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* TheApprentice: [[spoiler:Once Cragwhistle gains a special Awakening stone, Tyron grudgingly agrees to teach three newly Awakened necromancers. Despite his initial grumbling about being interrupted in his work, and despite their fundamental spellcasting skills being woefully inadequate compared to his own rigorous tutoring by his mother, he takes a degree of liking to them. Georg comes from a family of farmers, and is not especially academic nor dexterous, but is unafraid of dead bodies and has practical wisdom. Richard hero-worships Tyron's spellcasting skills, and is well-read, but is overwhelmed by the chance to learn such a valuable field, and gets nervous as a result. Briss performs the best in many ways, but is slightly built and needs to level up just to build her endurance. All of them are keen to succeed, though.]]
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* ExplosiveResults: A miscast spell can easily explode in the caster's face, although Tyron doesn't tend to face that problem, because he has honed his abilities to perfection for years. [[spoiler:When he takes on apprentices, however, he has to step in when they make mistakes, to dispel the warped magick before it can blow up.]]
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* MagikarpPower: At level 1, a Necromancer can do nothing special except raising a single zombie, perhaps two if the caster is especially powerful. The resulting minion is slow, clumsy, constantly drains the caster's magick to support itself, and is a mindless puppet that must be manually directed. However, as the Necromancer levels up, the quantity of minions they can support rises rapidly, and at higher tiers they get access to much more powerful types. A level 40 Necromancer is a serious threat to national security, and historical necromancers have controlled armies large enough to raze cities, including spellcasters, skeletal knights, undead wyverns, and various other horrors.
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* MagikarpPower: MagikarpPower:
** At level 1, a Necromancer can do nothing special except raising a single zombie, perhaps two if the caster is especially powerful. The resulting minion is slow, clumsy, constantly drains the caster's magick to support itself, and is a mindless puppet that must be manually directed. However, as the Necromancer levels up, the quantity of minions they can support rises rapidly, and at higher tiers they get access to much more powerful types. A level 40 Necromancer is a serious threat to national security, and historical necromancers have controlled armies large enough to raze cities, including spellcasters, skeletal knights, undead wyverns, and various otherhorrors.horrors.
** Tyron internally admits that a Raise Dead ritual cut down to its absolute simplest possible form may be his finest creation yet, even though it would produce a completely useless minion. [[spoiler:Because it still counts as raising an undead, which will allow his apprentices -- who lack his talent for magick and his long practice -- to gain a level and start work on skeletons.]]
** At level 1, a Necromancer can do nothing special except raising a single zombie, perhaps two if the caster is especially powerful. The resulting minion is slow, clumsy, constantly drains the caster's magick to support itself, and is a mindless puppet that must be manually directed. However, as the Necromancer levels up, the quantity of minions they can support rises rapidly, and at higher tiers they get access to much more powerful types. A level 40 Necromancer is a serious threat to national security, and historical necromancers have controlled armies large enough to raze cities, including spellcasters, skeletal knights, undead wyverns, and various other
** Tyron internally admits that a Raise Dead ritual cut down to its absolute simplest possible form may be his finest creation yet, even though it would produce a completely useless minion. [[spoiler:Because it still counts as raising an undead, which will allow his apprentices -- who lack his talent for magick and his long practice -- to gain a level and start work on skeletons.]]
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* CombatAndSupport: Classes like [Corpse Weaver] and [Bone Shaper] don't really have ways to fight; they're about repairing and optimising flesh and bones for others to use. [[spoiler:The Old Gods grant many of the Cragwhistle residents classes like these, laying the foundation of a war machine for classes like [Necromancer] to have a steady supply of powerful minions.]]
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* NayTheist: When a priest calls Tyron a "vile unbeliever," Tyron retorts that he ''does'' believe the five Divines exist -- [[spoiler:and he believes that they need to die]].
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* ItAmusedMe: The Venerable suspects that the reason he's favoured by the Five is because they find his struggles entertaining.
--> They liked him, liked to watch him survive and push onward despite the suffering he endured, waiting for him to crack and beg them to take back their blessings.
--> They liked him, liked to watch him survive and push onward despite the suffering he endured, waiting for him to crack and beg them to take back their blessings.
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* OutGambitted: Even though Tyron specifically mentioned that he had noticed rising tensions and suspected something would happen, [[spoiler:Filetta still tries to lead an ambush to assassinate him, to tie off the loose end that he represents to their business. Tyron promptly reveals that he brought dozens of minions ''and'' an artefact that floods the area with opaque smoke, giving him time and space to start casting area debuffs. None of Filetta's people survive.]]
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* FeedItWithFire: Even Slayers who might possibly be willing to sacrifice themselves to take Tyron down ([[spoiler:such as Trenan's team]]) will hesitate when they realise that the result will be serving him in death and thus making him ''stronger''.
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''[[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47038/book-of-the-dead Book of the Dead]]'' is a LitRPG WebSerialNovel by [[https://www.royalroad.com/profile/97247 RinoZ]] (also the author of ''Literature/ChrysalisRinoZ''), originally posted in 2021 on Website/RoyalRoad, and is in progress as at December 2023.
March 2024.
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* DestroyTheEvidence: When Tyron has time to properly equip himself for a fight, one enchantment he keeps on hand is designed to draw in and absorb leftover magick, to hide the signs of his work.
--> It wouldn't be able to remove all traces of what had happened here, but it would remove enough. Only a dedicated search would turn up any results, and there was little reason for anyone to go walking the sewers or streets, hunting for death magick specifically.
--> It wouldn't be able to remove all traces of what had happened here, but it would remove enough. Only a dedicated search would turn up any results, and there was little reason for anyone to go walking the sewers or streets, hunting for death magick specifically.
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* LesserOfTwoEvils: Tyron isn't an expert on the realm of dead spirits, but he suspects it's nothing very exciting, and suggests [[spoiler:to Filetta's shade]] that being an intelligent undead, subservient yet not helpless, might be preferable.
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** It's entirely possible to use magick cores to create enchanted household items, for timekeeping, cooking food, etc. However, there's so much demand for weapons, armour, and other adventuring supplies, that domestic uses are relatively rare. [[spoiler:Tyron targets the domestic market by using undersized cores that aren't useful for combat applications; with his painstaking attention to detail, he's able to make use of them, achieving usable results (eg a heating plate 70% as effective as usual) at a fraction of the cost.]]
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** It's entirely possible to use magick cores to create enchanted household items, for timekeeping, cooking food, etc. However, there's so much demand for weapons, armour, and other adventuring supplies, that domestic uses are relatively rare. [[spoiler:Tyron Tyron targets the domestic market by using undersized cores that aren't useful for combat applications; with his painstaking attention to detail, he's able to make use of them, achieving usable results (eg a heating plate 70% as effective as usual) at a fraction of the cost.]]
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* ProjectileSpell: Before his Awakening, Tyron manually taught himself a few spells, including Magick Bolt, which simply throws a ball of force at the target. It's nothing really special, but if it hits in the right place, it can kill a human, and Tyron is proficient enough that he can launch it from any part of his body with enough concentration, not just his hands.
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* ProjectileSpell: Before his Awakening, Tyron manually taught himself a few spells, including Magick Bolt, which simply throws a ball of force at the target. It's nothing really special, but if it hits in the right place, it can kill a human, and Tyron is proficient enough that he can launch it from any part of his body with enough concentration, not just his hands. Eventually he adapts it to create a version based on death magick.
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* GottaKillThemAll: Tyron launches a couple of "kill everyone who was responsible for X" campaigns.
** He goes as far as [[spoiler:selling souls to the Abyss in exchange for a tracking ability]] to hunt down every last member of a gang of bandits. [[spoiler:Though he's left unsatisfied when he finds out that one of the targets identified by his ability wasn't a bandit as recently as a few days ago, so it's unclear whether the boy signed up with them or the ability lied.]]
** He later makes a deal to [[spoiler:consider releasing Filetta to the afterlife]] once everyone responsible for an attempt on his life is dead.
** He goes as far as [[spoiler:selling souls to the Abyss in exchange for a tracking ability]] to hunt down every last member of a gang of bandits. [[spoiler:Though he's left unsatisfied when he finds out that one of the targets identified by his ability wasn't a bandit as recently as a few days ago, so it's unclear whether the boy signed up with them or the ability lied.]]
** He later makes a deal to [[spoiler:consider releasing Filetta to the afterlife]] once everyone responsible for an attempt on his life is dead.
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* LeaveNoWitnesses: Tyron is careful not to let any of [[spoiler:the thieves delivering his corpses]] get away once a fight breaks out. Their absence is certainly noticed, but they aren't able to tell anyone about his skeletons.
--> '''Tyron:''' No loose ends.
--> '''Tyron:''' No loose ends.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Subverted when Tyron can enslave people's souls and bodies as undead; "the end" is a flexible concept for him.
--> '''[[spoiler:Filetta]]:''' I'll never talk. I'll be dead in a few minutes anyway.\\
'''Tyron:''' Yes, that's the point.
--> '''[[spoiler:Filetta]]:''' I'll never talk. I'll be dead in a few minutes anyway.\\
'''Tyron:''' Yes, that's the point.
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* DisposingOfABody: Filetta and her superiors become nervous about how many corpses Tyron wants to buy, because they can't understand how he's keeping so many bodies hidden.
--> '''Filetta:''' We don't care what you do with the merchandise, only that they are disposed of in a manner that can't be traced back to us.
--> '''Filetta:''' We don't care what you do with the merchandise, only that they are disposed of in a manner that can't be traced back to us.
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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Tyron is warned that if he bothers anyone, "The gold ranks will rip your feet off and beat you to death with them," and checks if the guard is joking. Nope, not a joke, that actually happened, ''yesterday''.
--> '''Guard:''' I'm not creative enough to make this stuff up, sir.
--> '''Guard:''' I'm not creative enough to make this stuff up, sir.
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''[[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47038/book-of-the-dead Book of the Dead]]'' is a LitRPG WebSerialNovel by [[https://www.royalroad.com/profile/97247 RinoZ]] (also the author of ''Literature/ChrysalisRinoZ''), originally posted in 2021 on Royal Road, Website/RoyalRoad, and is in progress as at December 2023.
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* DishonoredDead:
** Mayor Janry is deeply upset at seeing what Tyron has done to the remains of his ancestors (who were Tyron's first test subjects for raising the dead), and takes a savage glee in giving Tyron's parents the order to hunt him down.
** Even Slayers who might have been willing to give their lives bringing Tyron down will hesitate when presented with the prospect that he will then enslave their bodies and souls to serve him.
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* EldritchLocation: The Ossuary is an extradimensional space with unusual necromancy properties. It's constantly saturated with dense death magick, from no visible source, so much of it that any undead brought inside are overcharged with extra, which leaks away once they leave. Bones left inside, despite being filled up with energy, ''don't'' spontaneously assemble themselves into wild undead, though. Tyron finds it to be a fascinating intellectual puzzle as much as a tool.
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* ZergRush: Even after Tyron's best efforts at refining the Raise Dead ritual, repairing and optimising bones, increasing magick conduit efficiency, and taking feats to improve minion quality, his skeletons are not the equal of a Slayer in single combat. But single combat is not how they are meant to work. They are meant to work in large groups, surrounding enemies and overwhelming with numbers. They are light, fast, coordinated by a single will, utterly without fear, and ultimately expendable (bones are always in limited supply, but if he's seriously fighting then he has new "recruits" at hand). [[spoiler:By the time he's past level 40, with hundreds of skeletons at his command, even teams of Slayers recognise that there are just too many; fighting him means dying and joining the horde.]]
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''[[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47038/book-of-the-dead Book of the Dead]]'' is a LitRPG WebSerialNovel by [[https://www.royalroad.com/profile/97247 RinoZ]], RinoZ]] (also the author of ''Literature/ChrysalisRinoZ''), originally posted in 2021 on Royal Road, and is in progress as at December 2023.
