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Urist, fueled by the rage of several deaths and this arbitrary contest, murders Death and takes his job.

WWUD as Death?

Why are they setting mines in the city? Do they expect trouble? Harpies wouldn't care about these mines, they fly. Or are they expecting Jack to try and stop them? We may want to spend a few minutes looking at their "troop" formation with soul vision.

Don't think we can use a crossbow with one hand (not with any real accuracy, anyway), and Miriam has, what, talons now?

That blanket neutralizes fire magic, but what about a non-magical firebomb? But then there's the issue of actually getting the firebomb to the powder... Miriam could do that, but would have to fly above the range of their crossbows. Would be easy to miss.

Unless that smith has some brilliant idea, I'd say send Miriam back to base to see if Sucy has anything useful while we dash to the quarantine, but I'm not exactly holding high hopes they can help much. Should leave a message for our friends with the smith, but I'm not sure what they can even do. Tell Miriam to be careful though. It's not worth risking he skin for a longshot plan like this.

We're a one armed necromancer, not a spartan. We should go back, resurrect a few of those birds, and then either have them cause a distraction so we can loot the caravan, or use them to help find the powder somehow? I'd say no to sniping the leader, at least not like this. Even if it works, it would just give away our position.

I mean, 6 arms on a drider would only be appropriate
How well would it work if we tied a zombie to ourself for protection? Like, would it be coordinated enough to block blows with a shield without getting in our way (for that matter, can they tie knots? Paint? Dance?)?

+1 on trying to learn mana draining. Think back on our memories too. We seem to have forgotten the detail of the ritual, but what about other traumatic experiences?
Also, consider contacting Death about these Unending creatures destroying souls, because I think he said that isn't supposed to happen.

See if there's a way to make graft cheaper, and maybe turn off the mana flow when we aren't actively using it? (we made that spell before going to school, after all). Then snuggle up with spider babies and sleep. Make sure it's somewhere that Francine can't get to us alone.

After that, find new familiars (or maybe the old ones, but only if it's safe to look and only if we have a good idea about where they are). Then head to the forge, make our familiars scout ahead.
Unless someone has a better idea?

Take a look with soul vision too. Does it have our soul inside? Would we know if it did?

This was a long read. You're an excellent writer Mr. Spleens.

I'm thinking we should forget about the dragon and get to the orc tower as soon as practical (assuming it's still standing). I suspect Francine should be able to do something about this plague with a proper lab, and we really need more information about what's going on in the world.

On that note, does this city have anything in the way of stables? Can we make zombie horses to get around faster? They're probably already dead anyways. I'm only seeing resurrect humanoid in our spell list, but maybe Sidney could figure it out after that arm is dealt with.