Spells (35e)

Name
Create Greater Undead
Blurb
Mummies, spectres, vampires, or ghosts.
School
Necromancy
Subschool
Descriptors
Evil
Level
Clr 8, Death 8
Components
V, S, M
Casting Time
1 hour
Range
Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target
One corpse
Effect
Area
Duration
Instantaneous
Saving Throw
None
Spell Resistance
No
XPCost
Focus
Material Components
A clay pot filled with grave dirt and another filled with brackish water. The spell must be cast on a dead body. You must place a black onyx gem worth at least 50 gp per HD of the undead to be created into the mouth or eye socket of each corpse. The magic of the spell turns these gems into worthless shells.
Description

As create undead, except that this spell allows the character to create more powerful and intelligent sorts of undead. The type of undead created is based on the character's level. The following types of undead can be created by casters of the specified levels:

Cleric Level 	Undead Created
------------ 	--------------
15 or lower 	Mummy
16–17 		Spectre
18–19 		Vampire
20 		Ghost*

*Ghosts created by this spell have three ghostly powers in addition to manifestation: malevolence, horrific appearance, and corrupting gaze.

The character may attempt to command the undead as it forms with a turning check.

Certain types of undead, such as liches, cannot be created by this spell. Such undead are created in other, very specific ways.