the wizard necromancers undead thrall feature states
At 6th level, you add the animate dead spell to your spellbook if it is not there already. When you cast animate dead, you can target one additional corpse or pile of bones, creating another zombie or skeleton, as appropriate.
Whenever you create an undead using a necromancy spell, it has additional benefits:
The creature’s hit point maximum is increased by an amount equal to your wizard level.
The creature adds your proficiency bonus to its weapon damage rolls
but the spell summon undead is just that, summoning an undead not exactly creating one. it almost seems like they were meant to interact since they made this one a necromancy spell instead of a conjuration spell but the wording just doesn't seem to support it.
obviously it depends on weather the DM whats to allow it but from a RAW standpoint would these two interact?
Edit: Wait... I misunderstood your post. You're asking, the second part of Undead Thrall, which enhances all undead you "create" with a Necromancy spell? Sorry, yes, I would not read "create" strictly to exclude undead that are "called forth," "manifested," or even just "summoned" by a spell. Apply that part of the feature to Summon Undead, my bad.
the wizard necromancers undead thrall feature states
At 6th level, you add the animate dead spell to your spellbook if it is not there already. When you cast animate dead, you can target one additional corpse or pile of bones, creating another zombie or skeleton, as appropriate.
Whenever you create an undead using a necromancy spell, it has additional benefits:
but the spell summon undead is just that, summoning an undead not exactly creating one. it almost seems like they were meant to interact since they made this one a necromancy spell instead of a conjuration spell but the wording just doesn't seem to support it.
obviously it depends on weather the DM whats to allow it but from a RAW standpoint would these two interact?
Here's the way I look at it:
If the answer to all 3 is yes, then it works.
Certainly cooler if it applies, but RAW, no. Summon Undead is not Animate Dead, so a feature which enhances Animate Dead does not enhance Summon Undead (or Create Undead, or any other spell that isn't Animate Dead). That would be like allowing the Agonizing Blast invocation to modify Magic Missile, just because it and Eldritch Blast both do force damage and shoot multiple beams of energy.
Edit: Wait... I misunderstood your post. You're asking, the second part of Undead Thrall, which enhances all undead you "create" with a Necromancy spell? Sorry, yes, I would not read "create" strictly to exclude undead that are "called forth," "manifested," or even just "summoned" by a spell. Apply that part of the feature to Summon Undead, my bad.
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