>>5547387>>5547391>>5547415>>5547489>>5547586>Ask your master to try channeling the corpse.“My lady.. perhaps we ought try to channel the ghost of those bones in the other room?” You suggest to the witch in a low voice. “You said he was sprightly, did you not? He might have some valuable insight into the dungeon ahead. It’s just.. will you be able to channel in this form, or..?”
“I was the one who developed CADAVERINE MAGIC, you know.” Sigrid seems to have taken some offense at your inquiry. “I may not be at my strongest, but I conducted my best research as a halfling. I can manage it. And I was curious about that corpse too, to tell the truth. I suppose I can give you a show.”
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“Talking to the dead now, are we?” Bredbeddle watches your master kneel before the skeleton. “I didn’t think you’d go mad so fast.”
“She’s not gone mad yet!” You fold your arms. Your master says a short prayer, her face close to the skeleton. “We’re going to channel the spirit here–see if we can get him to talk about the dungeon or give us permission to handle his body for the scale. My lady is a master of GHOST MAGIC, you know!”
“The preferred terminology is CADAVERINE MAGIC now, Snuff–it’s ARCANE, DIVINE, and CADAVERINE.” Sigrid mutters. “Well.. here we go.”
Sigrid leans in and rests her lips against the skull’s jaw. The gnome makes a <span class="mu-i">blech</span> sound. You watch the halfling shudder, pause, and fall very, very still for a long few moments–before she suddenly starts with a shock. Your master turns back to face you, now no longer your master.
“A-ah..! Hello! A-are you lot.. adventurers..? That’s so cool!” The ghost speaks from her, a very thin spectral tail leaking from her mouth. The spirit begins stumbling over his own words in an attempt to introduce himself. “Ahem. Ah, nice to meet you! I am the great KNIGHT OF LIONS, the brave, chivalric adventurer.. the GREEN KNIGHT!”
You’ve never seen your master smile like this. You wish you had one of those portable silvergraph machines to take a picture and frame it.
>Ask the fallen spirit for tips on the dungeon ahead.>Ask the fallen spirit for permission to use his body as a solid counterweight.>Inform the poor spirit that he’s died, probably a long time ago.>Write-In. 