As an action, you speak a slur of curses to undead in your presence. As you do, you blow bone dust on a gemstone worth 100gp that evaporates to a small necrotic shroud. Up to 5 Undead of your choice that are within 60ft radius of you become under your command. Undead of a challenge rating of 2 or higher are allowed a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed saving throw, they become under your command. On a successful saving throw, the spell has no effect on that target. Undead that has resistance to Turn Undead gain advantage on the saving throw.
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 1 hour, after which it stops obeying any command you've given it. To maintain control of the creature, you must cast Animate Dead to have control for an additional 24 hours.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, you can target two additional undead and increase the saving throw DC by 1 for each spell slot over 5th level.
* - (a pouch of bone dust and a Gemstone worth 100gp which is expended on use)
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