Arcana Evolved
Arcana Evolved
Arcana Evolved
Corporeal Undead: Corporeal undead are animated corpses. The spirit of the original creature inhabits the corpse once again, powered by negative energy (see animate the dead spells).
“Corporeal undead” is a template you can add to any nonundead, corporeal creature.
Rumors coming out of the Bitter Peaks tell of a horrible malady that strikes at living creatures for reasons unknown. Those affected by this magical plague, known as the “rot from within,” suddenly become undead creatures while their body still lives. Their skeletons tear away their own flesh and consume it. The resulting monsters carry the undead template and roam the night, hunting for more living flesh to rend.
No one knows what causes this plague or how it can be stopped.
Animate the Dead Lesser spell.
Animate the Dead Greater spell.
Animate Undead Legion spell.
Kallethan: ?
Corporeal Undead Human Warmain 3: ?
Incorporeal Undead: Incorporeal undead are bodiless spirits that remain in the corporeal world through the power of negative energy. Their existence, brought about through the rouse undead spirit spell, is a corruption and an abomination upon the natural order of the world.
“Incorporeal undead” is a template you can add to any nonundead, corporeal creature.
Anyone slain by the energy drain ability of an incorporeal undead creature becomes an incorporeal undead creature in 24 hours.
Rouse Ghostly Army spell.
Rouse Undead Spirit spell.
Incorporeal Undead Verrik Witch 4:
Undead: When they were finished with these lands, the dramojh loosed necromantic energies into Verdune. This evil magic animated many of the dead there into marauding undead who wandered the ruined cities and towns.
Ghoul: Ghouls are undead that are not animated by spells but instead rise from death under a curse called “grave hunger.” Ghouls that paralyze foes also automatically infect them with grave hunger, making them want to feed on long-dead corpses (Will save [DC 20] each day to resist). When such infected victims die, they become ghouls, unless a mage successfully uses a remove curse spell before their death.
Vampire: Although undead created by animate the dead spells often resemble vampires, true vampires arise only from other vampires spreading the ancient curse/disease.
Animate the Dead (Lesser)
Necromancy [Negative Energy]
Level: 4 (Simple)
Casting Time: One minute
Range: Touch
Targets: The corpse of one creature with fewer Hit Dice than you
Duration: Instantaneous (self-sustaining magic)
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
This spell turns the bones or body of a dead creature into an abominable, walking undead. Enough of the corpse must be present to make for a passable undead creature—a skeletal structure, a great deal of flesh from one creature, etc. Sickly greenish light flows over these remains, and the soul of the creature is restored into a rotting but now-animate corpse.
Immediately, the creature must make a Will saving throw. If the save fails, the undead must obey your verbal commands. If successful, the creature remains in control of its own will. It can then attempt a second saving throw (if the DM deems that it would wish to). If the second save succeeds, the soul returns to its normal afterlife, and the corpse crumbles to dust.
The soul of a creature trapped in an undead body, if it was not twisted before, quickly becomes corrupt, bloodthirsty, and malevolent. An undead and uncontrolled creature attempts to slay its creator as quickly as it can. An undead creature has all the abilities it possessed in life, modified by the corporeal undead template (see Chapter Twelve: Creatures).
You can control only one undead creature at a time. Any attempt to animate a second undead while you have one under your control always frees the first one. The only exception to this are creatures whose truenames you knew when they were alive (they do not count against your total of one controllable undead at a time) or undead under the effects of a control undead spell.
Creatures whose souls are not available cannot be animated as undead. Thus, even if a large portion of the body of a still-living (or once again living) creature is available, it cannot be animated. Likewise, those creatures with trapped or protected souls cannot be animated.
This spell requires 500 gp worth of special oils to be sprinkled on the corpse.
Diminished Effects: The undead moves at only half its normal speed, gains no Dexterity bonus (see creature template), and can take only one action per round, either move-equivalent or standard, but not both.
Heightened Effects: The undead gains +1 hp per Hit Die, a +1 natural armor bonus to Armor Class, and a +1 enhancement bonus to attack rolls. Casting time becomes 1 round.
Magic Item Creation Modifier: Constant ×1.5
Animate the Dead (Greater)
Necromancy [Negative Energy]
Level: 6 (Complex)
Casting Time: One hour
Range: Close (25 feet + 5 feet/two levels)
Target: The corpse of one creature with fewer Hit Dice than you
Duration: Instantaneous (self-sustaining magic)
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
This spell allows you to create more powerful undead than lesser animate the dead. Greater undead gain a +3 natural armor bonus, an additional +4 bonus to Strength, and two of the following special abilities:
• Blood Drain (Ex): The undead has fangs to suck blood from a living victim by making a successful grapple check. If it pins the foe, it drains blood, inflicting 1d4 points of permanent Constitution drain each round that it maintains the pin.
• Create Spawn (Su): A creature slain by the undead creature’s energy drain attack rises as an undead 1d4 days after burial. (This ability only works if the undead has energy drain, below.)
• Resistance (Ex): Cold and electricity resistance 20.
• Damage Reduction (Su): The undead body is tough, giving the creature damage reduction 15/+1 (or 15/magic).
• Energy Drain (Su): Living creatures hit by the undead creature’s claw attack suffer one negative level.
• Fast Healing (Ex): The undead heals 3 points of damage each round as long as it has at least 1 hit point.
Greater undead have a Challenge Rating equal to that of the base creature +3.
This spell requires 800 gp worth of special oils as a material component to be sprinkled over the corpse.
Diminished Effects: The undead moves at only half its normal speed, gains no Dexterity bonus (see creature template), and can take only one action per round, either a move-equivalent or a standard action, but not both.
Heightened Effects: The undead gains all of the stated bonuses as well as +1 hp per Hit Die, an additional +2 natural armor bonus to Armor Class, and an additional special ability.
Magic Item Creation Modifier: Constant ×1.5
Animate Undead Legion
Necromancy [Negative Energy]
Level: 8 (Exotic)
Casting Time: 24 hours
Range: Close (25 feet + 5 feet/two levels)
Target: One corpse/level
Duration: Instantaneous (self-sustaining magic)
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
This spell allows you to create and control one undead creature per caster level exactly as described in lesser animate the dead.
This spell requires 100 gp worth of special oils per corpse as a material component to be sprinkled over each undead created.
Diminished Effects: The undead move at only half their normal move rate, gain no Dexterity bonus (see creature template), and can take only one action per round, either a move-equivalent or a standard action, but not both.
Heightened Effects: The undead gain +1 hp per Hit Die, +1 natural armor bonus to Armor Class, and a +1 enhancement bonus to attack rolls.
Magic Item Creation Modifiers: Constant ×3, single-use ×3, spell-completion ×1.5
Rouse Ghostly Army
Necromancy [Negative Energy]
Level: 10 (Complex)
Casting Time: One entire night
Range: Medium (100 feet + 10 feet/level)
Target: One corpse/level
Duration: Instantaneous (self-sustaining magic)
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
This spell allows you to create and control one incorporeal undead creature per caster level exactly as described in rouse undead spirit. This spell requires 1,000 gp in special oils per corpse as a material component to be sprinkled over each body.
Diminished Effects: The undead move at only half their normal move rate, gain no Dexterity bonus (see creature template in Chapter Twelve), and can take only one action per round, either a move-equivalent or a standard action, but not both.
Magic Item Creation Modifiers:Constant ×3, single-use ×3, spellcompletion×1.5
Rouse Undead Spirit
Necromancy [Negative Energy]
Level: 6 (Complex)
Casting Time: One hour
Range: Close (25 feet + 5 feet/two levels)
Target: The corpse of one creature with fewer Hit Dice than you
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: No
You must cast this spell at night. Rouse undead spirit calls the soul of a dead creature and makes it into an undead spirit. Only a small part of the dead creature’s body need be present for the casting, but multiple parts of a single dead creature cannot rouse more than one undead spirit. Black energy flows over the remains, and the spirit of the creature rises up out of the corpse. Immediately, the spirit must make a Will saving throw. If the save fails, the undead must obey your verbal commands. If it succeeds, the creature remains in control of its own will. It can attempt a second saving throw (if the DM deems that it would wish to). If the second save succeeds, the creature’s soul returns to its normal afterlife, and the corpse crumbles to dust.
If it was not twisted before, the bodiless soul of the creature, now cursed to roam the physical world again, quickly becomes corrupt, vengeful, and malevolent. An uncontrolled undead spirit attempts to slay its creator as quickly as it can. An undead created by this spell enjoys all the abilities it possessed in life, modified by the incorporeal undead template (see Chapter Twelve).
You can control only one undead at a time. Any attempt to create a second undead or rouse a second undead spirit while you already control one always frees the first undead created or roused. The only exceptions to this are undead whose truenames you know (these do not count against your total of one controllable undead at a time) or undead under the effects of a control undead spell.
Creatures whose souls are not available cannot be made into undead. Thus, even if a large portion of the body of a still-living (or once again living) creature is available, it cannot be roused as an undead spirit. Likewise, creatures with trapped or protected souls cannot be roused.
Casting this spell requires 1,000 gp worth of special oils to sprinkle over the corpse.
Diminished Effects: The undead spirit moves only at half its normal move rate and can take only one action per round, either a move-equivalent or a standard action, but not both.
Heightened Effects: The undead spirit gains +1 hp per Hit Die, and the create spawn special ability described in Chapter Twelve.
Magic Item Creation Modifier: Constant ×2
