I am rolling up Vicho Cain later tomorrow. I am inspired to make a villianous PC which everyone will love OOCly, perhaps try and outsmart and eventually defeat...though, sorry to say Vicho has a flawless record so far.
And actually Vince, palemasters are masters of negative energy. Unlike Necromancers who must conjure and manipulate that, the basis of a Palemaster is to create themselves anew into their vision of perfection. Thus, they create their body as not completely alive, not undead. Feared by the living, and revered by the undead. As they gain power, negative energy is not conjured by them...but the very essence of it is drawn to them (Or so I've interpreted).
A palemaster can be any form of non-good, so a neutral palemaster could even save souls of undead that were drawn to them trapped or cursed in the material realm.
The class makes for incredible roleplay, that's why I loved it.
A powerful palemaster could easily find a way to pass negative energy onto a creation of their own and sustain it.
I feel DnD is all wrong in the facet that "These are the rules, it's how things should be done". Wrong...roleplay is imagination.
But Vicho, was...is the most sadistic, ruthless, homicidal, creepy character I can imagine in my mind. And the best part, when he was a low level he tricked everyone into thinking he was harmless. Then...eventually characters (with player permission) became missing, and PCs with deep surgical scars running from neck to pelvis started showing up, scared out of their minds. I was mature enough to play him, yet the things I DID with him IC sometimes gave me nightmares. I'll post his bio and include some of his "Pieces of Art" as well for people to enjoy before I make him.
Vince, there's a new Palemaster in town
. You're still the best though...
I don't mind if the grafting Idea is used in a plot not of my own either!
I had plenty of other interaction ideas with Vicho that never came to surface