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So a second level fighter, second level rogue, second level witch (me) finally finished a grueling 90 min battle (real time) with the boarish bartender behind the temple of Iomedae.

Me: I will tie up the uncon Bartender.
GM: Why? he is dead.
me: Oh. I drag the body around behind some debris.
Wanna Be hell knight begins berating the rogue for fighting.
Rogue: Hey he jumped me first.
Me: I pull out my 25 GP onyx gem and raise the dead as a zombie.
GM: What?
WHK: What?
R: Heh.
GM: you can't do that! (Comes over to look at hero lab sheet on my monitor).
Me: Point at ability, point at gems
GM: You A#~%!!#!
WHK: You can't do that!
Me: Why not.
WHK: it's illegal!
ME: No it's not.
GM: (Pulls out list o laws, reads them. it's not illegal)
Me: See it's not illegal.
WHK: You have to get permission from the family first!
Me: Hey, he attacked us first. (points at sashes) See these! these are our badges of Sheriffness.
WHK: You need a permit!
Me: Ok I will get one in the morning.
WHK: You can't get a permit after the fact!
Me: I don't want to carry around a dead body, so I deputized him. He can carry his self.
WHK: He has rights!
Me: Let's ask him.
Me as zombie voice spoken through the nose: "It's all right."
WHK screaming: YOU CANNOT DO THIS!
Me: Looking around nervously. Yeah I am pretty sure you are blowing our sneaking into the temple.
WHK: I don't care! what you did was illegal. We are going back to the jail!
((By the way all of us are hysterically laughing through out this scene.
We get there and find the jail wall smashed outwards.
Me: how many guards?
GM: Two and they are dead.
Me; I march the zombie into his cell and have him sit.
WHK: how many guards are here?
GM: Two
WHK: I ask them how this guy got out and have them clean up.
GM: they are dead.
R: he was escaping resisting arrest, destruction of private property and murder of trhe guards.
Me: see. he was guilty and now he is deputized.
WHK: NO! we are going to see the Big boss and get this straightened out.
At big boss
WHK explains what I did.
With a heavy sigh he fines my character 10 gp and community service of us all to rebuild the jail at our expense. Gm explains it could have been more.

Thus I am required to buy a corpse to have a zombie guard.

david waters wrote:

We are playing Hells Vengence and My character is a tiefling that has the ability to raise a zombie or skeleton. Per the GM, Per the book, I need to purchase a corpse. we cannot find the cost of a corpse. can anyone help us out?

Why purchase though? When you kill an enemy, then you have a corpse at your disposal.

I agree however the Hellknight got bent out of shape and states I must purchase a corpse otherwise I am breaking the law. The GM agrees I must buy a corpse to remain legal in the city.

We are playing Hells Vengence and My character is a tiefling that has the ability to raise a zombie or skeleton. Per the GM, Per the book, I need to purchase a corpse. we cannot find the cost of a corpse. can anyone help us out?