So “Tasha’s Cauldron” added some interesting spells for Necromancy Wizards...”Summon Undead Spirit”, “Spirit Shroud”...and even ”Create Magen” (RotF) is perfect for Necromancy Wizards due to their ignoring of hit point reduction...
So I was thinking of re-visiting the Necromancy Wizard.
Looking ahead, I see that their capstone is “Command Undead”; which allows them to force a Charisma-saving throw on an undead target and essentially assert control over them.
My question is...is there any particular undead that this works REALLY well with?
I am aware that Nightstalkers are particularly vulnerable to this feature, and are incredibly powerful to have under a Wizard’s control.
What are some other powerful undead that could potentially be turned into a Wizard’s servant?
The main issue I could see with using it on a Nightwalker would be you have to be a good judge of distance and stay 31ft+ away from it due to its Annihilating aura and also any undead with INT8+ gets advatnage on the saving throw and those with INT12+ getting to redo the save every hour with advantage.
Another sad aspect is you can only influence one Undead and your influence wears off if you use the feature on another undead.
Options I would likely go for:
Spawn of Kyuss (pg192 of Volo's Guid) could be interesting to have on your side as a regenerating undead.
Vampiric Mist (pg246 of Mordenkainens) for some night time sneaking and spying.
and lets us not forget...the Zombie Beholder (pg 316 of the Monster Manual)...because who doesn't want a pet Beholder?
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So “Tasha’s Cauldron” added some interesting spells for Necromancy Wizards...”Summon Undead Spirit”, “Spirit Shroud”...and even ”Create Magen” (RotF) is perfect for Necromancy Wizards due to their ignoring of hit point reduction...
So I was thinking of re-visiting the Necromancy Wizard.
Looking ahead, I see that their capstone is “Command Undead”; which allows them to force a Charisma-saving throw on an undead target and essentially assert control over them.
My question is...is there any particular undead that this works REALLY well with?
I am aware that Nightstalkers are particularly vulnerable to this feature, and are incredibly powerful to have under a Wizard’s control.
What are some other powerful undead that could potentially be turned into a Wizard’s servant?
The main issue I could see with using it on a Nightwalker would be you have to be a good judge of distance and stay 31ft+ away from it due to its Annihilating aura and also any undead with INT8+ gets advatnage on the saving throw and those with INT12+ getting to redo the save every hour with advantage.
Another sad aspect is you can only influence one Undead and your influence wears off if you use the feature on another undead.
Options I would likely go for:
Spawn of Kyuss (pg192 of Volo's Guid) could be interesting to have on your side as a regenerating undead.
Vampiric Mist (pg246 of Mordenkainens) for some night time sneaking and spying.
and lets us not forget...the Zombie Beholder (pg 316 of the Monster Manual)...because who doesn't want a pet Beholder?