SSE "Bloody Bones" Spell

[Omny]

I had this idea for a new Necromancy-themed spell simply called "Bloody Bones". I don't really have the time to make it myself so I thought I'd throw the idea out for others to try and take a whack at it:

 

So with Bloody Bones, it works similar to "Soul Trap" or "Marked For Death" where you hit a (humanoid) enemy with this spell and it marks them: when they get killed, instead of simply falling over dead, their whole body explodes in a burst of blood and gore, leaving behind a Bloody Bones.

 

Bloody Bones are blood-drenched, reanimated skeletons and have glowing yellow eyes. Once they appear, the Bloody Bones will proceed to run around attacking everyone around them, swiping at them with their claws. Any humanoid enemies that get killed by the Bloody Bones will also explode into a Bloody Bones, potentially turning a whole group of attackers into gory killer skeletons. After a set amount of time (or if they go too long without killing anything) all the Bloody Bones will collapse into a pile of inert bones, if they haven't already been killed themselves.

 

A few aspects could be played with/removed: whether the initial marking spell does any damage, how much damage Bloody Bones do to enemies, whether or not they're bound to you, etc.

 

This was largely inspired by the spell "Part Bone From Flesh" in the Tabletop RPG Shadow of the Demon Lord, if anyone here is familiar with that.