Create Higher Undead
(Necromancy)

Range:  0
Components:  V, S, M
Duration:  Permanent
Casting Time:  Special
Area of Effect:  Special
Saving Throw:  None

Create higher undead is used by evil necromancers to create some of the more powerful undead (most of these undead can also be created in other ways). This spell will create wraiths, mummies, spectres, swordwraiths, soul beckoners and inquisitors. Other undead can be created at the discretion of the DM. The wizard must have the correct spell components (listed below) and then cast the spell, which takes about one turn per Hit Die of the undead. The undead are not under the direct control of the necromancer, but they do tend to follow his commands. The source of this control is not loyalty but fear, and if the necromancer is weak then the undead may turn on him. In addition to the specific components listed below, the necromancer must have a cup of dirt from a grave that is at least one hundred years old, and a considerable portion of his own blood. Due to this contribution of blood, the necromancer will be weak the day after the spell is cast (-2 to-hit and to all saving throws), and the spell cannot be cast again before a full week has past.
•	Wraith: the body of an extremely evil human who obtained at least seventh level in life; five vials of unholy water created by the high priest of an evil religion (minimum of fourteenth level).
•	Mummy: the mummified body of an evil human who obtained at least seventh level in life; a solid gold statue of an evil Egyptian god (usually Set; minimum 5000 gp value).
•	Spectre: the body of an extremely evil human who obtained at least ninth level in life; a painting of the person being animated (the painting must have been done when the person still lived).
•	Swordwraith: the body of an evil human fighter who obtained at least seventh level in life (the fighter must have been part of a military organization and must have fallen in a battle where his side eventually lost).
•	Soul Beckoner: the body of an evil human, half-elf or elf that obtained at least eighth level in life (the person must have died of natural causes and must have been either a wizard or a thief; a philtre of persuasion).
•	Inquisitor: the body of an evil human or demi-human who obtained at least seventh level in life (the person must have been a ruthless, sadistic torturer who was in charge of a torture facility); a rack or other torture instrument on which a paladin of at least ninth level has recently (within one year) been tortured to death.

