Exhumation

Exhumation is a necromantic ability for the Necromancer class that allows the performer to open graves and potentially subdue the soul of one lying within.

Opening the tomb is a sinister act on its own, but not enough for someone serving Death itself. The performer of this Dark Ritual has a great chance (and it will grow with the performer's mastery) to subdue a poor soul of one lying in the grave. This ability allows Necromancers to recruit additional undead minions from burial sites.

• Magic Affinity: Necromancy
• Targeting: Cell
• Level: 2
• Mana Cost: 10
• Cast Time: 2 turns

• Location Requirement: Must be used on a Heap of type TOMB or SKELETON
• Grave Opening: Opens the grave/heap and reveals its contents
• Wraith Taming: Has a chance to convert nearby Wraiths into the caster's pet
• Success Formula: `chance = 1 - (1 / (caster:magicLvl() + 1))`
  • At magic level 0: 0% chance
  • At magic level 1: 50% chance
  • At magic level 2: 66.7% chance
  • At magic level 3: 75% chance
  • Approaches 100% as magic level increases
• Area of Effect: Checks the 4 adjacent cells (up, down, left, right) from the caster's position

• Prerequisite: A tomb or skeleton heap must be present
• Class Ability: Exclusively for Necromancer class and related subclasses
• Tactical: Can add to the Necromancer's undead army by taming wraiths
• Resource: Uses existing dungeon features (graves/tombs) for advantage
• Cell Targeting: Must target a valid heap cell to activate

Classes that can use this spell include:

• Necromancer class
• Subclasses with Necromancy affinity

• Look for levels with graves, tombs, or skeleton heaps for this ability's maximum effectiveness
• Particularly useful on levels with tombstones or burial themes (e.g., Necropolis)
• Can supplement other summoning abilities when resources are low
• Higher magic level significantly increases the chance to tame wraiths
• Provides tactical flexibility in minion management
• Best used when wraiths spawn near you after opening graves
• Position yourself strategically to maximize the number of adjacent wraiths that can be tamed
• Synergizes with necromancy-related talents and equipment

• Lua Script: Exhumation.lua
• Spell library: `scripts/lib/spell.lua`
• Uses `RPD.Heap.Type.TOMB` and `RPD.Heap.Type.SKELETON` for validation
• Implements `castOnCell` function for cell-targeting logic

• Location Dependent: Only useful in areas with graves, tombs, or skeleton heaps
• Chance Based: Success is not guaranteed and depends on magic level
• Early Game: Especially useful when other summoning resources are limited
• Positioning: Caster must be adjacent to wraiths for taming to work
• Ethical: Reflects the dark nature of necromantic practices

• Information source: Lua Script Exhumation.lua
• Effect descriptions: Extracted directly from spell implementation
• Last updated: 2025-04-12 based on Exhumation.lua analysis
• Source code: Remixed Dungeon codebase

• Necromancer - The class that uses this ability
• Necromancy - The magical practice this belongs to
• Raise Dead - Similar resurrection-based ability
• Summon Deathling - Other minion summoning ability
• Undead - The type of minion created
• Wraith - Creatures that can be tamed
• Heap - Dungeon feature required for this spell
• Spells