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Types of undead

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TheCuriousFan:
Just make sure not to call them Necromancers unless all they do is ask questions of the dead.

OZ:

--- Quote ---Just make sure not to call them Necromancers unless all they do is ask questions of the dead.
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Although the literal meaning of Necromancy has to do with divination by talking to the dead, it has become pretty well accepted in fantasy and horror to use the term for any magic that has to do with the dead including zombies, liches, mummies and such like.

TheCuriousFan:

--- Quote from: OZ on December 31, 2012, 10:40:49 AM ---Although the literal meaning of Necromancy has to do with divination by talking to the dead, it has become pretty well accepted in fantasy and horror to use the term for any magic that has to do with the dead including zombies, liches, mummies and such like.

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Still a pet peeve.

OZ:
I understand. I have several (pronouncing caramel as carmel for instance) my friends just sigh for the most part and ask me to please put away the soap box when I'm done with it.

DragonEyes:
So... with that pet peeve, do you get upset whenever Dresden talks about pyromancy, ectomancy, or halfadozenothersomancy?

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