Animate Spellguard

This spell creates an undead servant. Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small humanoid within range. Your spell imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, raising it as an undead creature. The target becomes a Spellguard.

The Spellguard is controlled in the same manner as creatures created with Animate Dead.

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 this spell on the creature again before the current 24-hour period ends. This use of the spell reasserts your control over up to four creatures you have animated with this spell, rather than animating a new one.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the Spellguard's spell slots increase by one per level above 4th, up to a max of 5. And the Spellguard has an additional 10 hitpoints per level above 4th.