Timeline for How does a government that uses undead labor avoid perverse incentives?
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| Jun 2, 2023 at 4:05 | comment | added | Vesper | @DarrelHoffman last time I practiced necromancy, embalming was not an obstacle to subsequent reanimation. Your experience might vary. | |
| Jun 1, 2023 at 19:16 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | I'm not sure an embalmed corpse would be suitable for reanimation. That's fine for making a body look presentable at an open-casket funeral, but I expect it would not be very conducive to post-mortem labor. | |
| Jun 1, 2023 at 18:21 | comment | added | Vesper | @DarrelHoffman this depends on what methods are used to prepare/maintain the corpse, it's quite possible that the corpse is embalmed so it does not stink. Yet, as a matter of making undead worse, it could help. | |
| Jun 1, 2023 at 18:04 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | Another problem - while decaying they probably stink. That's maybe okay for manual labor in places where there are no living people with working noses. But if they get anywhere near populated areas, the stench would be unbearable. | |
| May 31, 2023 at 7:18 | history | answered | Vesper | CC BY-SA 4.0 |