Sovereign Glut's "Animating Spores"

[Frog Soup]

this spell is by far my favorite spell in the game, and it's such a damn shame that the necromancy spells you actually get are so bad by comparison. So badly wish I could take this spell on my Spore Druid instead of the boring Animate dead and Fungal Servant.

[Edible Eyebrows]

I really wish we could keep him as a companion.

10/10 character, would romance.

[Ekelak]

*Approved*

[Glyph]

I had Glut animate the bulette and used it to obliterate some druegar. 10/10 would recommend.

[Edible Eyebrows]

Originally posted by Glyph:

I had Glut animate the bulette and used it to obliterate some druegar. 10/10 would recommend.

Amazing.

I wonder what is the most brokenly absurd corpse you could bring to him?

If you never complete his questions are you able to keep his zombies in your party I wonder, this could be a bonkers exploit to fill your party with the most powerful monsters in the game.

[Sephiroth]

Necromancy gets better.

Eventually you get to animate 3 ghouls/flying ghouls and after that at level 6 spells you can create a mummy which looks to be as tanky as a regular character around 100 hp forget exactly. But close to that. It was also better at hitting and dealing damage.

There is a head piece that makes your undead minions more resistant to damage as well.

Also I have seen a video on youtube about a whole build with undead summons. The dude had what looked to be like 20 summons or more.

I have not tried to learn how he did it yet because its not my current strategy.

But it might be used in my next play.

I also found an item that creates a zombie and when that zombie kills another unit it automatically turns them into a zombie and I bet that zombie has the same thing to repeat the process. The thing is these type of zombies are like temporary they lose 1 health point every turn. (which is not much in combat) but outside of combat they will die fast.

I think the earlier summons need a little more health those skeletons archers and zombies just a tad more.

OH almost forget the Necromancy of Thay book from what I hear eventually allows you to summon 6 Ghouls of some type IDK what kind though.

[Drakmour]

Somebody told me that Glut grants you the scroll with his raise dead that can turn any dead body to shroom warrior. But I could not find any proof.

[Zackerie]

Originally posted by Edible Eyebrows:

Originally posted by Glyph:

I had Glut animate the bulette and used it to obliterate some druegar. 10/10 would recommend.

Amazing.

I wonder what is the most brokenly absurd corpse you could bring to him?

If you never complete his questions are you able to keep his zombies in your party I wonder, this could be a bonkers exploit to fill your party with the most powerful monsters in the game.

Bulette is the strongest monster you can revive with animating spores. He only stays in the underdark. and you can't get to the boat without first dealing with the dwarfs.

[Drakmour]

Originally posted by zackerie:

Originally posted by Edible Eyebrows:

Amazing.

I wonder what is the most brokenly absurd corpse you could bring to him?

If you never complete his questions are you able to keep his zombies in your party I wonder, this could be a bonkers exploit to fill your party with the most powerful monsters in the game.

Bulette is the strongest monster you can revive with animating spores. He only stays in the underdark. and you can't get to the boat without first dealing with the dwarfs.

He can be bugged and dragged into area before the Moon Towers but he won't follow you and stay on the entrance. :-) But I've heard about a scroll of his animate dead with spores, is it real or just a rumor?

[Zackerie]

Originally posted by Drakmour:

Originally posted by zackerie:

Bulette is the strongest monster you can revive with animating spores. He only stays in the underdark. and you can't get to the boat without first dealing with the dwarfs.

He can be bugged and dragged into area before the Moon Towers but he won't follow you and stay on the entrance. :-) But I've heard about a scroll of his animate dead with spores, is it real or just a rumor?

Haven't ever sided with him, hasn't fit my vibe. Might be worth to check it out sometime tho.

[Art]

Hi, it's a little bit offtop, but Glut when he was in my team, animated the main druegar, Coal. Then I killed other druegars and ended the fight.

I chose to fight Glut, but Coal stayed friendly (can't control, but no attack offers as well). Then Glut animated another druegar, but Coal didn't die. He used invisibility and ran somewhere.

I killed Glut, killed his druegar and saw in the chat that Coal went through the Silence spell zone. And that's all.

I couldn't find him near the battle even using scroll against invisibility and Ethel's mask. I guess, he's just running around Underdark using invisibility. And I didn't loot him...

So, is it okay? Idk how to find him now))

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Art:

Hi, it's a little bit offtop, but Glut when he was in my team, animated the main druegar, Coal. Then I killed other druegars and ended the fight.

I chose to fight Glut, but Coal stayed friendly (can't control, but no attack offers as well). Then Glut animated another druegar, but Coal didn't die. He used invisibility and ran somewhere.

I killed Glut, killed his druegar and saw in the chat that Coal went through the Silence spell zone. And that's all.

I couldn't find him near the battle even using scroll against invisibility and Ethel's mask. I guess, he's just running around Underdark using invisibility. And I didn't loot him...

So, is it okay? Idk how to find him now))

He is probably hostile now. The same thing happened to me with one of those vulture things, but it was aggro when I went back.

[Pyrochaser]

Technically the Bulette is not the strongest that you can animate in Underdark. There are two other options possible as well. The Iron Flask Spectator, if you summon and kill it down there, and the Phase Spider Matriarch if you shove her down into the glowing hole within her domain in the well. The Glowing hole leads to the Underdark. Her Body will land down there and you can just animate once you get down there.

[atamg]

My mod has been around for a long time! look! Glut's Ring Controlled Followers

https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/10497

https://youtu.be/xF_BRMDo0B8?si=V8FGo-O7w6qcVIUe

https://youtu.be/lI8G0t5aS5g?si=dj6q5pd3HuIkUqxs

This mod implements my concept:

This mod introduces the ability to revive and take control of any creature (corpse), including heroes.

⚠ Important: if the hero is already in your party, do not use this ability on them, as you will not be able to remove them from the party. If the hero is not in the party, you can kill and resurrect them with the ability, but do not ask them to join the party through dialogue.

The mod also partially unlocks the inventory of minions, allowing you to pick up, equip, and drop items. However, don’t expect full inventory functionality.

Minions receive a new status, "Weightless Servant." This status sets the servant's weight to zero. Items picked up by the servants also become weightless. Upon their death, minions and their items are automatically transferred to the hero's inventory.

Minions also have a toggled ability, "Wait Mode," which allows them to remain in place. Since followers cannot be completely separated from the group, this ability lets you temporarily command them to wait, which is useful for tactical control.

⚠ The mod is in the alpha stage.

Balance: A balance system has been partially implemented through the introduction of the resource "Essence of Spores," which is replenished by destroying corpses with a special ability. You disintegrate unnecessary corpses and gain a resource (you will also get all the items from the corpse, so don't worry—the spores only decompose the corpses), equal to the corpse's maximum health. However, the balance for using this resource is not fully adjusted yet.

Icons: All spell icons are temporarily copied from existing spells since I’m not skilled in icon creation, and I haven't gotten around to that yet.

[Michael]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.