Ok...none of that really helps me, though, since it's not really clear why Ian came to blows with them. The Bard, obviously, was a dickhead, so that's a kind of poisoned well right there. Why did Ian get aggressive with the twins?<br/><br/>I think...let's see. Arty is very friendly, he's outgoing, he's very kindhearted and he generally genuinely tries to do what he thinks is right. His magic is most powerful in regards to Necromancy - it's just what he's naturally predisposed towards - and having been raised as a slave in the Underdark by the Drow and whatnot (before eventually escaping), he's pretty much always been told "By Any Means Necessary." Whilst he tries to avoid unnecessary harm, he isn't squeamish about the tools he uses, and for him, his undead are literally just that; tools. Zombies and skeletons and the like (the non-intelligent undead) lack any sapience or free will of their own. They always do exactly what their masters tell them ,no more, no less. So for him, they're the same as a fighters sword. There is no evil tool or weapon, just evil wielders. And if he reanimates this corpse and uses it to save an innocent life, then does it matter which tool he used? The life has been saved either way, and the undead doesn't care how it's used because it's non-sentient. He doesn't flaunt his corpse making powers, and he doesn't actively want to turn his friends into any of that stuff. It's like...he's pragmatic. If he doesn't turn the body into a zombie and use it, it will just lie there and decay into the ground anyway, so what's the harm? It isn't like what happens to the body has any impact on the soul, after all!<br/><br/>To sum up, Arty is...friendly, cheerful, good hearted, kind natured and a MASSIVE flirty slut who genuinely wants to do the right thing and just sees undead as a tool he can use towards that end. I dunno how Ian would have responded to him, but Arty would likely have never been anything but friendly towards him. He probably hit on Ian more than a few times, if Ian is even vaguely attractive. xD<br/><br/>But in terms of PHYSICAL undead? That's basically all Arty will be creating, since they're the easiest to summon and control. >.> Though likely relegated to just skeletons and zombies.