Deathbound Servant

You touch the corpse of a creature and attempt to permanently bind it as an undead servant. You can use Deathbed Servant twice per long rest. A corpse can only be targeted by this spell once.

Binding Roll

When you cast the spell, roll a d100:

1–49 — Failed: The binding fails and you take 1d4 necrotic damage. The corpse cannot be targeted by Deathbed Servant again.

50–69 — Unruly: The creature becomes your permanent servant but may ignore or interpret your commands in its own way. The DM controls it when it refuses a command.

70–94 — Devoted: The creature becomes your permanent servant and follows your commands completely to the best of its ability.

95–100 — Perfect Bond: As Devoted, but the servant costs 1 less maximum HP to maintain, to a minimum of 0.

Servant Storage

You can possess a number of permanent servants equal to your character level, but only one can be summoned at a time.

Stored servants cannot act, take damage, or interact with the world. As an action, you can summon a stored servant within 5 feet of you or return your active servant to storage.

Price of the Dead

Each servant permanently bound to you reduces your maximum HP:

1st servant: 1 HP
2nd servant: 2 additional HP
3rd servant: 3 additional HP
4th servant: 4 additional HP, and so on.

These costs are cumulative. For example, having 4 servants reduces your maximum HP by 10.

Releasing a servant frees its storage slot and restores the appropriate maximum HP.

Death

If a servant dies, it remains bound to you. After 24 hours, it reanimates and returns to storage with the same loyalty. You do not lose additional maximum HP.

Servant Statistics

A servant gains the Undead creature type but otherwise retains its original statistics and abilities, subject to DM approval. The DM may restrict Legendary Actions, Legendary Resistance, Lair Actions, or similar abilities.