Very New to Game, is this a sound course?

[Yossar]

Originally posted by Kutulhu:
So, say I am able to cure my Pretender of all his afflictions...if I make him undead (assuming that is possible) to stop his weakness to Miasma, is there any inherit drawbacks to having an undead Pretender?

Supposedly, casting twiceborn on him and killing him off will bring him back undead. Not sure if it would be worthwhile, but it's an option. The downsides to being undead are:

1) You can't cure afflictions with a fairy queen (I think. Patch description is a little vague.)
2) You can be banished by preists (I wouldn't worry much about this if you have a decent magic resistance)
3) There are many spells/items that work especially well vs. undead.

Advantages are zero encumbrance, immune to disease, and maybe a few more.

[ April 18, 2004, 00:20: Message edited by: Yossar ]

[Kutulhu]

In case any of you are interested in what happened...I forged a Ring of Regeneration and gave it to my ailing Pretender. This stopped is slow death. After casting Gift of Life, in about 20-30 turns, all FOUR aliments were gone and not a one has returned. He is back to his ***-kicking self, deftling handing Man his own backside.