OW's Guide to Midgard, Scales and Skinshifters

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On the other hand with native Death 2 possible on Galdermen, a Skullstaff can be forged, allowing the summoning of Mound Fiends who have native D3, and with them Liches giving you D6 with Skull staff and skullface.

D3 pretender speeds up the process, but isn't necessary. The hard part, if you're going for Tartarians, isn't the death, but the Nature - for Gift of Reason and Chalice/Gift of Health. That'll need to be on the pretender or lucky indy finds.