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<blockquote data-quote="DreamChaser" data-source="post: 1369681" data-attributes="member: 1190">The big balance factor in this for my money is that undead are evil--all of them with minds at least--and evil, no matter how friendly, is not well know for being cooperative.&nbsp; The idea of evil creatures betraying their &quot;friends&quot; for gain is hardly a new or shocking one.If someone in my game cast this, I would have the undead behave exactly as an evil person charmed by charm person.&nbsp; They would cowtow and do all the &quot;friendly&quot; stuff but if they were ordered to attack, they would strongly consider what was in it for them.&nbsp; If they thought of a way it could benefit them (such as by creating a spawn that it might at some point forget to tell to not attack the wizard) then they would.&nbsp; Otherwise, they would hang back, use &quot;stragetic movement&quot; and otherwise keep themselves out of harms way.Regardless, this should never be a safe, long term spell to use.&nbsp; The only safe use of this spell would have been to end combat and have the spector &quot;keep watch&quot; at the crypt where he was originally found.&nbsp; As an evil (and thus often lazy) creature, it would love this idea so no check would need to be made.just my .02.DC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DreamChaser, post: 1369681, member: 1190"] The big balance factor in this for my money is that undead are evil--all of them with minds at least--and evil, no matter how friendly, is not well know for being cooperative. The idea of evil creatures betraying their "friends" for gain is hardly a new or shocking one. If someone in my game cast this, I would have the undead behave exactly as an evil person charmed by charm person. They would cowtow and do all the "friendly" stuff but if they were ordered to attack, they would strongly consider what was in it for them. If they thought of a way it could benefit them (such as by creating a spawn that it might at some point forget to tell to not attack the wizard) then they would. Otherwise, they would hang back, use "stragetic movement" and otherwise keep themselves out of harms way. Regardless, this should never be a safe, long term spell to use. The only safe use of this spell would have been to end combat and have the spector "keep watch" at the crypt where he was originally found. As an evil (and thus often lazy) creature, it would love this idea so no check would need to be made. just my .02. DC [/QUOTE]

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