Reanimate

Effect

Invoking the dread forces of the grave, you raise a corpse as an undead minion. Mages may give advanced forms of this spell more colorful names, such as:

Army of the Dead (Additional Summon, Range)

Binding of al-Ghazi (Additional Summon, Range, Grand Summon, requires an appropriate implement)

Details

Base Difficulty: Average (2)
Concentration: Yes
Skill: Void Magic
Range: Engaged
Effect: The caster causes a corpse of up to silhouette 2 to rise as a skeleton or zombie of equivalent silhouette, depending on its state of decay (GM's discretion). The corpse remains animate until the end of the caster's next turn and takes its turn immediately after theirs. The undead is friendly to the caster and obeys their commands. The caster may spend a maneuver to direct the creature, allowing them to determine its action and maneuver. If a caster controls multiple undead, they can direct them all with a single maneuver.

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Additional Effects

Reanimate is eligible for the following additional effects.

Effect	Difficulty Modifier
Additional Summon	+1
Medium Summon	+1
Range	+1
Grand Summon	+2

Additional Summon: The spell reanimates one additional corpse. In addition, after casting the spell, the caster may spend 2 Advantage to reanimate one additional corpse (and may trigger this multiple times, spending 2 Advantage each time).

Medium Summon: The corpse instead rises as a greater skeleton or greater zombie.

Range: Increase the range of the spell by one range band. This may be added multiple times, increasing the range by one range band each time.

Grand Summon: The caster causes a corpse of up to silhouette 4 to rise as a greater skeleton or greater zombie.