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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 7147983" data-attributes="member: 58416">I can't speak behalf of his snakes on a material plane.&nbsp; However, I actually managed to do a bit more with a necromancer.My character had the noble (knight) background.&nbsp; Since it was difficult in-game to control my horde of undead all at once, I would give groups of them commands such as &quot;follow commands given by my squire.&quot;&nbsp; To make a long story short, I created what was essentially a military structure with squad leaders who gave orders to each squad of skeleton.&nbsp; This lead to being able to use fairly effective military tactics despite having soldiers who were only capable of understanding simple commands.I kept track of my skeletons (and the occasional zombie) using an index card which contained their stats for&nbsp; and a piece of graph paper which I used to track them individually.&nbsp; One of my best zombies was a PC who had died.&nbsp; The player decided to make a new character, and I asked the group if they cared if I raised his body as an undead follower and kept.&nbsp; It was a pretty sweat score for my horde because he had a few magic items (including a weapon) on him which none of the other PCs wanted due to being races/classes/builds/whatever that didn't use those particular types of items.&nbsp; After a while, I started to stylize my undead.&nbsp; Skeletons and zombies who had served me well and survived many combats were rewarded by my character in-game by being painted with cool designs or by being given hats and banners to carry.&nbsp; After all, what good was having a small army if people didn't know they belonged to me, and I certainly couldn't be represented by a bunch of raggedy looking undead.Edit: How I still managed to share the spotlight is something I forgot to mention because I got carried away with telling the story.&nbsp; I would give commands to some of my undead to listen to the commands of another PC until I said otherwise.&nbsp; Sometimes, I would keep things simpler by giving commands such as &quot;protect the ranger.&quot;&nbsp; It worked out pretty well.&nbsp; I did try to reign it in when it felt like I was going too far with it though.&nbsp; Had I really wanted to push the envelope, I likely could have had far more undead than I did.&nbsp; Most of the time, I tried to keep it under 10.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 7147983, member: 58416"] I can't speak behalf of his snakes on a material plane. However, I actually managed to do a bit more with a necromancer. My character had the noble (knight) background. Since it was difficult in-game to control my horde of undead all at once, I would give groups of them commands such as "follow commands given by my squire." To make a long story short, I created what was essentially a military structure with squad leaders who gave orders to each squad of skeleton. This lead to being able to use fairly effective military tactics despite having soldiers who were only capable of understanding simple commands. I kept track of my skeletons (and the occasional zombie) using an index card which contained their stats for and a piece of graph paper which I used to track them individually. One of my best zombies was a PC who had died. The player decided to make a new character, and I asked the group if they cared if I raised his body as an undead follower and kept. It was a pretty sweat score for my horde because he had a few magic items (including a weapon) on him which none of the other PCs wanted due to being races/classes/builds/whatever that didn't use those particular types of items. After a while, I started to stylize my undead. Skeletons and zombies who had served me well and survived many combats were rewarded by my character in-game by being painted with cool designs or by being given hats and banners to carry. After all, what good was having a small army if people didn't know they belonged to me, and I certainly couldn't be represented by a bunch of raggedy looking undead. Edit: How I still managed to share the spotlight is something I forgot to mention because I got carried away with telling the story. I would give commands to some of my undead to listen to the commands of another PC until I said otherwise. Sometimes, I would keep things simpler by giving commands such as "protect the ranger." It worked out pretty well. I did try to reign it in when it felt like I was going too far with it though. Had I really wanted to push the envelope, I likely could have had far more undead than I did. Most of the time, I tried to keep it under 10. [/QUOTE]

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