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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2286600" data-attributes="member: 14159">Which means it will be in Eberron by next year.&nbsp; But back to the topic at hand, that's a big downside of using mindless undead as a workforce, they are destructive creatures of negative energy with little self-initiative that you're trying to put to constructive use.&nbsp;&nbsp; A little like finding peaceful uses for nuclear weapons, it's possible but it runs counter to the original idea behind the item.The most creative use I ever saw for them in D&amp;D was in Dark Sun, by placing groups of them in giant hollow wheels of war machines and ordering them to march forward, using them as an engine.&nbsp; That's probably the best use, as a simple engine that needs no food or water.&nbsp; Just lock them in an armored compartment of a war machine and they can pedal, pull, or march as needed to drive the dang thing.&nbsp; In a less militaristic sense, they could be great at turning mill wheels, or a group of them harnessed together pulling carts day &amp; night over long, relatively straight roads (I presume you could steer them a little with proper harnesses, and the only command is &quot;march forward&quot;, and you only needed a cleric to say &quot;stop&quot; and &quot;go&quot;).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 2286600, member: 14159"] Which means it will be in Eberron by next year. But back to the topic at hand, that's a big downside of using mindless undead as a workforce, they are destructive creatures of negative energy with little self-initiative that you're trying to put to constructive use. A little like finding peaceful uses for nuclear weapons, it's possible but it runs counter to the original idea behind the item. The most creative use I ever saw for them in D&D was in Dark Sun, by placing groups of them in giant hollow wheels of war machines and ordering them to march forward, using them as an engine. That's probably the best use, as a simple engine that needs no food or water. Just lock them in an armored compartment of a war machine and they can pedal, pull, or march as needed to drive the dang thing. In a less militaristic sense, they could be great at turning mill wheels, or a group of them harnessed together pulling carts day & night over long, relatively straight roads (I presume you could steer them a little with proper harnesses, and the only command is "march forward", and you only needed a cleric to say "stop" and "go"). [/QUOTE]

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