF THIS works!
Liliana: I will listen to what you have to say about how necromancy works when you can show me your advanced necromancy degree from an accredited magical university.
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Date: 2025-08-29 03:33 pm (UTC)But yeah, the easiest way for a necromancer to raise a smart zombie would be to take an entire soul and bind it to a body, but the you don't have a generic smart zombie, you have your friend Bob who is now a zombie.
If you want a smart zombie who isn't an actual pre-existing person, you take a bunch of soul bits (usually from souls and spirits that have been around so long they've forgotten who they once we're) and mash 'em together to get one whole new soul, and shove that into a body! Et voila! A smart zombie that is also a blank slate!
Poor Erasmus. He's going to meet her steward and realize he's made up of souls from people A through J all in the body of person K and just stare into middle distance for awhile.
Erasmus: Once again, I would like to remind you, this isn't how ANY OF THIS works!
Liliana: I will listen to what you have to say about how necromancy works when you can show me your advanced necromancy degree from an accredited magical university.