Heartgrip

10th Level Necromancy Spell

Annelle the Archmage of Necromancy's madness and mastery of life and death led her to create this spell. Upon the  start of this spell, the target must make a constitution saving throw. If the save fails, the target remains in its exact position with no apparent ill effects. In reality, it is now an intelligent undead under the caster's control. The spell instantly slays a single target and at the same moment animates the body so that it appears that nothing has happened to the creature. The target’s companions (if any) do not immediately realize what has transpired. The target’s companions notice nothing unusual about the state of the target until they interact with it, at which time each companion receives a passive perception check to notice discrepancies. The newly undead serves the caster indefinitely. The caster cannot exceed the normal limit for controlling undead through use of this spell, but other means that allow the character to exceed the normal limit for controlled undead work just as well with undead created with demise unseen. Annelle is known to use this spell to maintain her, ahem, harem.

Effect

The target is immediately slain and remade into an intelligent undead with the following undead traits:

• No Constitution score.
• Darkvision out to 60 feet.
• Immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects).
• Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, disease, and death effects.
• Not subject to critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability drain, or energy drain. Immune to damage to its physical ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution), as well as to fatigue and exhaustion effects.
• Negative energy (such as an inflict spell) can heal undead creatures. The fast healing special quality works regardless of the creature’s Intelligence score.
• Immunity to any effect that requires a constitution save (unless the effect also works on objects or is harmless).
• Uses its Charisma modifier for Concentration checks.
• Not at risk of death from massive damage, but when reduced to 0 hit points or less, it is immediately destroyed.
• Not affected by raise dead and reincarnate spells or abilities. Resurrection and true resurrection can affect undead creatures. These spells turn undead creatures back into the living creatures they were before becoming undead.
• Proficiencies are the same as it was in life. The undead being cannot learn new skills or gain levels.

Manifestation

If successful, there are no outwards signs initially. Over time, the target will begin to manifest undead traits such as no pulse, no breathing, pallid skin, no healing ability or pumping of blood throughout the body. This will continue to occur as they slowly turn into a walking bag of dried skin and bones under the absolute and irrevocable control of the caster.

Source

This spell is known to have been solely created and employed by Annelle.

Related Organizations

• The Enclave

Material Components

1 living target of up to 20 HD

Related Discipline

Archmage

Related School

Necromancy

Effect Duration

Instantaneous

Effect Casting Time

1 standard action

Range

300ft

Level

10th Level