This spell creates an undead servant. Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small beast within range with a challenge rating no greater than 1/4. Your spell takes the targets spirit from the Ethereal plane and transports it into a open space within 10 feet of you.
The creature uses whatever statistics it had in life with the following changes"
- It's Constitution score increases to 15 (+2) if it was not already higher, and its Strength score decreases to 4 (-3)
- It gains immunity to Cold, Poison, and Necrotic damage in addition to the Poisoned, Paralyzed, Restrained, Grappled, and Prone conditions
- It gains the incorporeal movement feature
- All of its attacks now deal force damage
On each of your turns, you can use a bonus action to mentally command any creature you made with this spell if the creature is within 60 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's spirit dissipates and returns to the Ethereal plane. To keep the spirit 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.
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