Army of the Damned

You create an aura of undeath centered on yourself. Up to five corpses within a 60-ft radius are infused with necrotic energy, immediately rising up and becoming undead under your control. You decide whether each is a zombie or skeleton (see DM's guide for stats). Each undead gains a bonus to its attack and damage rolls equal to your spellcasting ability modifier.

You can use a bonus action to mentally command the creatures you make with this spell, issuing the same command to all of them. To receive the command, a creature must be within 60 feet of you. You decide what action the creatures will take and where they will move during their next turn, or you can issue a general command, such as to guard a chamber or passageway against your foes. If you issue no commands, the creatures do nothing except defend you and themselves against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creatures continue to follow it until their task is complete.

The creatures are under your control indefinitely or until this spell is cast again, at which point they fall apart (skeletons) or slump to the ground (zombies).

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you animate up to two additional corpses for each slot level above 5th.