so why is it necromancy?

[marycatelli]

Necromancy, you may know, means divining by means of consulting the dead.

Sure, it was used to predict the future, but no, you're not going to get great marching armies of skeleton out of it.

Except -- hmmm -- I've got one character explaining to another that sure, you start by consulting the dead, maybe getting told where to find treasure, or whether the harvest will fail, but then you send a little ghost to spy on your lady love, and then one to haunt your rival, and one thing leads to another and then you have gigantic armies of skeletons marching across the country because you ran out of the gold you first found and can't hire men (and to think you thought you were set for life when you found that trove).

Now I just gotta find out which characters are talking about it.  May even be a work in progress. . . . 

Comments

[archangelbeth]

Unknown! Seems like it'd be a bit of a nuisance, giving people targets to aim at, y'know?

[marycatelli]

But it's Cool. so Rule of Cool rules.

[archangelbeth]

I'm Rule of Pragmatic, generally. >_>

[marycatelli]

That's because you're not a fictional character. Or if you are, you have escaped to the world of non-fiction.

[archangelbeth]

Or I'm one of UrsulaV's! No, wait, I can't garden to save my soul... >_>

[marycatelli]

Dashed hopes -- the fruit of real life (and sometimes fiction)

[archangelbeth]

Sleep. My hopes for sleep are often dashed. -_-

[marycatelli]

Then you would look plausibly undead. . . .

[archangelbeth]

So unfortunately true. *shambles around*

[marycatelli]

Typing while shambling. that's impressive control

[archangelbeth]

I've got this treadmill meant for "walking desks," see... (No, seriously, I do! It only goes up to 2mph, and minimum is .5 mph. Now, if only I could arrange it so it's actually good for typing... Mostly I read my phone while on it.)

[marycatelli]

Don't let any wizard know you're that competent. They like that in zombies.

[archangelbeth]

Will it get them close enough for me to eat their brains?

[marycatelli]

tut, tut, you don't listen to Hollywood, do you? You need salt, not brains. And wizards keep you captive to keep you from getting it.

[archangelbeth]

Brains have salt, right? Or blood does...

[marycatelli]

Not enough apparently. Wizards can keep 'em as slaves.

[archangelbeth]

I'll just have to pretend I only shuffle at 2.0 mph. >_>

[marycatelli]

I think you want a little slower than that.

[archangelbeth]

Pfft, it's not fast enough to make the gym teacher happy, so why should the wizards think it fast?

[marycatelli]

Normal people do not take up wizardry. Only the weird ones.

[archangelbeth]

I.e., the ones who don't go out for fast walks? >_>

[marycatelli]

Nah, the ones that don't care.

[archangelbeth]

Mental note. Shamble slowly around wizards.

[marycatelli]

Prudent.