(Fun things to do when you or a friend are dead!)

VERBS

YOUR ACTION FROM YOUR OWN PERSPECTIVE

YOUR ACTION AS VIEWED BY OTHERS
BEG (while dead) Your spirit murmurs a few whispered words of pleading. Eratika's spirit murmurs a few whispered words of pleading, though you can't quite make out whether she is begging for mercy or revenge.

CHORTLE (while dead)

You give a ghostly chortle.

Eratika gives a ghostly chortle.

CHUCKLE (while dead)

You give a ghostly chuckle.

Eratika gives a ghostly chuckle.

COVER <DEAD PERSON>

You kick some dirt on the dead body of Eratika.

Trakkar kicks some dirt on your corpse.

CRY (while dead)

With great effort you give a keening cry, your spectral tears falling to the ground.

With great effort the spirit of Eratika gives a keening cry, spectral tears falling to the ground.

GROAN (while dead)

You groan, making a very unsettling sound.

An unsettling groan comes from the spirit of Eratika.
GROWL (while dead) You growl, the sound resonating through the area. A hollow, resonating growl echoes from the spirit of Eratika.

HISS (while dead)

Your spirit lets out a faint, ghostly hiss... or perhaps it was just some air leaking out of your corpse.

A faint, ghostly hiss emanates from the corpse of Eratika.

HOLD <DEAD PERSON>

You reach down and tenderly cradle Eratika's lifeless hand in yours.

Trakkar reaches down and tenderly cradles your lifeless hand in his.

HOWL (while dead)

You howl in frustration at your nonliving state!

Eratika's spirit howls in frustration!

LAUGH (while dead)

You laugh, the sepulchral sound echoing through the room.

The ghostly laughter of Eratika echoes through the room, sending a shiver down your spine.

LICK <DEAD PERSON>

Yuck, she's dead! That's gross!

Trakkar leans over and licks you. You wonder if he realizes that you're dead.

MOAN (while dead)

You let out a hollow, ghostly moan.

Eratika's spirit lets out a hollow moan.

MUTTER (while dead)

You mutter, complaining bitterly about your state of affairs.

The spirit of Eratika mutters, complaining bitterly about her state of affairs.

PINCH <DEAD PERSON>

You pinch Eratika since there's nothing she can do about it.

Trakkar pinches you and there's nothing you can do about it.

POKE <DEAD PERSON>

You poke Eratika to see if she will move. She doesn't.

Trakkar pokes you to see if you'll move.
PONDER <DEAD PERSON> You ponder the cycle of life and death as you gaze at Eratika's corpse. Wexna is staring at you. Being dead, you have no choice but to stare lifelessly back.
PRAY (while dead) You whisper a ghostly prayer for your soul. Eratika whispers a ghostly prayer for her soul.

PULL <DEAD PERSON>

You kneel down and pull Eratika's lifeless body into your arms.

Trakkar just kneeled down and pulled your lifeless body into his arms.

ROLL <DEAD PERSON> (with empty hands)

You gently roll the lifeless body of Eratika over.

Trakkar gently rolls your lifeless body over.

SALUTE <DEAD PERSON> (hands empty)

You turn towards the body of Eratika and render a sharp hand salute.

Trakkar turns towards your body and renders you a sharp hand salute.

SALUTE <DEAD PERSON> (with item in right hand)

You turn towards the body of Eratika and render a sharp salute with your vultite waraxe.

Trakkar turns towards your body and renders you a sharp salute with his vultite waraxe.

SCRATCH <DEAD PERSON>

You scratch futilely at the corpse, but Eratika remains dead.

Trakkar scratches futilely at your corpse.
SHRIEK (while dead) >shriek

You're dead. Dead people don't shriek. Try moaning.

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SIGH (while dead)

You sigh softly, your ghostly voice a mere breath on the wind.

The spirit of Eratika sighs softly, raising the hairs on the back of your neck.
SWEAR (while dead) You curse your frail mortality.  That certainly won't win you any favor with Lorminstra. Eratika issues a ghostly curse on her own mortality.

THUMP <DEAD PERSON>

You thump Eratika but she just lies there, quite dead.

Trakkar thumps your dead body. It doesn't help, you're still dead.
TREMBLE (while dead) Your muscles jerk and tremble in your death throes, their actions no longer controlled by your brain. Eratika's body jerks and trembles involuntarily, her muscles no longer controlled by her brain.
UNLINK (while dead)

(NOTE: Clerics now must link their souls to the dead, by casting Well of Life, before the dead can be resurrected. If the souls are NOT linked, then the dead person cannot, of course, UNLINK. Once linked but prior to being raised, a dead person may UNLINK to sever the bond between the cleric and the deceased. If the dead person chooses to remain linked, the soul link will last for 15 minutes or until the corpse is raised or UNLINK is invoked. Note that after raising a corpse, the soul link remains for another two minutes; i.e., the cleric is mandated to protect the recently resurrected for two minutes.)

(Also NOTE: Establishing a soul link does not negate the requirement of preserving the corpse with Lifekeep!)

 Here are a few examples of linking and unlinking. First, a cleric attempts to resurrect a dead person without first casting a soul link via Well of Life (308):

>prep 318
You concentrate on the Life Restoration spell...
Your spell is ready.
>cast Eratika
You gesture at Eratika.
You realize too late that you are not currently soul linked to Eratika.
The incredible amount of magical energy you have called upon explodes in the air above you. The backwash of pure spiritual energy overwhelms your senses! You are stunned!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

Second, the cleric, after she recovers from her stun (heh), remembers to cast Well of Life upon the dead person before attempt to do a raise, thus linking their souls:

>prep 308
You concentrate on the Well of Life spell...
Your spell is ready.
>cast Eratika
You gesture at Eratika.
A silvery translucent thread extends from you encompassing Eratika's corpse.
For one fleeting moment as your soul touches Eratika's soul, you feel an overwhelming sense of fright and desperation. Then a wave of blissful calmness settles upon you as you sense your souls have linked together.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

Third, here is an example of what happens when the deceased UNLINKs with a cleric (and thus that cleric can no longer raise that corpse unless the link is reestablished):

>unlink [while you are dead]
If you wish to sever the soul link with Kelista, type UNLINK CONFIRM.
>unlink confirm
You let go of the bond between you and Kelista allowing your soul to embrace the long dark. The abyss awaits...
You sense the link to Kelista's soul slip peacefully away.

Fourth, note that two minutes after a successful resurrection, the soul link naturally dissolves:

You sense the link to Kelista's soul slip peacefully away.

  

 

 

 

 

Kelista gestures at you.

 

A gigantic burst of magic explodes over the head of Kelista. She reels from the backwash of pure spiritual energy!

 

 

 

 

 

 


Kelista gestures at you.
A silvery translucent thread extends from Kelista encompassing you.
You sense the warmth and comfort of salvation.

(NOTE that a third party will see this: Kelista gestures at Eratika.  A silvery translucent thread extends from Kelista encompassing Eratika's corpse.)

 

 

 

 

 


You sense the link to Eratika's soul slip peacefully away.

 


You sense the link to Eratika's soul slip peacefully away.

WAGGLE <DEAD PERSON>

You waggle your fingers mystically at Eratika, but she's still pretty dead.

Trakkar waggles his fingers mystically at you. You're still as dead as a dead thing.

WAIL (while dead)

You begin to wail, your spirit lamenting your current state.

The spirit of Eratika begins to wail eerily.

WAIL <DEAD PERSON> (from a standing position)

You fall to your knees beside the body of Eratika and wail mournfully!

Trakkar falls to his knees beside your body and wails mournfully!

WAIL <DEAD PERSON> (from kneeling position>

You fling yourself on the body of Eratika, wailing mournfully.

Trakkar flings himself on your body, wailing mournfully.

WHEEZE (while dead)

You gather the energies of your spirit to create a supernatural howl, but only manage a ghostly wheezing sound.

The spirit of Eratika emits a ghostly wheezing sound.
WHISPER <PERSON> (while dead) >whis trakkar 'Aye, it's fun being dead.
You whisper quietly to Trakkar.		 The ghost of Eratika whispers, "'Aye, it's fun being dead."

WINCE (while dead)

Facial muscles are so unresponsive when one is dead!

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WINCE <DEAD PERSON>

You glance over at the body of Eratika and size up the mess she has made of herself. You wince, idly muttering beneath your breath, "What a ninny!"

Trakkar glances over at you, sizes up your injuries and winces.

NOTE that a third party will see this: Trakkar glances over at the body of Eratika, sizes up the mess and winces. You think you hear him mutter something beneath his breath that sounds like, "What a pity!"