Can Animate Objects be cast on a corpse?

[FreeTheSlaves]

If so, what statistics would you use?

 

[Hypersmurf]

If so, what statistics would you use?

Well, an animated human would get the 10 foot speed bonus for two legs, no hardness, and no Blind/Constrict/Trample.

Other than that, it would just be the standard Medium Animated Object stats.

-Hyp.

 

[Tetsubo]

This might well mess with a Cleric's head as he tries to turn them... I'd "graft" some weapons onto the hands as well, make them a bit more dangerous.

 

[Shin Okada]

Just a random thought, but if the "corpse" was a set of human skeleton joined via wire or something, should it have some amount of hardness? Maybe 5 or so?

 

[Corsair]

This might well mess with a Cleric's head as he tries to turn them...

I just got an evil adventure idea...

 

[azmodean]

Yessss, awsomeness. Going to have to use this at some point (if I can ever get my players together again )

 

[Terath Ninir]

Yep. A fun, fun trick to pull on adventurers.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Yep. A fun, fun trick to pull on adventurers.

We've had a cleric waste a couple of Turn Attempts on a flesh golem before, too

-Hyp.

 

[Darkness]

We've had a cleric waste a couple of Turn Attempts on a flesh golem before, too

Spoiler for the Eberron adventures published so far:

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A recurring villain in these adventures is a changeling who likes to look like a vampire. E.g.: "... He has deathly white skin ... He smiles, flashing sharp fangs. ... he hisses, measuring you with a casual glance of his crimson gaze." He's also the leader of a bunch of fanatics who like to have undead around. His goal is to become a vampire one day; for now, he just plays the part.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Spoiler for the Eberron adventures published so far:

Heh. Reminds me of something that once happened to us in 1E days...

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The town was terrorised by a vampire. There was an eerie man who lived in the mansion on the hill overlooking the town. What were we supposed to think?

So when he got sick of us snooping around his mansion, he confronted us.

"You want a vampire? I'll give you a vampire!" he yelled... red eyes, fangs, bat wings, started flying around and chucking magic missiles...

He was an illusionist or magic-user using Fly and Change Self, who was just annoyed at the accusations. The real vampire was some woman we hadn't suspected at all...

-Hyp.