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Excerpt from Codex Arcana

Followers of the Sepulchre School are initiated into the mysteries of necromancy from their earliest childhood. The vocation of these witches is to draw from the veils of death forces that serve the purposes of life, as paradoxical as this may seem.

The talent and power of a Sépulcrine can be measured in several dimensions:
- Casting time: The speed with which the Sépulcrine can summon her forces. The shorter the time, the more skilled the magician.
- Number of subjects resurrected: It goes without saying that the ability to bring several entities back to life simultaneously is an unmistakable sign of mastery.
- Abilities of subjects returned from the dead: Not all undead are created equal. A qualified Sepulchre can evoke creatures with specific skills and talents.
- Subject type: Was it a simple peasant or a hardened warrior alive? The difficulty of raising a qualified subject is considerably greater and requires a distinct know-how.

On this latter dimension lies the legend of the Ossifers, skeleton lieutenants summoned to guide undead legions onto the battlefield. Ossifers are not mere skeletons; they are entities endowed with consciousness and strategy, often the souls of seasoned generals or tacticians bound to particularly resilient corpses. They command the troops of the dead with a precision that rivals the greatest living strategists.

Summoning an Ossifer is considered the pinnacle of necromantic art among Sepulcrines. This complex ritual requires rare components and a specific astral alignment, but the result is a force that can change the course of battles and, by extension, the fate of nations."

Codex Arcana #83

Description
Excerpt from Codex Arcana

Followers of the Sepulchre School are initiated into the mysteries of necromancy from their earliest childhood. The vocation of these witches is to draw from the veils of death forces that serve the purposes of life, as paradoxical as this may seem.

The talent and power of a Sépulcrine can be measured in several dimensions:
- Casting time: The speed with which the Sépulcrine can summon her forces. The shorter the time, the more skilled the magician.
- Number of subjects resurrected: It goes without saying that the ability to bring several entities back to life simultaneously is an unmistakable sign of mastery.
- Abilities of subjects returned from the dead: Not all undead are created equal. A qualified Sepulchre can evoke creatures with specific skills and talents.
- Subject type: Was it a simple peasant or a hardened warrior alive? The difficulty of raising a qualified subject is considerably greater and requires a distinct know-how.

On this latter dimension lies the legend of the Ossifers, skeleton lieutenants summoned to guide undead legions onto the battlefield. Ossifers are not mere skeletons; they are entities endowed with consciousness and strategy, often the souls of seasoned generals or tacticians bound to particularly resilient corpses. They command the troops of the dead with a precision that rivals the greatest living strategists.

Summoning an Ossifer is considered the pinnacle of necromantic art among Sepulcrines. This complex ritual requires rare components and a specific astral alignment, but the result is a force that can change the course of battles and, by extension, the fate of nations."

Codex Arcana #83