Cadaver's Touch

Brian's Necromancy Spell Book/Necromancy

By chanting for three hours and melting a wax doll in the shape of the target, the necromancer turns a mortal target into a corpslike ruin. As the doll loses the last of its form, the target becomes cold and clammy. His pulse becomes weak and thready, and his flesh pale and chalky. For all intents an d purposes, he becomes a reasonable facsimile of the walking dead. This can have some adverse effects in social situations (+2 difficulty on al Social rolls). The effects of the ritual wear off only when the wax of the doll is permitted to solidify. If the wax is allowed to boil off, the spell is broken.

From 20th anniversary edition