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Can I use Gentle Repose to skip dealing with a lich's phylactery?
Gentle repose has three key bits of information that interact with a lich's rejuvenation. Relevant text follows.
Gentle Repose...
Duration: 10 days
You touch a corpse or other remains. For the ...
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What happens to an abandoned army of the undead?
I had two high-level necromancers summon close to an army of undead and now they have left the area and not re-asserted control. I know a lot if not all of the undead will wander now but how many ...
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Can a dispelled zombie's remains be reanimated? [closed]
How the animate dead spell works in the video game Baldur's Gate 3 has me wondering:
Can I reanimate the remains of a dispelled zombie?
Does it remain a zombie (undead creature) after dispelling, and ...
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When you use the Clone spell, will the command of Undead minions transfer to the clone?
I am currently playing in 5e campaign and a question came up regarding the transferable of command of undead servants.
My Necromancer wants to live forever but not be a lich, so naturally the idea is ...
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How to build a necromancy Druid?
I'm joining a D&D game with a group of friends. Some have been playing for years, while others have just started like myself. I'm joining halfway through, coming in at level 6 or 7.
I intend to ...
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Can Necromancers repeatedly animate skeletons which have been defeated? [duplicate]
One of my players is saying they can use animate dead (3rd level, Necromancy) to repeatedly bring back their skeleton minions.
This spell creates an Undead servant. Choose a pile of bones or a corpse ...
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What are all the spells that create one or more undead creatures?
Since trying to Google this just keeps finding the specific spell called Create Undead...
What are all of the spells in D&D 5e that can be used to make an undead creature? I can think of Animate ...
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What is the most amount of election fraud I can commit using necromancy?
I have deemed the ignorant masses of several nearby regions to be unfit to rule themselves. Unfortunately, they've established a democracy to determine leadership of their region and continuously ...
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Is this homebrew Necromancer class balanced?
Is this necromancer class balanced, compared to a warlock or cleric? One of my players would like to use it.
The goal is for it to be roughly balanced compared to a cleric, since that’s what I believe ...
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Are there any effects in the game that would cause a necromancer to lose control over the undead he created with animate dead?
Animate Dead says:
The creature is under your control for 24 hours, after which it stops obeying any command you've given it. To maintain control of the creature for another 24 hours, you must cast ...
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Multiple instances of the spell of Animate Dead and bonus action scope
If you cast Animate Dead, that allows you to use a bonus action to command any creature you made from "this spell". Do multiple instances of the effects created by the spell named Animate ...
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Does Summon Undead "create" an undead?
A School of Necromancy Wizard at 6th level gains the Undead Thralls ability, which reads:
At 6th level, you add the animate dead spell to your spellbook if it is not there already. When you cast ...
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Are there RAW mechanics that a Necromancy Wizard can use to animate dead with consent?
I want to create a necromancer in the Forgotten Realms setting. One that gets some kind of consent for their necromancy when it comes to using other creatures' corpses, be it from each creature that ...
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does undying servitude add animate dead to the warlock spell list? [duplicate]
does the invocation undying servitude add animate dead to the warlock spell list? it says you may cast it without spending a spell slot once a day, however, does "once a day" apply to the ...
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What is the strongest minion a necromancers Command undead ability can control?
I am currently a lv13 Necromancer and my 14th lv ability lets me control 1 undead. I want to know what the strongest official undead creature is with an int of 11 or less so I can start tracking 1 ...
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