Staff of Worms
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The Staff of Worms is a vile-looking staff owned by Mannimarco, King of Worms. It can be found on Mannimarco's body after you kill him in the Confront The King quest. It appears to be a rotting skull held by three skeleton hands. It re-animates dead targets for 30 seconds. They will glow purple and have purple eyes. Re-animated characters will chase after any threat to the player and attack them using all of the skills they used whilst alive (such as the Mythic Dawn armor).
It has not been determined whether the Staff of Worms was the source of Mannimarco's powers, as the King of Worms commonly refers to reanimating individuals, as the activity is his forte. However, disappointingly, the staff cannot create Worm Thralls that could remain in the mortal realm for a permanent amount of time, and so the player cannot create an army of the undead as Mannimarco did.
[edit] Notes
- Only works on humanoid targets.
- Any NPCs found already dead only seem to have one HP upon being reanimated.
- Killing a NPC originally found dead seems to count as murder.
- NPCs have all skills that they would normally have if they were alive
- A reanimated Imperial Watch will still attempt to arrest you if you commit a crime.
- there is a spell called Risen Flesh that has the same effect
