Reanimator

Fold-tech thrall-master.

The Reanimator is not a necromancer. There is no necromancy -- no soul, no afterlife, no dark god granting dominion over the dead. There is only biology that has stopped, and the Reanimator is the person who knows how to restart it. The tool varies: tailored plague strains that hijack neural tissue, gene-resequencing serums that reboot autonomic function, nanotech colonies that puppet a corpse from the inside, or direct Fold manipulation that pulls the fold's energy through dead cells. The result is the same. The dead get up.

Asset Realisation books the Reanimator under "biological asset recovery." The fine print on every corp indenture contract includes a post-mortem clause: the signatory's corpse remains corporate property. The Reanimator division recovers deceased personnel and returns them to operational status -- slower, dumber, obedient. The corps call this "workforce continuity." Everyone else calls it what it is.

The Reanimator operates on the Fold chassis (d6 HD, half BAB, Fort/Ref poor, Will good, 4 SP). Light armour -- the Reanimator needs clean access to corpses and cannot afford restricted movement during extraction. The Reanimation Pool (WIS score) replaces Fold Points as the resource system: each thrall raised depletes the Pool, and recovery is slow. A Reanimator with an empty Pool is a d6 HD character with a pistol and a knife, standing next to corpses that will not get up. Prime requisites: WIS (the diagnostic instinct that reads dead tissue) and CON (the body must survive prolonged exposure to what killed the corpses).

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Armor Allowance	Light
Bab Tier	half
Base Skill Points	4
Hd	d6
Hd Sides	6
Max Level	20
Primary Abilities	WIS, CON
Prime Requisites	WIS, CON
Save Tiers / Fortitude	poor
Save Tiers / Reflex	poor
Save Tiers / Will	good
Weapon Allowance	Pistol, Knife, Injector (delivers reanimation serum)

Notes

Archetype Niche: Thrall-master and corpse-commander. The Reanimator turns fallen enemies into frontline combatants, drains life to sustain themselves, and seizes control of rogue husks. Their niche is the action economy: each thrall is an extra set of attacks the enemy must chew through. In derelict hulks and husk-infested zones, the Reanimator turns the environment from threat to resource -- every corpse is a potential recruit. The Reanimator is also the corp's asset recovery specialist: the person who ensures 'workforce continuity' after a failed operation.

Multiclass Notes: Reanimators rarely multiclass due to the singular focus their craft demands. When they do, it is typically with Psion or Sawbones archetypes. Non-human reanimators use simultaneous multiclassing rules.

Level Table

Corpse-Touched

Field	Value
bab	0
fortitude	0
level	1
reflex	0
skillPoints	16
title	Corpse-Touched
will	2
xp	0

Flesh Student

Field	Value
bab	1
fortitude	0
level	2
reflex	0
skillPoints	4
title	Flesh Student
will	3
xp	2500

Reanimator

Field	Value
bab	1
fortitude	1
level	3
reflex	1
skillPoints	4
title	Reanimator
will	3
xp	5000

Thrall-Master

Field	Value
bab	2
fortitude	1
level	4
reflex	1
skillPoints	4
title	Thrall-Master
will	4
xp	10000

Death-Speaker

Field	Value
bab	2
fortitude	1
level	5
reflex	1
skillPoints	4
title	Death-Speaker
will	4
xp	20000

Flesh Master

Field	Value
bab	3
fortitude	2
level	6
reflex	2
skillPoints	4
title	Flesh Master
will	5
xp	40000

Necro-Tech Savant

Field	Value
bab	3
fortitude	2
level	7
reflex	2
skillPoints	4
title	Necro-Tech Savant
will	5
xp	70000

Plague Architect

Field	Value
bab	4
fortitude	2
level	8
reflex	2
skillPoints	4
title	Plague Architect
will	6
xp	110000

Thrall Master

Field	Value
bab	4
fortitude	3
level	9
reflex	3
skillPoints	4
title	Thrall Master
will	6
xp	160000

Supreme Reanimator

Field	Value
bab	5
fortitude	3
level	10
reflex	3
skillPoints	4
title	Supreme Reanimator
will	7
xp	220000

Legendary Animator

Field	Value
bab	5
fortitude	3
level	11
reflex	3
skillPoints	4
title	Legendary Animator
will	7
xp	280000

Master of Flesh

Field	Value
bab	6
fortitude	4
level	12
reflex	4
skillPoints	4
title	Master of Flesh
will	8
xp	340000

Reanimation Supreme

Field	Value
bab	6
fortitude	4
level	13
reflex	4
skillPoints	4
title	Reanimation Supreme
will	8
xp	400000

Death Sovereign

Field	Value
bab	7
fortitude	4
level	14
reflex	4
skillPoints	4
title	Death Sovereign
will	9
xp	460000

Flesh Master

Field	Value
bab	7
fortitude	5
level	15
reflex	5
skillPoints	4
title	Flesh Master
will	9
xp	520000

Chief Reanimator

Field	Value
bab	8
fortitude	5
level	16
reflex	5
skillPoints	4
title	Chief Reanimator
will	10
xp	580000

Thrall Captain

Field	Value
bab	8
fortitude	5
level	17
reflex	5
skillPoints	4
title	Thrall Captain
will	10
xp	640000

High Animator

Field	Value
bab	9
fortitude	6
level	18
reflex	6
skillPoints	4
title	High Animator
will	11
xp	700000

Lord Reanimator

Field	Value
bab	9
fortitude	6
level	19
reflex	6
skillPoints	4
title	Lord Reanimator
will	11
xp	760000

Reanimation Overlord

Field	Value
bab	10
fortitude	6
level	20
reflex	6
skillPoints	4
title	Reanimation Overlord
will	12
xp	820000

Special Abilities

Raise Thrall

Field	Value
level	1
name	Raise Thrall

description: The Reanimator deploys the reanimation agent into a corpse dead less than 1 hour (Threat Rating less than or equal to Reanimator level). One full round for the agent to saturate dead tissue and reboot autonomic function. The thrall rises with half its original max HP, acts on the Reanimator's initiative, and follows simple verbal commands -- attack, defend, fetch, carry, stand guard. The thrall does not speak. The thrall does not remember. Raise Thrall costs 1 Reanimation Point. Maximum active thralls: 1 at level 1, 2 at level 4, 3 at level 8, 4 at level 12. A thrall persists for 24 hours before the agent degrades and the corpse collapses. Reanimation Pool = WIS score. Pool recovers 1 + WIS modifier per 8 hours of rest -- the Reanimator's own biology produces more agent, slowly.

Life Siphon

Field	Value
level	3
name	Life Siphon

description: The Reanimator's body has been modified to metabolise the reanimation agent directly. As a standard action, the Reanimator drains life force from a thrall or living target within 30 feet. The target suffers 1d6 damage (Will save for half; thralls get no save -- they are already dead). The Reanimator heals half the damage dealt. Using Life Siphon on a thrall accelerates the agent's degradation: the thrall's remaining duration drops by 1 hour per use. Usable once per encounter per 3 levels. Corps call this 'biological resource reclamation.' The crew calls it what it looks like.

Command Husk

Field	Value
level	5
name	Command Husk

description: The Reanimator's mastery over dead tissue extends to husks, hungerers, and similar reanimated creatures (see bestiary) -- the victims of old outbreaks, failed reanimation experiments, the Day One plague's lingering aftermath. Husks within 60 feet must succeed on a Will save (DC = 10 + WIS modifier + half Reanimator level) or fall under the Reanimator's control for 1d4 rounds. The reanimation agent already in the husk recognises a superior strain. Controlled husks follow commands as thralls do. Intelligent reanimate gain +4 to this save -- their nervous systems retain enough complexity to resist. Usable once per encounter.