Ars Magica Digital Codex

Creating and Animating Corpses

Creating a human corpse and animating it is easy and hardly needs a specialist magus. Those who do specialize in necromantic magic may desire more complex spells, and there are a variety of useful spells available.

The standard spell to create a corpse is a level 20 Creo Corpus ritual. The standard

spell to control a corpse is a level 25 Rego Corpus spell. Variations of these might include some of the following examples:

Create a Human Corpse

CrCo 20

R: Touch, D: Mom, T: Ind, Ritual This ritual creates a human corpse. The lowest level a ritual spell can be is 20.

(Base 5, +1 Touch)

Required Lab Total: 1 season (40), 2 seasons (30), 3 seasons (27), 4 seasons (25)

Create a Dead Turb

CrCo 20

R: Touch, D: Mom, T: Group, Ritual This ritual creates ten human corpses. (Base 5, +1 Touch, +2 Group)

Required Lab Total: 1 season (40), 2 seasons (30), 3 seasons (27), 4 seasons (25)