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Creating Amalgams,
Simulacra & Changelings
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Amalgams, Simulacra, and Changelings represent
three very different approaches to the creation of “artificial
life”. Amalgams are the revivification of the dead,
Simulacra are nourished by the blood of their creators,
and Changelings represent the reshaping of the living
into new forms.
8.1
AMALGAMS
An Amalgam is created by assembling a collection of
body parts from multiple corpses, joining these parts
into a single body using Surgery and magic, and drawing
a wandering spirit or soul shard into the body by electrical
means. Amalgams look “like death warmed up”.
Translucent skin reveals their network of veins and
arteries, while their eyes are yellowing and pus-filled,
their breath is fetid, and surgical stitches demarcate the
edges of each part of their body jigsaw.
A “Living” Amalgam is made by grafting one or more
body parts from a corpse (or alternatively transplanting
a mechanical appendage or organ) by Surgery and magic
into the body of a living person. The transplant may then
be used to control the person.
Creating Amalgams of either type requires access to
the Amalgam Law spell list.
8.1.1 THE ASSEMBLY PROCESS
A Reanimator (as many of the surgeon-mages who
create Amalgams style themselves) needs a secure workroom
for engaging in his craft and ready access to dead
bodies. Raiding the local graveyard for freshly buried
corpses will suffice for humanoid Amalgams; acquiring
the raw material for animal and monstrous Amalgams
may require hiring hunters who can be trusted to bring
back the remains quickly. Every day of decomposition
increases the difficulty of creating a functional Amalgam.
Reanimators should cast Preserve Amalgam on
harvested body parts as soon as possible as this suspends
the deterioration process. This spell should be renewed
as necessary until the creation process is complete.
For true Amalgam creation, the Reanimator requires at
least two corpses (preferably but not necessarily of the
same species), with more bodies being needed if the
corpses are incomplete or damaged. An Amalgam cannot
be fashioned from a single corpse as that is reanimating the
dead, which is the province of Lifegiving and necromancy.
Having obtained the necessary bodies, the Reanimator
must first dismantle them and then perform the equally
gruesome task of stitching the pieces together. This
process takes a number of days equal to the intended
level of the Amalgam. On each day of reassembly, the
Reanimator must cast an Amalgam # spell of equivalent
or higher level than the Amalgam’s level.
Example: Doctor Frankenstein wishes to construct a
7th-level Amalgam. This will take him seven days
and require him to cast Amalgam X on the pieces
each day.
On the final day of the process, the Reanimator must
make a Surgery maneuver to determine the quality of the
workmanship, particularly the number of Weaknesses
and Improvements possessed by the Amalgam.
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