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Yes, this - it created a reason for players to prioritise unlocking the zombie conjure first over the ghost conjure, which we did not want.

Icthlarin only sticks around long enough to be happy you are being a nice necromancer (and until the medium tasks are complete) - if you need to reclaim a lost Tome of Um, talk to Frank in the building north of Um's pub.

Mimsy is likely just anywhere else in Um - it has a big wander range.

It is both.

A fix is in the works.

Hey, will consider turning it into a special quest like Recipe for Disaster. :)

Would anyone object if I swapped the models around to match combat style colours? Any good reasons not to other than aesthetic preference?

Given Necromancy sits outside the combat triangle it will be easier to understand

I won't do so ahead of Necromancy release, just canvassing opinion.

Consider that there are some players who will only have seen this trailer and none of the others.

I don't dislike either of you either(!), but I do hope you'll judge them fairly upon release (and not before).

You can buy the most expensive coffee in the world, but if you don't brew it long enough, it'll taste like water.

If Menaphos had had the development cycle we've had for Archaeology and Necromancy, or at least something in between, then maybe the (rightfully-lambasted) Menaphos quests wouldn't have turned out to be my albatross.

Death guards (main hand) are siphons (lower case 's') - it functions similarly to The Siphon (capital 's') in that it takes energy one one place and puts it in another (albeit more concentrated).

Ditto the off-hand is a conduit, not The Conduit, which connects your current location to the Underworld, so you can conjure spirits.

These are categorical terms, not item names - i.e. to conjure spirits requires a conduit; to harness necrotic energy requires a siphon. This way, we can later on have different weapons other than death guards and underworld lanterns, akin to melee weapons having maces, short swords, 2-handed swords, spears, et al.

I've said it this way elsewhere, so apologies if repeating myself, but...

Necromancy is a combat skill in the same way that Archaeology is a gathering skill.

Sure, at its core, it's 'just another combat skill', but the initial launch is so much more, hopefully has something for everyone.

The rex matriarch is only a Game Jam project so far, not on any release schedule yet (and certainly for for skill launch). Personally, I think it's an obvious later addition and was happy to see other devs pick it up, so do think it is highly likely to end up on the release schedule at some point.

At the present time, our thinking is that it will not.

A narrative reasoning is that TzHaar/TokHaar do not partake in necromancy ("anathema!"), but predominantly, there are also design considerations of bolting it on to the existing achievement, exceptions required, etc.

We might decide differently post-release, depending on player response, but will consider then how best to implement it if consensus suggests we should. Cheevos are a gameplay mechanic, and I think we can ignore the narrative reasoning as only players are doing this (i.e. there will be no TokHaar necromancers in-game).

n’t even bother to have Elidinis return - who was the only one of the Menaphite pantheon to even get kicked out by the original Edicts. Rowley not wanting to do anything with the dese

Can assure you the ending I have in mind (have had in mind since Stolen Hearts) is not affected/compromised.

If/when something gets done or not in the series is not something in my direct control. I can only advocate, not decide.

We put some necromancy in your archaeology (Kharid-et), so of course we'd put some sailing (well, boating) in your necromancy!

I was on the Invention and Archaeology teams, and am on the Necromancy team.

Invention needed more development time. Archaeology did not. Necromancy does not.

Make of that what you will. Subjectivity is a factor, to be sure.

(Not to say there won't be need/desire for post-release adjustements, but we have time allocated for dealing with anything that needs addressing.)

Nice suggestion, will add it to the list of options!

Can confirm this is not the T95 weapon and armour. :)

Chuffed to see people already analysing everything necromancy, though.

This is what the Fixate spell is for:
https://runescape.wiki/w/Fixate

Yeast of the desert here, happy to clarify some points. :)

Archaeology lore was primarily from me (the good and the bad); I'm fulfilling a similar role for the new skill.

City of Senntisten was mostly made by me too. Sponge made the rewards; Orion worked on the vampyre fight.

Only contributed a tiny section of Desperate Measures (the dragonkin flashbacks), and supported Shrew for the lab puzzle.

My contribution to Extinction was tiny and not worth talking about; that project was primarily Shrike's work, and she did great with it! I'm proud of how much she's developed in her time at Jagex, and her new job is a great opportunity.

Sad to see Raven go too, after so long. We've worked on a whole bunch of stuff together over the years - Prif, POF, Pieces of Hate to name a few - and he'll also be sorely missed.

Will is a good egg, been working with him for a long time.

Mod Zura also joined us on the Lore Council within the last year...