Animate Dead

A staples of the School of Necromancy, Animate Dead is a spell that allows the caster to create undead servitors. Typically seen as taboo by many spellcasters and clergy, this spell imbues a corpse with foul mimicries of life, turning them into undead creature. It is a spell utilized by unscrupulous wizards and clerics of questionable deities.

Effect

This spell animates either a corpse or a pile of bones into zombies or skeletons respectively. The caster may then control the creatures, giving them specific commands. The caster must expend this spell daily to maintain control over these undead.

Discovery

The creation of this spell is attributed to the Netherese arcanist Fjord in -514 DR and was originally known as Fjord's animation.

Components
The casting of this spell requires verbal and somatic components, as well as material components consisting of a drop of blood, a piece of flesh, and a pinch of bone dust.

Related School

Necromancy

Effect Duration

Instantaneous

Effect Casting Time

1 minute

Range

10 feet

Level

3