Re: Death Rune and creating undead

From: Todd Gardiner <todd.gardiner_at_aa5FGyP7GvPrkjhyngAsDcRGGC4ZP96hAKIp8edfTFmRa0GZHayCj9C0lLWfH1>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:55:50 -0800

Where does resurrection fit into this? By the broad descriptions below, this power almosts sounds like denying the afterlife of a rightfully dead soul, hence a zombie.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:08 AM, philbert6000 <philbert6000_at_072Q_X4K4-9NKIOg0bfGZYPIQt3xFRSSstr6vd8OT8SvcvXiSIAApVrBm6wBWDN-XwXfRYzD1yCtGJm39UmWbA.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

> --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com<WorldofGlorantha%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "valkoharja" <rintasaa_at_...>
> wrote:
> I also think there are two kinds of zombie/skeleton magic: One type
> involves enslaving the soul to the corpse (Gark), and this is chaotic
> since the soul is denied transit to its god's afterlife, the other type
> is purely the animation of a corpse with magical power (Sorcery, ZZ).
> Animating a skeleton does not enslave a soul, the soul is long gone to
> its god realm and your magic doesnt bring it back into the mundane
> world to power a set of bones.
>

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