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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
- Cost
Action + 
Level 3 Spell Slot- Details
Range: 3 m / 10 ft
At higher levels
Casting this spell at a higher level grants no additional benefit.
Variants
How to learn
Classes:
- Class Level 5: Cleric, Wizard, and Circle of the Spores
- Class Level 9: Oathbreaker
Other ways to learn:
s with the 
Pact Boon can cast this spell once per Long Rest once they receive Deepened Pact at level 5.
Notes
- Patch 3 introduced a bug where skeletons summoned by this spell do not have weapons.
- 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 at some distance before interacting with certain vendors or achievement related NPCs is advised.
- Casting with a level 4 spellslot allows to raise 3 minions instead of 1.
- Casting with a level 5 spellslot allows to raise a ghoul or a flying ghoul.
- Wizards with the Necromancy School subclass can raise an additional undead for each level and version of the spell.
- These Summoned Undead do not have weapons so are not affected by Aura of Hate from Oathbreaker Paladin
