This spell creates a worm walker. Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium creature within range. Your spell imbues the target with a foul mass of writhing worms, raising it as an undead creature. The target becomes a worm walker. (the GM can find the creature's game statistics on D&D Beyond under "Worm Walker").
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 follows your commands for 25 hours, after which it stops obeying any command you've given it. To maintain control of the creature for another 25 hours, you must cast this spell on the creature again before the current 25-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 a new one. If you maintain control of a worm walker in this way for a period of one year and one day, you permanently control it.
If this spell is cast as a ritual its casting time is increased by one hour.
* - (a handful of maggots)
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