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The reanimation of lesser undead involves a number of spells and abilities. This page lists these spells and abilities, as well as the special undead that can be summoned by certain nations.
Lesser undead are units that lack the magic capabilities of their greater kin (e.g. Wraith Lords, Liches and Vampire Lords). Rather than serving as thugs or combat casters like greater undead, lesser undead usually act as chaff and overwhelm opponents with sheer mass.
Lesser undead come in two types: Longdead and Soulless. Longdead are skeletons; they have much higher Attack, Defense and Magic Resistance, are faster and tend to come with better gear, but have very low hitpoints. Soulless are zombies; they have much worse skills but usually have higher strength and much more hitpoints.
There are several abilities that allow a commander to reanimate undead or impact the amount/type of undead they can summon.
Reanimation Bonus: The commander is extra efficient at summoning undead. The value of this ability is split between two aspects: divine (reanimator priest) reanimation and reanimation using death magic. The Amulet of the Dead item provides a reanimation bonus of 2/2 (+2 to both priestly and magic reanimation).
Reanimator: Units killed by this unit will transform into another unit under the control of the killer. In almost all circumstances, this yields Soulless.
Reanimator Priest: A commander with this ability can spend a turn to reanimate undead. Some nations or specific units will be able to summon special kinds of undead.
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The following spells create undead. Most are in the Enchantment school of magic and all involve the death path.
Combat
Ritual
Lesser undead share the following abilities: Resist Cold (15), Resist Poison (25), Poor Amphibian, Undead, Inanimate, Need not Eat, Mindless and Never Heals
In addition, Longdead have Pierce Resistant and Spirit Sight, while Soulless have Undisciplined.
Nations that have no special lesser undead summon the following types of undead:
The following nations will summon special types of undead when reanimating the appropriate type:
EA Ulm
EA Ulm's longdead have higher-damage weapons than most undead.
The Monkey Nations (EA Lanka, EA Kailasa, MA Bandar Log, LA Patala)
The undead Bandar are notable for having unusually high hitpoints and strength.
EA Hinnom
Hinnom reanimates giant longdead with very high damage and moderate hitpoints. Some also gain additional attacks and gear.
Image | Name | Nations | Chances | Description |
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Longdead | ||||
EA Ulm EA Vanheim, MA Vanheim, LA Midgard | ||||
EA Ulm | ||||
EA Ulm, MA Ulm, MA Marignon, LA Marignon, LA Abysia | ||||
LA Ulm MA Man MA Ulm, MA Marignon, LA Marignon, LA Abysia | ||||
C'tis | ||||
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C'tis | ||||
C'tis | ||||
C'tis | ||||
Longdead | EA Berytos MA Arcoscephale, MA Machaka, LA Arcoscephale | Berytos: 25% else: 33.33% | Full longdead armor with a spear, slightly more defense from repell. | |
Longdead | EA Berytos | 50% | Full armored longdead with a longer spear, Better at repelling. | |
Longdead | EA Berytos MA Arcoscephale, MA Machaka, LA Arcoscephale | Berytos: 25% else: 33.33%" | the default nacked-spear with shield, still chaff | |
Longdead Hoplite | MA Arcoscephale, MA Machaka, LA Arcoscephale | 33.33%" | longdead with a longer spear and Heavy armor, and Formation Fighter. Moves at a crawl on the battlefield but will grind through small damage while inflicting harassing getting a bigger harassment bonues. | |
Notable Spells | ||
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Rituals | Personal Enchantments | Divine Name/Gift of Reason • Transformation • Twiceborn • Cure Disease |
Strategic | Domes • Globals • Magic Phase Movement • Remote Attacks | |
Summons | Cross Breeding • Elemental Royalty • Hidden Underneath/in Snow/in Sand • Infernal Breeding • Reanimation • Release Lord of Civilization • Ritual of Rebirth • Tartarian Gate | |
Other | Wish | |
Combat Magic | Battlefield Enchantments | |
Buffs | Hell Power • Life after Death • Mossbody • Pain Transfer • Phoenix Pyre • Returning • Soul Vortex • Strength of Giants • Time Stop | |
Debuffs | Armor of Achilles • Earth Grip • False Fetters | |
Direct Damage | Divine Magic • Magic Duel • Soul Slay | |
Summons | Reanimation | |
Other | Communions • Enslave Mind |