Animate Claw

You cut deep into the wrist(s) of a recently-deceased corpse and animate it with dark magic. Tearing free from the bone and muscle of its former host, you create a Crawling Claw (Monster Manual). The corpse must be humanoid and can only provide a maximum of 2 claws each. The prepared edged weapon used during this spell is not consumed in casting.

The Crawling Claws act on their own initiative(s) and follow simple commands (attack, follow, guard, stop, etc.). Crawling Claws can be controlled individually or as a whole via telepathic link up to 60' away. Line-of-sight is not required for communication.

For each spell level slot above level 1 spent, you can animate 1 extra Crawling Claw. If a 3rd level slot or higher is used, all claws become permanently animated, instead of dying off after 24 hours.