Animate Dead

Animate Dead

Animate Dead (Necromancy)
Level: Death 3, Mage 5, Necromancer 3, Blackguard 4
Mana: 6. Base Success: 30%.
  Casting this spell causes humanoid corpses within 60 feet of the caster to animate, permanently taking on unlife as either skeletons or zombies (at the caster's elective), enslaved to her.
   There are two metaphysical powers that can be invoked on Theyra to animate the dead. The first is various archfiends, notably Orcus -- the demon lord of undead. The second is the goddess of death, Mara. As such, casting this spell is an evil act (as a result of allying with fiends) unless the caster is devoted to Mara or has earned at least two blessings from her as a lay worshipper.