Army of the Dead

You summon spirits that take the form of undead and appear in unoccupied spaces that you can see within range. Choose one of the following options for what appears: 

• One undead of challenge rating 2 or lower
• Two undead of challenge rating 1 or lower
• Four undead of challenge rating 1/2 or lower
• Eight undead of challenge rating 1/4 or lower

Each undead disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.

The summoned creatures are friendly to you and your companions. Roll initiative for the summoned creatures as a group, which has its own turns. They obey any verbal commands that you issue to them (no action required by you). If you don't issue any commands to them, they defend themselves from hostile creatures, but otherwise take no actions.

The GM has the creatures' statistics.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using certain higher-level spell slots, you choose one of the following summoning options above, and more powerful creatures appear: twice the challenge rating limit with a 5th-level slot, three times the limit with a 7th-level slot, and four times the limit with a 9th-level slot.