Awaken Undead

School necromancy; Level cleric/oracle 7, shaman 7, sorcerer/wizard 7, witch 7

CASTING

Casting Time 24 hours
Components V, S, M (bone dust or grave dirt), DF

EFFECT

Range touch
Target undead touched
Duration instantaneous
Saving Throw none (harmless); Spell Resistance yes (harmless)

DESCRIPTION

This spell grants intelligence to mindless undead such as skeletons and zombies. Undead creatures with Intelligence scores are unaffected. A mindless undead gains an Intelligence score of 1d6+4, subject to the limitation that it cannot become more intelligent than a typical living creature of the same kind. For example, an animal skeleton would simply have an Intelligence of 2 (no roll needed), while an orc may make a die roll but not exceed 8.

The newly awakened undead regains any proficiencies and abilities they had in life.

Additionally the awakened undead gains an additional +2 channel resistance. This bonus stacks with their normal channel resistance.