This may have already been asked and I missed it if so please direct me to the forum or book/rule that answers it.
I have a few undead minions and I wish to use Awaken Undead, the spell reads as follows:
Spell Compendium page 21
Undead creatures with Intelligence
scores are unaffected. A mindless
undead gains an Intelligence score of
1d6+4, subject to the limitation that
an undead cannot be more intelligent
than is typical of a living creature of the
same kind. A dog skeleton simply has
Intelligence 2 (no roll needed), while
an orc skeleton makes the die roll but
can’t have more than Intelligence 8.
(See MM 290 for information on skills
and feats the creature gains.)
Undead regain the armor and weapon
proficiencies they had in life (assume
the undead were formerly warriors
unless the DM specifies otherwise) and
will don armor and take up weapons
while obeying your commands. A
zombie fighter can wear any armor and
wield any simple or martial weapon,
and a warhorse zombie can wear any
armor.
Undead also regain any extraordinary
racial abilities they had in life,
such as poison or scent.
Awakened undead gain a +2 profane
bonus on their Will saving throws to
resist control undead. Awakened undead
also gain +2 turn resistance (or retain
their own turn resistance, if any, and if
it is better than +2).
My DM has already ruled they do not gain levels/experience as I do because they are not my cohort. So they also do not obtain skills and feats.
My main question is if I have a level 18 Skeleton and use Awaken Undead on it what is its BaB?
Do they gain a BaB as an 18th level warrior because of how the spell states "assume the undead were formerly warriors unless the DM specifies otherwise" or do they get the BaB as a level 1 warrior and just suck it up and deal with basically bone shields?
Thank you in advanced for your input.
I have a few undead minions and I wish to use Awaken Undead, the spell reads as follows:
Spell Compendium page 21
Undead creatures with Intelligence
scores are unaffected. A mindless
undead gains an Intelligence score of
1d6+4, subject to the limitation that
an undead cannot be more intelligent
than is typical of a living creature of the
same kind. A dog skeleton simply has
Intelligence 2 (no roll needed), while
an orc skeleton makes the die roll but
can’t have more than Intelligence 8.
(See MM 290 for information on skills
and feats the creature gains.)
Undead regain the armor and weapon
proficiencies they had in life (assume
the undead were formerly warriors
unless the DM specifies otherwise) and
will don armor and take up weapons
while obeying your commands. A
zombie fighter can wear any armor and
wield any simple or martial weapon,
and a warhorse zombie can wear any
armor.
Undead also regain any extraordinary
racial abilities they had in life,
such as poison or scent.
Awakened undead gain a +2 profane
bonus on their Will saving throws to
resist control undead. Awakened undead
also gain +2 turn resistance (or retain
their own turn resistance, if any, and if
it is better than +2).
My DM has already ruled they do not gain levels/experience as I do because they are not my cohort. So they also do not obtain skills and feats.
My main question is if I have a level 18 Skeleton and use Awaken Undead on it what is its BaB?
Do they gain a BaB as an 18th level warrior because of how the spell states "assume the undead were formerly warriors unless the DM specifies otherwise" or do they get the BaB as a level 1 warrior and just suck it up and deal with basically bone shields?
Thank you in advanced for your input.
