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| #default = However, it will lie shattered and dormant after being defeated for as long as a century before rising again to seek to rid the world of life. | | #default = However, it will lie shattered and dormant after being defeated for as long as a century before rising again to seek to rid the world of life. | ||
}} {{#switch: {{{Condition}}} | }} {{#switch: {{{Condition}}} | ||
| Behead = | | Behead = The creature will naturally regenerate its injuries during this time, even regrowing lost limbs. The consumption of fresh blood speeds this recovery considerably, assuming the creature has enough motor functions to feed itself (or be fed). Permanently killing the creature is a fairly simple matter, however — just cut off its head. [[Resurrection (Spell)|Resurrection]] spells will also kill it, though they will not restore the original soul back to its corpse. The body is too corrupted to serve as a suitable vessel for a soul, so only spells or abilities that can resurrect a creature whose body has been completely destroyed (e.g. [[True Resurrection (Spell)]]) will restore the original owner back to life (assuming there was ever an 'original owner' to begin with). This creature will never age, nor does it require sleep, food, or even air to breathe (though ''not'' doing these things is distinctly uncomfortable). | ||
| Standard = Casting any of [[Sanctify Corpse (Spell)]], [[Consecrate (Spell)]] or [[Gentle Repose (Spell)]] on the defeated corpse of the creature will add an additional {{#switch:{{{Time}}}|Millennia = millennia|Century = one hundred years|Decade = ten years|Year = year and a day|Moon = month|Week = week|Day = 24 hours|#default = one hundred years}} to the time it takes for it to re-compose. Casting [[Rest Eternal (Spell)]] on the defeated corpse will prevent it from ever rising again. Applying [[Raise Dead (Spell)]], [[Resurrection (Spell)]], or using similar life-giving abilities will restore the original soul back to the corpse, bringing that person back to life and permanently destroying the necromantic animus that had possessed the body previously. This creature's body will never decay (further than it already has) nor age due to time or neglect. | | Standard = Casting any of [[Sanctify Corpse (Spell)]], [[Consecrate (Spell)]] or [[Gentle Repose (Spell)]] on the defeated corpse of the creature will add an additional {{#switch:{{{Time}}}|Millennia = millennia|Century = one hundred years|Decade = ten years|Year = year and a day|Moon = month|Week = week|Day = 24 hours|#default = one hundred years}} to the time it takes for it to re-compose. Casting [[Rest Eternal (Spell)]] on the defeated corpse will prevent it from ever rising again. Applying [[Raise Dead (Spell)]], [[Resurrection (Spell)]], or using similar life-giving abilities will restore the original soul back to the corpse, bringing that person back to life and permanently destroying the necromantic animus that had possessed the body previously. This creature's body will never decay (further than it already has) nor age due to time or neglect. | ||
| Phylactery = This creature can only be truly slain if its phylactory is destroyed at the same time the creature's body lies defeated. Neither a [[Resurrection (Spell)]], nor even a [[Wish (Spell)]] can slay such a creature. Even if the creature's body is completely disintegrated, it can reincorporate after this period of time, as long as its phylactory remains intact. This creature's body will never decay (further than it already has) nor age due to time or neglect. | | Phylactery = This creature can only be truly slain if its phylactory is destroyed at the same time the creature's body lies defeated. Neither a [[Resurrection (Spell)]], nor even a [[Wish (Spell)]] can slay such a creature. Even if the creature's body is completely disintegrated, it can reincorporate after this period of time, as long as its phylactory remains intact. This creature's body will never decay (further than it already has) nor age due to time or neglect. | ||
Revision as of 16:23, 6 March 2019
Immortality
- Many undead creatures, such as this one, cannot be killed by normal means. However, it will lie shattered and dormant after being defeated for as long as a century before rising again to seek to rid the world of life. Casting any of Sanctify Corpse (Spell), Consecrate (Spell) or Gentle Repose (Spell) on the defeated corpse of the creature will add an additional one hundred years to the time it takes for it to re-compose. Casting Rest Eternal (Spell) on the defeated corpse will prevent it from ever rising again. Applying Raise Dead (Spell), Resurrection (Spell), or using similar life-giving abilities will restore the original soul back to the corpse, bringing that person back to life and permanently destroying the necromantic animus that had possessed the body previously. This creature's body will never decay (further than it already has) nor age due to time or neglect.