@TheEdVerse does the makeup of a corpse change in anyway after being infused with negative energy on an undead creature? bones harden, skin becomes more pliable, muscles strengthen; anything like that? or am i imagining that :I
— PastorGall (@PastorGall) September 21, 2019
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Sure. The exact effects vary both individually and by undead type, but see my 2e spell Nulathoe’s Ninemen for the list of minor changes/augmentations. Becoming undead almost always strengthens the LINKAGES between decaying/shrinking/withering body parts. For example, there are "haunted" tombs in the Realms where strewn/heaped bones 'whirl up into the air' when living creatures intrude, sort themselves into their original skeletons, and attack. The negative energy "holds" the bones together, so the skeletons are…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 22, 2019
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…closer to marionettes (components kept floating and in 'correct' orientation to each other [e.g. scapula to humerus and clavicle] by negative energy magical force, rather than by strings).#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) September 22, 2019