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Keywords are:  'necromancer spell strawman man wickerman'

Spell: strawman                 Mana:  14  Int: 16  Wis: 14  Lvl  8 Necr  (28%)
                                (obscure)   Requires: clay man
                                Group: Necromancer Animation
                                (Can Be Bloodcast)

Usage:
cast strawman

This obscure necromancer spell forms a crude man out of nearby dirt,
twigs, and straw.  Straw men have no intelligence and are largely
uncontrollable, but it will assist the caster in combat and act as
a punching bag.

Due to the difficulty in holding together the materials, straw men
are a lot less durable than clay men and require more control points.
On the plus side, you can also create more than one of them at a time.

The reason this spell is obscure is that straw men are too weak to
really do anything, and each one consumes mana to maintain.  You can
quickly exhaust your mana pool if you try to use too many of them at
once.

If you bloodcast this spell, the resulting straw man can be healed
by blood sacrifice and bloodbond, and will regain health when
attacking bleeding enemies. The blood infusion is less stable than
with clay men, and they will slowly lose health if not healed or
given occasional doses of blood.