Secret College of Necro undead rules

[LordAbyss]

Hey, first time writing on this forum. I recently picked up the secet college of necromancy and one thing wasn't addressed in the book. The number of HD that a necromancer can control. I know that 2 HD per character can be controled normally through spells such as animate dead, Shadow Touch (Relics and Rituals), and some other spells. In SCofN there are spells that create (for example) 1D7 of a particular undead worth in HD per caster level. It doesn't say if these count towards the 2 HD per character level or they are completely seperate from that pool. Such as skeletons raised through Raise City (Necromancy Beyond the Grave). Whats the take on this.

 

[Valmur_Dwur]

My take would be that you can raise the 1d7 x caster's level but only control the 2hd worth per caster level from the rules. Most would be mindless undead that if they thought to attack the caster he could interpose his "controlled" undead to keep the others at bay. Cool image IMHO