Indicates a character who was dead, and is now animated.
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Can a lich be controlled by control undead?
If it is possible, which to me just does not seem at all fair to a lich, are there ways to avoid this silly little thing? If you have the feat or spell and the lich rolls badly, he is essentially ...
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5answers
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Does an intelligent undead have a soul?
This is a question that arose when an evil cleric PC cast Create Undead on someone (who was dead at the time and was never an undead before) and then commanded (as in, he used his Command Undead class ...
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Help turning my NPC Druid Undead
I have an upper level NPC druid that I plan on killing and then making undead, along with his animal companion.
1) Do the rules allow the undead animal companion in this situation? (If so does it ...
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1answer
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In Pathfinder bloody skeletons are permanently destroyed in an area of a Bless?
The skeleton variant bloody skeleton has the special quality Deathless:
Deathless (Su): A bloody skeleton is destroyed when reduced to 0 hit
points, but it returns to unlife 1 hour later at 1 ...
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Memories of undeath once resurrected?
Related to my other question: Undead NPC Druid
If an NPC has been turned undead and later destroyed/resurrected does he retain the memory of being undead? Specifically the actions he took part in ...
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How do you make a vampire cleric stay dead?
In our current D&D 3.5 campaign we have made enemies with powerful drow vampire clerics. They have an annoying habit of resurrecting as their god is one who brings people back from the dead to ...
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2answers
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Is the blinding effect of Glitterdust effective on mindless undead?
We have just started a new pure Pathfinder campaign and I'm playing a Witch, one of only two arcane casters in the party (the other is a knowledge-based Bard). It looks like the campaign might involve ...
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1answer
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Constitution drain, energy drain, dominating gaze - but incapable of crossing running water?
I'm interested in when this constraint from vampire lore was first integrated into Dungeons and Dragons mechanics: has it been there since the first D&D vampire?
Vampires are... unable to ...
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1answer
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If an attack that has different effects for living and undead creatures is used on a revenant, what would happen?
I'm talking specifically about spirit rend which for a hit goes: 3d6+ intelligence modifier damage(save ends). If the target is undead, it takes no damage and is not immobilized. Instead, the target ...
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1answer
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How is HD determined in Animate Dead?
I have a dread necromancer playing in my game and I've been wondering if we're interpreting the Animate Dead spell correctly. Since the player isn't one to review the rules of spells herself, I've ...
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1answer
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Does a potion of healing hurt undead?
The other night one of my players thought it a good idea to throw a potion of healing at the undead skeletal mage. Her idea was that the potion would harm undead. A creative idea and I said go ahead, ...
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1answer
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Touch Attack Spells vs Incorporeal Creatures
Is it possible to hit an incorporeal creature with a spell that requires a melee touch attack without the use of any magical ability that allows one to make contact with incorporeal beings? Put ...
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1answer
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How do the rules that govern a Cleric's Turn Undead ability vary among D&D editions?
I would like to know how the rules for the Cleric's Turn Undead ability have changed between D&D editions. I don't own or have access to all the rule books for the various editions, so I'm curious ...
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4answers
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Is it possible for a LG paladin to adventure with a N wizard that practices necromancy, using the undead for good?
I was playing with the idea of my N wizard starting to dabble in animating dead, but there is a conflict because of my LG paladin. I'm in the school of thought that mindless undead such as skeletons ...
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1answer
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Do undead benefit from magic items?
Could an undead in 3.5e D&D such as a skeleton benefit from wearing magic items like rings of protection?
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2answers
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How does resurrecting destroyed undead affect their level progression?
While answering this question it brought up this current situation. I thought I had seen this answered here before but I can't find it anywhere.
How does casting "Resurrection" on a destroyed ...
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1answer
151 views
Does an attack with Psionic Weapon Feat inflict extra damage to undead?
In the Expanded Psionic Handbook there's a feat (Psionic Weapon) that allows a character to expend his psionic focus before making an attack so that if he hits there is extra damage. The kind of ...
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1answer
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Stacking Turn Resistance
Does Turn Resistance from different sources stack?
Typed bonuses do not stack, however, turn resistance doesn't specify a type. So, if an undead gets a multiple bonuses to turn resistance do they ...
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1answer
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Can an Undead Servitor use a Ritual scroll?
Can an Undead Servitor use a ritual scroll?
Undead Servitor The corpse shudders, then clambers to its feet. At
your direction, it shoulders your gear and lumbers after you.
Component Cost: ...
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2answers
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Is it possible to inscribe Undead Ward on an item?
Is it possible to inscribe Undead Ward on an item, and if so what would the effect actually be? For example, inscribing it along the edge of a shield, around a belt, or around the outside of a helmet ...
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2answers
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Can an Undead Servitor act after its controller is dead? [closed]
Can an Undead Servitor act after it's controller is dead?
EDIT: (Note that this is not 'act as a sentient creature capable of making it's own choices of action' but 'act' as in 'perform actions'.)
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2answers
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Are there any large monsters with a small corpse? [closed]
I want to carry around a small corpse, and then raise a large monster during battle with "Raise the Dead". Are there any such creatures?
