The downside is that these zombies only last for an hour, and can’t do anything but attack. While the range is pretty small, and it requires you to use your reaction, this ability is only limited by your Wisdom modifier and not a spell slot, which makes it useful as long as you have a high Wisdom stat. They’re given Animate Dead at 5th level, and at 6th level, they gain Fungal Infestation, their most powerful ability to raise the dead. These bizarre druids also manage to come with some reanimation spells, namely the ability to use fungus to animate the dead. ![]() ![]() Paired with their innate beefiness, Death Domain Clerics make a great frontline with undead buddies, but you won’t have as many (or as powerful) buddies as our other option in 5th Edition. They do get some of the offensive Necromancy spells, and a suite of utility spells as well. Unfortunately, that’s the only spell they get aside from Create Undead later on. Revivify, Resurrection and True Resurrection all are in the Cleric’s toolkit and can prove immeasurably useful. While Clerics may not have the full suite of spells to raise the dead as zombies, I would like to give an honorable mention that they do have access to the only spells in the game that can bring a dead thing back to life (and not an undead monstrosity). Paired with the beefy proficiencies that Clerics come with, they can stand in the front lines with their reanimated friends to fight their own battles, unlike Wizards. The one we’re eying here is one of the recommended Villain NPCs from the Dungeon Master’s Guide.ĭeath Clerics get access to Animate Dead without preparing it at 5th level and have access to Create Undead at 6th level as well. They are inherently against raising the dead and don’t have access to the same spells. Also, don’t be fooled by the Grave Cleric. Life Domain Clerics will have access to the “restoration of life” spells, but not the cool reanimation ones we’re interested in. Note: I would recommend speaking with your Dungeon Master before deciding on this subclass since this is not fully fleshed out for a typical player character.Ĭlerics only get two ways to raise the dead, specifically if they are in the Death domain. Warlocks can learn a few of these spells, but if you want to master the undead you’re better off with other classes. Most of them are available to specific Cleric domains and School of Necromancy Wizards. There are a whopping Five spells that have the ability to bring back the dead in one way or another. If you’re trying to bring someone back to life without being undead, you should look into Revivify, Raise Dead, Resurrection, and True Resurrection. Some spells can bring the dead back to life but those spells come at a great cost (in spell slots and material components) or are incredibly restrictive. ![]() The spells and abilities mentioned here strictly involve raising the dead, as in returning them from the grave as some form of undead.
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