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<blockquote data-quote="Rkhet" data-source="post: 2407129" data-attributes="member: 31318">This is not the Wish spell.&nbsp; This is controlling undead.&nbsp; There are clear precedents as to how undead is controlled: Rebuke/command, and Control Undead.&nbsp; Neither has an exceedingly great chance of rebellion.&nbsp; The shadows are not particularly intelligent (Int 6), and they do not have any&nbsp; non-metagame motivations to harm the PC - who brought them into being and who is presumably more powerful than any one of them.&nbsp; &quot;That is what monsters do after all&quot; doesn't exactly fit the bill here, if it ever did anywhere.The first tier shadows will follow his instructions to the best of their abilities.&nbsp; The second tier will follow the first tier to the best of their abilities, and so on.&nbsp; If a first-tier shadow dies, the second-tier shadows he controls becomes free-willed undead and do the things that free-willed undead normally do.&nbsp; If the party members are in vincinity and alone - not surrounded by shadows loyal to them, for example - they may attack, but they will not be hunting the party down with unholy vengeance en masse unless there is very, very good reason for them to risk true death.There likely will be logistical problems.&nbsp; It'll take a long time for orders to be passed down the chain - if it happens at all.&nbsp; Realistically, the PC should be limited to very simple orders like 'follow', 'stay' and 'kill', and there should be a chance each time that a portion of the shadows simply mills around confused (except for kill.&nbsp; They should instinctively know how to do that.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rkhet, post: 2407129, member: 31318"] This is not the Wish spell. This is controlling undead. There are clear precedents as to how undead is controlled: Rebuke/command, and Control Undead. Neither has an exceedingly great chance of rebellion. The shadows are not particularly intelligent (Int 6), and they do not have any non-metagame motivations to harm the PC - who brought them into being and who is presumably more powerful than any one of them. "That is what monsters do after all" doesn't exactly fit the bill here, if it ever did anywhere. The first tier shadows will follow his instructions to the best of their abilities. The second tier will follow the first tier to the best of their abilities, and so on. If a first-tier shadow dies, the second-tier shadows he controls becomes free-willed undead and do the things that free-willed undead normally do. If the party members are in vincinity and[i] alone -[/i] not surrounded by shadows loyal to them, for example - they may attack, but they will not be hunting the party down with unholy vengeance en masse unless there is very, very good reason for them to risk true death. There likely will be logistical problems. It'll take a long time for orders to be passed down the chain - if it happens at all. Realistically, the PC should be limited to very simple orders like 'follow', 'stay' and 'kill', and there should be a chance each time that a portion of the shadows simply mills around confused (except for kill. They should instinctively know how to do that.) [/QUOTE]

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