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** Indeed, older editions of the game included ''Animate Dead Animals'' as a low-level magic spell, useable by novice necromancers who weren't yet powerful enough to affect humanoid corpses. |
** Indeed, older editions of the game included ''Animate Dead Animals'' as a low-level magic spell, useable by novice necromancers who weren't yet powerful enough to affect humanoid corpses. |
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** D&D also gives us "Skin Kites," patches of undead skin which fly around and can create more of themselves from the skin of their victims. Then there's the Skulking cyst, a crawling undead tumor. Still other undead include clouds of blood, severed appendages, constructs of bone and an entire graveyard able to come alive like a humanoid golem. |
** D&D also gives us "Skin Kites," patches of undead skin which fly around and can create more of themselves from the skin of their victims. Then there's the Skulking cyst, a crawling undead tumor. Still other undead include clouds of blood, severed appendages, constructs of bone and an entire graveyard able to come alive like a humanoid golem. |
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** [[Forgotten Realms]] had Undead Familiar back in AD&D2 and Undead Mount back in AD&D1 (''Lords of Darkness''). Also, in ''Elminster's Ecologies'' Appendix I Rolanda Invenweigh who provides the exposition keeps an undead ferret as a familiar (and has an unfortunate habit of suddenly introducing it to the visitors). |
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** [[Dark Sun]] even has undead giant insects used as a war machine. |
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* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Game/Munchkin Munchkin] has an Undead Horse, undead ears, and Zombees, which are [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|just what you'd think they'd be.]] |
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Game/Munchkin Munchkin] has an Undead Horse, undead ears, and Zombees, which are [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|just what you'd think they'd be.]] |
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* [[Warhammer Fantasy]] has the Vampire Counts, who regularly employ Undead Wolves, Horses and Dragons in their service. Nurgle likewise sometimes employ decaying dragons and gigantic Toads, but whether they're revived creatures or Daemons resembling certain fauna is up for debate. |
* [[Warhammer Fantasy]] has the Vampire Counts, who regularly employ Undead Wolves, Horses and Dragons in their service. Nurgle likewise sometimes employ decaying dragons and gigantic Toads, but whether they're revived creatures or Daemons resembling certain fauna is up for debate. |
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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |
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