Command Undead

Command Undead

5th-level Necromancy

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 60 feet

Components: V, S, M (a drop of dark blood and a pinch of graveyard dust)

Duration: Instantaneous (up to 24 hours)

​You send a tendril of subjugating necrotic will toward an undead creature you can see within range. The target must make a Charisma saving throw against your spell save DC.

​If the target has an Intelligence score of 8 or higher, it makes the saving throw with advantage. On a successful save, the target is immune to this spell for 24 hours.

​On a failed save, the target becomes charmed by you for 24 hours. While charmed, it regards you as a trusted master to be obeyed, and it obeys your verbal commands to the best of its ability. If the target suffered damage from you or your companions on a previous turn, or if it is forced to take an action directly counter to its fundamental nature, it repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, with advantage, ending the effect on a success.

​If the target has a Challenge Rating of 6 or lower, the charm is permanent and requires no further saves, provided you do not harm it. If the target has a Challenge Rating of 7 or higher, the charm lasts for 24 hours, after which you must cast the spell again to maintain control.

​At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th level or higher, the maximum Challenge Rating threshold for permanent control increases by 2 for each slot level above 5th (CR 8 at 6th level, CR 10 at 7th level, etc.).