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Can I use animate dead to reanimate a zombie that has been killed?
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<blockquote data-quote="niklinna" data-source="post: 8643330" data-attributes="member: 71235"><p>Well, to actually address the question instead of lobbing side jokes....</p><p></p><p>As several have said, ultimately the decision is your DM's. (Based on your other recent posts I strongly suspect you are not the DM.)</p><p></p><p>From the "does it make sense?" angle: It's magic in a fantasy world. You (or rather, your DM) can construct a number of different but more or less consistent arguments that fit in the gaps left by the actual spell description and other rules text about undead. If that matters to you/your DM.</p><p></p><p>From the "is it cool?" angle: Obviously! Keep raising that same zombie over and over until it's too bashed or hacked up for more! The point at which that happens, and why, are, once again, up to your DM. Maybe the zombie's max hit points drop a bit each time your animate it, maybe it's a matter of the narrative presented in combat (bludgeoned to paste, slashed to bits, pierced to...?). And then you can roleplay how reused zombies are great for stews because they're super-tenderized. (What? You're already a necromancer, cannibalism's <em>not a stretch</em>*).</p><p></p><p>From the "is it fair?" angle: Eh, you're burning a spell slot, and the cast time is a minute, so you won't be keeping the thing going indefinitely in a fight. Necromancers have it hard enough in D&D.</p><p></p><p>I hope these comments help you frame your question to your DM in such a way that they give you the answer you want!</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER="The asterisk!"]True story: I once played a character who got possessed by the spirit of a necromancer's apprentice, who had transgressed somehow and his master slowly whittled away bits of him and made him eat them.[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="niklinna, post: 8643330, member: 71235"] Well, to actually address the question instead of lobbing side jokes.... As several have said, ultimately the decision is your DM's. (Based on your other recent posts I strongly suspect you are not the DM.) From the "does it make sense?" angle: It's magic in a fantasy world. You (or rather, your DM) can construct a number of different but more or less consistent arguments that fit in the gaps left by the actual spell description and other rules text about undead. If that matters to you/your DM. From the "is it cool?" angle: Obviously! Keep raising that same zombie over and over until it's too bashed or hacked up for more! The point at which that happens, and why, are, once again, up to your DM. Maybe the zombie's max hit points drop a bit each time your animate it, maybe it's a matter of the narrative presented in combat (bludgeoned to paste, slashed to bits, pierced to...?). And then you can roleplay how reused zombies are great for stews because they're super-tenderized. (What? You're already a necromancer, cannibalism's [I]not a stretch[/I]*). From the "is it fair?" angle: Eh, you're burning a spell slot, and the cast time is a minute, so you won't be keeping the thing going indefinitely in a fight. Necromancers have it hard enough in D&D. I hope these comments help you frame your question to your DM in such a way that they give you the answer you want! [SPOILER="The asterisk!"]True story: I once played a character who got possessed by the spirit of a necromancer's apprentice, who had transgressed somehow and his master slowly whittled away bits of him and made him eat them.[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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