Corpse Puppetry

Corpse Puppetry

Animation (Tier 1)
Mana Cost: 1

Necromancy (Tier 1)
Requires: Animation 1
Difficulty: 6

The mage forces kinetic mana directly into a fresh corpse, bypassing the lack of a soul. The corpse jerks upright, its dead muscles twitching magically, allowing it to slowly shamble forward and perform mindless physical labor.

System: Roll Calculation + Animation vs difficulty 6. Requires 1 success.
On success: Forces kinetic mana directly into a fresh corpse, bypassing the lack of a soul. The corpse jerks upright, its dead muscles twitching magically, allowing it to slowly...
Overcharge: Can be spent on standard enhancements (Duration, Scale) or Potency (+1 to minion stats).
On failure: mana is lost.

Construct Stats:

• Health: 1
• Combat Pool: 1 die
• Special: Slow, clumsy (acts last in action order).