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Defiant Revival (Skill)

Activation lag  : 1.5 rounds

Activation cost : 0 mana

Syntax: Repossess, Revive

Having turned their back on Lielqan's protection against the Dragon, necromancers must use other means to restore themselves after death. Using the Repossess command, a necromancer may force their spirit back into their own former body, reanimating the dead flesh; any items still on the corpse will be placed into their inventory.

If the corpse is inaccessible, folded, spindled, mutilated, or destroyed, or the necromancer simply wishes to craft new flesh, they may craft a new body for themself out of material in the ambient environment around their spirit using the revive command. This body will of course be nude. It will take a similar amount of time to prepare to revive as it would for anyone else to resurrect.

Upon dying the necromancer's spirit will still materialize at their altar of recall; they may reposses their corpse immediately if they can locate it. Bodies that decay unclaimed will still return any possessions to one's altar.

The necromancer will still experience death penalty as normal. This skill cannot fail to resurrect the user, but a lack of expertise will result in a 5- hour penalty to strength and dexterity. The more poorly-crafted body will have greater penalties; at maximum a body will have no such craftsmanship errors.

Revenants have no choice but to use this skill to resurrect; all others may still seek the services of a healer.

Primary Attributes: Intelligence, Constitution