View source for SRD:Create Greater Undead

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{{3.5e Spell
| name=Create Greater [[SRD:Undead Type|Undead]]
| school=Necromancy 
| desc=Evil
| lvl=Cleric 8,  Death 8,  Sorcerer/Wizard 8
| comp=V, S, M
| casttime=1 hour
| range=Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
| tsea=t 
| subj=One corpse
| dur=Instantaneous
| save=None
| sr=No
}}

A much more potent spell than ''[[SRD:Animate Dead|animate dead]]'', this evil spell allows you to create more powerful sorts of [[SRD:Undead Type|undead]]: [[SRD:Shadow|shadows]], [[SRD:Wraith|wraiths]], [[SRD:Spectre|spectres]], and [[SRD:Devourer|devourers]]. The type or types of [[SRD:Undead Type|undead]] you can create is based on your [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]], as shown on the table below.

{| class="zebra d20" 
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!'''[[SRD:Caster Level|Caster Level]]''' !!'''[[SRD:Undead Type|Undead]] Created''' 
|-
|15th or lower ||[[SRD:Shadow|Shadow]]
|- 
|16th–17th || [[SRD:Wraith|Wraith]] 
|-
|18th–19th ||[[SRD:Spectre|Spectre]] 
|-
|20th or higher ||[[SRD:Devourer|Devourer]] 
|}

You may create less powerful [[SRD:Undead Type|undead]] than your level would allow if you choose. Created [[SRD:Undead Type|undead]] are not automatically under the control of their animator. If you are capable of commanding [[SRD:Undead Type|undead]], you may attempt to command the [[SRD:Undead Type|undead]] creature as it forms.

This spell must be cast at night.

''[[SRD:Spell Descriptions#Material (M)|Material Component]]: ''A clay pot filled with grave dirt and another filled with brackish water. The spell must be cast on a [[SRD:Dead|dead]] body. You must place a black onyx gem worth at least 50 gp per [[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]] of the [[SRD:Undead Type|undead]] to be created into the mouth or eye socket of each corpse. The magic of the spell turns these gems into worthless shells.

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Component	V +, S + and M +
Descriptor	Evil +
Level	Cleric 8 +, Death 8 + and Sorcerer/Wizard 8 +
Range	Other +
School	Necromancy +
Title	Create Greater Undead +