Bones
Bones noun - A percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance.
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Corpse
Corpse noun - A dead body.
Usage example: the startling discovery of a corpse required a call to the police
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- This is apparently justified by Necromancers not actually using the bones of a defeated enemy for creating the skeleton, but rather just using the dead energy of it to convert the corpse into dust, and that dust into bones.
Source: Monster Allies -
If they die from the spell, instead of a corpse or a pile of bones, they leave behind ashes (which means that they can't be resurrected by necromancy).
Source: Turn Undead -
In Warcraft III, a necromancer can animate two skeletons from the bones of a single corpse—even the corpse of a small animal like a crab (which logically shouldn't have bones).
Source: Clown-Car Grave
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