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					Originally Posted by vfb  You can have someone cast Life After Death in a battle, or wield the Ankh, and anything that does should be turned into a soulless, while keeping magic paths.  It's got low HP and MR 5 or something, so it's probably not what you're looking for. | 
	
 True, but once turned into a soulless the Transformation spell will work.  The Transformation spell is risky, but a pretender can always be called back by priests.  Once transformed into another creature the pretender can cast Twiceborn and thus become the desired WightMage.  
I wouldn't recommend this scenario unless you feel comfortable winning the game.