Animate Dead

Animate Dead is a level 3 necromancy spell. This spell allows spellcasters to animate a corpse to create an undead servant.

Description

Animate a corpse to create an undead servant while not in combat.

The target must be a medium or small corpse.

Properties

Details

 Range: 3 m / 10 ft

At higher levels

Casting this spell at a higher level grants no additional benefit.

Variants

•  Animate Dead: Skeleton
•  Animate Dead: Zombie
•  Animate Dead: Ghoul
•  Animate Dead: Flying Ghoul
•  Animate Dead: Ghoul Pack
•  Animate Dead: Flying Ghoul Flock

How to learn

Classes:

• Class Level 5: Cleric, Wizard, and Circle of the Spores

• Class Level 9: Oathbreaker

Notes

•  Warlocks with the Pact of the Tome Pact Boon can cast this spell once per Long Rest once they receive Deepened Pact at level 5.
• It is important to note that most friendly and neutral NPCs will respond to undead minions with horror, causing them to express alarm and flee from proximity of the thralls, in some cases to their death. To avoid this, selecting the chain icon next to the summoner player and leaving the thrall away from NPCs is helpful.

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External Links

• Animate dead on the Forgotten Realms Wiki