Dominate Dead

You can cast this spell only at night.

You return a dead creature you touch to life, provided that it has been dead no longer than 10 days. The creature is restored to half its max hit points. This spell closes all mortal wounds, but it doesn't restore missing body parts. If the creature is lacking body parts or organs integral for its survival--its head, for instance--the spell automatically fails.

This spell does not return the targets soul. Instead it animates the corpse to act as an empty vessel. As a bonus action on each of your turns, you can mentally command any creature you animated with this spell if the creature is within 120 feet of you (if you control multiple creatures, you can command any or all of them at the same time, issuing the same command to each one). You decide what action the creature will take and where it will move during its next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a particular chamber or corridor. If you issue no commands, the creature only defends itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature continues to follow it until its task is complete.

The creature is under your control for 24 hours, after which it stops obeying any command you have given it. To maintain control of the creature for another 24 hours, you must cast this spell on the creature before the current 24-hour period ends. This use of the spell reasserts your control over up to three creatures you have animated with this spell, rather than animating new ones.

Any corpse older than 10 days becomes decayed and can no longer be reanimated by this spell.

Any corpse animated in this way is unable to cast spells that require a spell slot.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 7th-level spell slot, a corpse has use of its spell slots up to 3rd level. When you cast this spell using an 8th-level spell slot, a corpse has use of its spell slots up to 4th level. When you cast this spell using a 9th-level spell slot, a corpse has use of its spell slots up to 5th level.