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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 820434" data-attributes="member: 177">Depends on the undead, and your world's metaphysic, I should think...If you read the zombie description, it says that &quot;A rank odor of death&quot; surrounds them.&nbsp; That'd be one stinky statue.&nbsp; If you want to inject some science, that implies bacterial action, continuing decomposition.&nbsp; That either continues until the zombie is still a zombie, but low on organic parts, or reduced to a skeleton (which doesn't rot too well, and so continues on forever as an undead).For the most part, undead higher up the chain don't seem to decompose on a mortal life span.&nbsp; Most of them tend to feed on the living (ghouls eat flesh, vampires blood, wights drain life essence), and it seems reasonable to say it's that consumption of the living that keeps the dead around.&nbsp; Note that liches generally dont have to consume anything.&nbsp; You might choose to say that liches do eventually deteriorate and become demi-liches.&nbsp; Or not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 820434, member: 177"] Depends on the undead, and your world's metaphysic, I should think... If you read the zombie description, it says that "A rank odor of death" surrounds them. That'd be one stinky statue. If you want to inject some science, that implies bacterial action, continuing decomposition. That either continues until the zombie is still a zombie, but low on organic parts, or reduced to a skeleton (which doesn't rot too well, and so continues on forever as an undead). For the most part, undead higher up the chain don't seem to decompose on a mortal life span. Most of them tend to feed on the living (ghouls eat flesh, vampires blood, wights drain life essence), and it seems reasonable to say it's that consumption of the living that keeps the dead around. Note that liches generally dont have to consume anything. You might choose to say that liches do eventually deteriorate and become demi-liches. Or not. [/QUOTE]

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