So I've been toying with an idea for a while of a Necro Wizard who uses Clone to remain immortal. At a whopping 1800 years old (Give or take a few years) she has quite the arsenal in her spell book, notably Magic Jar and Soul Cage. So the concept was to create a necromancer that takes a hostage, removes their soul in one fashion or another and cages it. Then, since the target does not have a soul and (per my DM and my logic) wouldn't make a saving throw, their body would be mine for the taking. In the instance I favored most, a Goliath body that is strong enough to carry my necromancer in a coffin of some sort on his back and still able to wield weapons and such due to a 'large' creature's carrying capacity.
So now comes the concern I have. While there are a great many ways to remove a soul from a body without death, I was wondering if anyone would be able to reasonably assume that death wouldn't be a possible factor. Say, a killing, but otherwise none fatal blow slays the target. Perhaps years of torment and torture but keeping vital organs intact. When the victim dies, cage the soul, mend the body (likely with spells like Life Transference, and then possess it with Soul Cage.
I don't think removing the soul through any other means invokes a rot on the body, but death TYPICALLY does. Gentle Repose delays the body's decay, but pennies must be maintained on the eyes which limits sight and must be recast to maintain. There is Revivify that technically does not have the text inclusion of "If the soul is free and willing" but isn't available to my wizard without cross classing or delegating the task.
Thoughts?
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You only lose if you die. Any time else, there's opportunity for a come back.
So I've been toying with an idea for a while of a Necro Wizard who uses Clone to remain immortal. At a whopping 1800 years old (Give or take a few years) she has quite the arsenal in her spell book, notably Magic Jar and Soul Cage. So the concept was to create a necromancer that takes a hostage, removes their soul in one fashion or another and cages it. Then, since the target does not have a soul and (per my DM and my logic) wouldn't make a saving throw, their body would be mine for the taking. In the instance I favored most, a Goliath body that is strong enough to carry my necromancer in a coffin of some sort on his back and still able to wield weapons and such due to a 'large' creature's carrying capacity.
So now comes the concern I have. While there are a great many ways to remove a soul from a body without death, I was wondering if anyone would be able to reasonably assume that death wouldn't be a possible factor. Say, a killing, but otherwise none fatal blow slays the target. Perhaps years of torment and torture but keeping vital organs intact. When the victim dies, cage the soul, mend the body (likely with spells like Life Transference, and then possess it with Soul Cage.
I don't think removing the soul through any other means invokes a rot on the body, but death TYPICALLY does. Gentle Repose delays the body's decay, but pennies must be maintained on the eyes which limits sight and must be recast to maintain. There is Revivify that technically does not have the text inclusion of "If the soul is free and willing" but isn't available to my wizard without cross classing or delegating the task.
Thoughts?
You only lose if you die. Any time else, there's opportunity for a come back.
That sounds cool! Maybe he can summon monsters