Making your own friends.

[Fieari]

Killing the clone would be where this falls apart, since, as mentioned, you can't "kill" an object, thus it can't be zombified, etc. On the other hand... the concept of what he's trying is just darn cool, and perfect for roleplaying and such.

As a DM, I'd personally rule it that he fails to raise the clone as an undead, "killed" or not. However, I would allow him to study the clone, and develop a new spell that would put a PARTIAL soul into the clone. Even the tiniest seed from himself would do (simulate via an XP cost, even if very small)... and then making the clone into an undead would work, and all the rest.

 

[Will]

Does an awakened undead become something other than undead? Otherwise, resurrecting it would either bring it back to being undead or simply have no effect, I'd think.

Sounds ultimately like some mutation of Polymorph Any Object. One could just rule that if you start with a clone and polymorph it to life, it is instantaneous rather than 'only' permanent.

Really, the effect is very minor. You're jumping through hoops to... make a random NPC that happens to look just like the character. Creating a soul sounds cool, but effect-wise, I wouldn't bother making it more than, oh, 5th level.