Zombies looking humans..

[RandomPrecision]

Note that when a zombie is destroyed, you cannot re-animate it. (Under "animate dead" spell.)

No, but if you Resurrect them first...

So now the plan is: Cast Gentle Repose on a corpse. Cast Animate Dead on the corpse. When Gentle Repose starts to wear off, kill the zombie. Cast Resurrection on the corpse. Kill the living person. Wash, rinse, repeat as necessary.

If someone was capable of that, I think I'd just let GR affect zombies to speed up the game.

 

[ThirdWizard]

That would be... expensive.

Also, I doubt they'd come back a second time.

 

[RandomPrecision]

The only thing I'm not sure of is whether or not Animate Dead can affect a corpse that was undead, dead, resurrected, and killed again. If you really don't think so, I suppose the more fail-safe method would be to completely and utterly destroy the corpse, then use True Resurrection.

It's probably better to either convince the DM to let you cast Gentle Repose on zombies, or research your own spell to conceal them (I don't have the FR book with Disguise Undead).

 

[ARandomGod]

Please refrain from sweeping generalizations - especially if you use them to ascribe dubious motivations (and similar things) to people you disagree with. This goes for everyone, of course. Thanks.

I did say "generally", not "always".

Well, ok, all that is is a generalization that acknowledges itself as a generalization. Meaning that it was "meant" (by me) to actively state the not always. However point taken. I'll try to phrase my points more tactfully in the future.

Perhaps if I'd said they're trying to "Help you in a very special way?"

(Note: Comment meant to be amuzing and targeted at self... Sometimes in text it's difficult to make sure connotations are recieved the way you mean to convey them)

 

[glass]

I think there was a spell in 2E that did that. Maybe from the Necromancer's Handbook?

Forgotten Realms Adventures. May have been other places too, of course.


glass.

 

[Darth Malakh]

The only thing I'm not sure of is whether or not Animate Dead can affect a corpse that was undead, dead, resurrected, and killed again. If you really don't think so, I suppose the more fail-safe method would be to completely and utterly destroy the corpse, then use True Resurrection.

I'd use Reincarnation. Every time you use it, you get a different corpse

Malakh