This spell permanently animates an undead servant. Choose a a corpse of a Medium Humanoid (or similar creature) within range. The target becomes a skeleton or a zombie (your choice when casting the spell).
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, and you may also issue different commands 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.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, you can animate one additional skeleton or zombie for each slot level above 6th. Each of the creatures must come from a different corpse or pile of bones.
* - (a cut sapphire worth at least 500 gp)
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