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<blockquote data-quote="RedTonic" data-source="post: 5573482" data-attributes="member: 98994"><p>Forsaken zones--anything that dies, is conceived, or is born there is "undead." The divine powers that be have forever closed their eyes to forsaken lands due to some great tragedy or blasphemy which occurred there. Or on the flip side of the coin, the forsaken lands are palpably claimed by some deity such that undead occur there as outlined.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I like zombie plagues; not only can you catch the plague by being wounded by an infected, but also by consuming anything corrupted by impure flesh: that means if you eat something grown on ground where rotted flesh wound up, or eat something that ate something that consumed a corrupted creature, or you drink tainted water, welcome to the Long Goodbye! Obviously this is more of a survival horror thing, so I don't think such a concept will ever catch on.</p><p></p><p>The original zombie is not a bad notion to bring up in this discussion, either--the person enslaved by a sinister rite (or a poison plus brainwashing, as it actually happens). They're not undead as we define it in game terms, usually--but that's where the modern notion arose. Original ghouls are also something to look at.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I classify incorporeal things as not undead, but other. I reserve undead for mobile, embodied creatures. I don't think of spirits as undead, even if they're malicious. I think it's just a pedantic thing, but it's my pedantic thing, and I wrote it, and I'm glad. so there. u.u</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedTonic, post: 5573482, member: 98994"] Forsaken zones--anything that dies, is conceived, or is born there is "undead." The divine powers that be have forever closed their eyes to forsaken lands due to some great tragedy or blasphemy which occurred there. Or on the flip side of the coin, the forsaken lands are palpably claimed by some deity such that undead occur there as outlined. Personally, I like zombie plagues; not only can you catch the plague by being wounded by an infected, but also by consuming anything corrupted by impure flesh: that means if you eat something grown on ground where rotted flesh wound up, or eat something that ate something that consumed a corrupted creature, or you drink tainted water, welcome to the Long Goodbye! Obviously this is more of a survival horror thing, so I don't think such a concept will ever catch on. The original zombie is not a bad notion to bring up in this discussion, either--the person enslaved by a sinister rite (or a poison plus brainwashing, as it actually happens). They're not undead as we define it in game terms, usually--but that's where the modern notion arose. Original ghouls are also something to look at. Personally, I classify incorporeal things as not undead, but other. I reserve undead for mobile, embodied creatures. I don't think of spirits as undead, even if they're malicious. I think it's just a pedantic thing, but it's my pedantic thing, and I wrote it, and I'm glad. so there. u.u [/QUOTE]
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