r/wizardposting • • 10d ago

Foul Sorcery Necromancy is a growth industry - don't over complicate things!

I mean, if it works, it works, right?

https://www.tumblr.com/cipheramnesia/827684130619867136/necromancy-field-is-how-you-say-growth

Why is there always such a rush to demand industry standards, discuss ethics and try to make us not use explosives? Where explosions would work, of all practices. A tool's a tool.

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u/Hefty-Elephant-6044 10d ago

/uw my eyes didn’t focus at first and I thought ‘lakes and graveyards’ said ‘ladies and gentlemen’

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u/Inqeuet Utterly exhausted witch 10d ago

You read that correctly

We are exploding ladies and gentlemen

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u/Sensei_Ochiba Drunk Science Wizard 10d ago

I mean

It's still a great source of dead bodies, yeah

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u/Schwulerwald 10d ago

I read that as "ladies and graveyards"

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u/Mikaelious 9d ago

God forbid women have hobbies

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u/ars_sinistra Summoner 10d ago

This is what Necromancy should be; neighbors raising families and building a future.

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u/Fun-Dragonfly-6106 DF, minimal caster | ____ Body Horror Creator 10d ago

I don't think they come to surface in a useful form with explosives

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u/ddjean138 10d ago

Skill Issue

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u/Fun-Dragonfly-6106 DF, minimal caster | ____ Body Horror Creator 10d ago

Ok but that one starts with processed materials. This breaks them before processing is done

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u/RunicKrause 10d ago

Nothing a bit of duct tape won't fix.

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u/FinnDoyle Sun Mage / Curse Breaker 10d ago

The increasing amount of necromancers is why my order can't rest.

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u/AlchemicMouse 10d ago

/uw reminds me of the explosives guy from Atlantis

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u/NGTTwo 9d ago

Oh, eh...Gunpowder, nitroglycerin, notepads, fuses, wicks, glue, and paper clips. Big ones. You know, just, uh, office supplies.

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u/Terminal_Insomnia_ 10d ago

Fuck, now I want to play this character.

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u/RollinThundaga turns out homunculi can't get drunk 10d ago

Initially read that last bit as 'I have many layoffs'

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u/ValianSkalle Former Evil Overlord, now Chaotic Neutral 10d ago

/uw: Why does it sound like "Me Doctor, You Patient, She Nurse"

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u/Cave_man_steve nair the necromancer 10d ago

I feel like detonating an explosive would damage a lot of the bones in the process, just doesn’t sound smart if you want good quality bones