Dragon's Mountain - Technique

l D Bind the Undead


Rank: 2

Activation: As a Scheme action, you may make a TN 2 Theology (Fire) check targeting a number of undead creatures up to your Earth Ring at range 0–4. You can only choose undead creatures with combat rank 3 or lower this way.

Effect: If you succeed, you bind each target to your will. They can now act only under your control, via simple voice commands. You can issue straightforward commands with your allocated five words per turn, or you can issue more complex commands if you dedicate your action to giving a command. If you are killed or become Unconscious due to a critical strike, all bound undead under your control cease to function, slumping to the ground as inanimate corpses. Whether you succeed or fail, an area encompassing 1 range band around each target’s position gains the Defiled terrain quality.

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L+: Treat the maximum range of the technique as 1 higher per L spent this way.

L+: Treat the maximum combat rank of an undead creature you can bind as 1 higher per L spent this way. If you bind an intelligent undead creature this way and later lose control of it, it reverts to its own goals instead of becoming inanimate.

LL: One undead creature you choose becomes a revenant (see Shadowlands page 18) in addition to becoming bound.

Source: Shadowlands Pg. 118

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