>If the head of a sorcerer is taken using this ritual, is that sorcerer then
>considered to be dead as far as any familiars are concerned?
Major Head: no.
Minor Head: yes, after it rots away and the spirit becomes a mad head ghost.
>If not would the familiar be under the indirect control of the Thanatari?
Sure. Why not?
>If it were not I could envisage the interesting situation whereby the
>familiar might feel duty bound to help his master to a proper death or
>release and thereby doom itself to change back to its incomplete former
>self.
Certainly. Plenty of scope for high tragedy there.
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