Grasping Corpse


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A little confused by this spell. It says it can "cause one nearby corpse to animate for a brief moment" except...

The duration is instantaneous. While it doesn't talk about what happens after it makes a trip attempt, if it grapples someone, they stay grappled until they either break free, or destroy the corpse (which has 12 hp and DR 5/slashing).

So does this mean that after it's initial attack, the corpse just remains animated until someone bothers to kill it?


I assume once it grasps on or misses, it is no longer animated. It just clings on with a tight post-animation grip.

Sovereign Court

Yeah, it's just freaky rigor mortis stuff.

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