Best Undead Minions?

[Nebt Bhakau]

The topic of best "sleeper" spells got me thinking - what are the best uses for animate dead? I personally prefer skeletal girallons (multiple limbs) and skeletal centaurs with lances (for the charge bonus). Input, comments, war stories, et cetera appreciated.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Simple Zombies in water (swamp), players have to worry about footing, about air, sight, it just freaks my players out.

 

[diaglo]

incorporeal.. go thru walls, ceilings, floors and never rest. chase the PCs everywhere. and drain the life out of them to make more...

 

[Darklone]

Shadow farming.

 

[Piratecat]

Skeletal girallons? I love it.

I experimented a lot with ghouls, and found that ghoulish deep gnomes (adding the ability to spider climb) are scary as hell.

 

[Gort]

Although this is Create Undead, and not Animate Dead, I find Mohrgs aren't bad. That tongue attack of theirs is pretty nasty, never misses really, and can take someone completely out of the fight if they get lucky.

 

[Richards]

Yeah, I've used skeletal girallons before - those extra two attacks per round come in, uh, "handy." I've also experimented with applying undead templates to non-standard creatures. I threw a mohrg dire wolf leading a pack of winter wolves at the party once, and they had to take to the air to escape.

Johnathan

 

[LGodamus]

I just want to take this time to say ...." i love Undead."







no no not THAT kinda love

 

[Nebt Bhakau]

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[Calico_Jack73]

Umber Hulk Zombies... It is what every cost consious Necromancer uses to carve out his dungeon.