Create Undead

Level 6 Necromancy spell available to Clerics, Warlocks, and Wizards. Point at a corpse, get a Mummy that follows you until Long Rest. A Mummy is a proper undead brute with a Frightening gaze and a Rotting Fist, and it does not need Concentration.

Spell description: Create a corpse as a heinous mummy that fights by your side. The target must be a Medium or Small corpse.

Spell properties

• Range: 3m (10ft)
• Duration: Until Long Rest
• Conditions applied: Raises a Mummy with Dreadful Glare, Multiattack, and Rotting Fist. It lasts until Long Rest, even if you unprepare the spell.
• Cost: Action + Spell Slot
• Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

Casting Create Undead at higher levels provides no additional benefits.

How to obtain Create Undead

• Cleric, Warlock, Wizard at Class level 11

Source item: Crypt Lord Ring

When to cast Create Undead

Cast it after a fight, on one of the bodies, and go into the next fight with a Mummy. It lasts until Long Rest and it is not Concentration, so the cost is one Level 6 slot per day for an extra frontliner who hits hard and scares things.

Dreadful Glare is the reason to want it. A Frightened enemy cannot move towards the Mummy and attacks with Disadvantage, which is a lot of control from a summon. Rotting Fist does Necrotic and inflicts a curse that stops healing.

You need a Medium or Small corpse within 3m, and it has to be intact. Disintegrate and most fire leave nothing to raise, so keep a body in one piece if you plan to use it.

A Necromancy Wizard should compare it to an upcast Animate Dead. A Level 6 Animate Dead raises three Ghouls, and three paralysing Ghouls often out-perform one Mummy. The Mummy is the pick for Clerics and Warlocks, who do not have that option.