D&D 5E Animate Dead Inspiring Leader

[SpinG22]

Can a necromancer use inspiring leader to give his minions temporary hp?

 

[The Crimson Binome]

Ask your DM. I wouldn't allow it, personally, but I don't allow feats in the first place (for much this reason).

 

[FormerlyHemlock]

Can a necromancer use inspiring leader to give his minions temporary hp?

By the rules as written, yes, but ask your DM.

At my table it's just "Yes, as long as you have a way to communicate with them." 5E skeletons are smarter than skeletons in AD&D.

 

[AaronOfBarbaria]

Yes, by the text of the feat and the text of the types of undead that can result from animate dead, they can be given temporary hit points - assuming, that is, that the inspiring character speaks in a language with the skeletons/zombies knew in life and thus understands according to its stat-block.

Of course, checking with your DM to see if they are the type that decides what does or doesn't make sense and then re-shapes the rules to fit, or the type that finds a satisfactory explanation for how things are the way the rules are written and also make sense (because why not imagine something that works, since we are already imagining in the first place).

 

[FormerlyHemlock]

Yes, by the text of the feat and the text of the types of undead that can result from animate dead, they can be given temporary hit points - assuming, that is, that the inspiring character speaks in a language with the skeletons/zombies knew in life and thus understands according to its stat-block.

There's also the Tongues spell and bardlock telepathy.

 

[Kalshane]

RAW, yes. Personally as DM, I wouldn't allow it.

Of course, I miss the days when skeletons and zombies were mindless, and thus immune to such shenanigans.

 

[FormerlyHemlock]

RAW, yes. Personally as DM, I wouldn't allow it.

Of course, I miss the days when skeletons and zombies were mindless, and thus immune to such shenanigans.

I enjoy the non-mindless skeletons and zombies in Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness.

 

[Kalshane]

I enjoy the non-mindless skeletons and zombies in Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness.

I always viewed those as intentionally campy, and working within the bizarre over-the-top horror-action-comedy of that universe. I don't let my players have boomsticks or chainsaw hands, either.