A spell that allows a person to make a copy of themselves with similar goals and desires, a shared mana pool, no soul, and similar magical skills. Finding and mastering it is one of the major required steps to become a lich.
This spell was found by Zorian and Zach and Alanic on a skeleton pirate ship. (in chapter 62)
As Zorian Knew[]
The Simulacrum spell creates a ectoplasmic copy of the caster. The copy is fully autonomous, can think and act on its own judgment, and even cast its own spells.
However, it has no soul and no mana reserves of its own. Instead, both of these are shared with the caster who made it.
This means that aside from the initial cost of creation for the simulacrum, as well as the running cost of maintaining its existence, the caster also has to pay for every single spell the simulacrum decides to cast.(ch.62)
The simulacrum has no range limit, it has to be created next to the caster, but it can roam as far away from the original as it wants. (ch.64)
Alanic's Wisdom[]
No simulacrum is an entirely flawless copy of oneself. Especially in the beginning, the copies are bound to be greatly degraded versions of you, lacking the full extent of your abilities. As one's proficiency with the spell grows, one will be able to get increasingly better replicas... but in the end, the simulacrum is just a reflection of you, rather than a flawless copy.
This is especially obvious if you keep the spell going for more than a day, or else they will start developing their own personalities and goals that may run counter to your own. People have been killed by their own simulacrums in the past.
While a simulacrum isn't identical to the caster in every way, it is a replica in most ways.
For instance, some people react really badly to the knowledge that they are a copy of a person, which causes their simularcrums to break down or go berserk immediatly after being created.
Similarly, if you don't like doing something, your simulacrum won't like doing it either... so it's a bad idea to foist things you hate upon your simulacrums.
This also means that it you can't bring yourself to sacrifice your life for another, chances are your simularcrum won't want to sacrifice itself for your sake either.
In other words, the simulacrum isn't one's personal slave and will only obey orders that the caster would be willing to obey. (ch.62)
