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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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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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Limits of undead control
I was doing some theory crafting on a necromancer. Of course a player character with an army of undead isn't very good for gameplay but our DM is interested in using the character as an enemy.
So I ...
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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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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 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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Could a necromancer command an undead to act as it did in life?
It's already mentioned in the 5e Monster Manual in the entry for skeletons that uncontrolled skeletons will do things they would often do in life:
Habitual Behaviors. Independent skeletons ...
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Is it possible to raise undead versions of animals (or other creatures)?
Are there any ways to make undead animals in D&D 5e?
What other types of creatures can be raised from the dead except humanoids, and how can this be achieved?
I'm interested in ways to do so, both ...
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What Class or Class combination will raise the largest controlled undead (skeletal) army in 48 hours?
I am planning on making a Necromancer type with the largest undead army available in 5e D&D. He has 48 hours to build it. I have an existing strategy that nets me 150 skeletons using a lv 6 ...
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Can undead creatures (raised by a necromancy spell) climb a rope, climb a ladder, or swim?
I'm thinking about making a Necromancy wizard, but had a few questions about RAW.
Would undead from the animate undead spell (or any necromancer spells), e.g. skeletons or zombies, be able to climb ...
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As a player character, is there a way to reanimate a dragon I killed as an undead under that PC's control?
If a PC killed an ancient green dragon, what could they do to reanimate it as undead under their control, assumeing they have whatever combination of class levels necessary to make the idea work?
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