Beta 17: Undead spawning glitch?

[effable]

I haven't played undead in a while, but at least as of Beta 17 I've noticed something of a show-stopper when creating undead characters (both ghouls and skeletons). In the past there was a sequence of events for a newly-revived undead. I'll try not to spoil it here, but at least as of beta 17 it doesn't seem to be triggering properly.

As it stands now, I can make it through undead character generation normally, and then appear in necromancer's ritual circle; the necromancer himself sits outside the circle, neutral and idle. And then...nothing. I can't seem to break the ring of magic ; that surround my character, leaving me trapped. There's nothing to melee, no items to use, no dialog, and nothing useful to do. If you try to attack the necromancer, the magic circle nullifies your spells. If you lack phase door, you might as well quit.

If I use a character class than can phase door, I can pop out of the magic circle and roam around, but I have nothing equipped, nothing in inventory -- bare-carcass naked, as it were. I can still attack the necromancer; when defeated, he still drops the expected item. I can then proceed, albeit in a lightless and unarmed fashion. That may be thematically appropriate, but if so would it be too much trouble to leave a lantern somewhere handy?

Either way, is it really intended that only undead classes you can play are "born" with PD/TP? Frankly, without attack magic spells it would be a crapshoot to kill the necromancer either barehanded or with whatever you can find lying around the rest of the level, and you surely don't want to proceed without having a heart-to-heartless with your maker.

Is the undead-creation narrative being revised, or is this just a glitch?

Edit: This is 100% reproducible and seems to happen with the half dozen or so classes I've tried. Needless to say, these are new characters, not imports from previous builds. I see below that others have not encountered the problem, but for me it's unavoidable.

[Sradac]

sounds like you have a bug. created plenty of undead in 17 and never had that situation.