Dance Macabre

Glantri: Kingdom of Magic

A low-level version of the 5th-level wizard spell animate dead, dance macabre causes a single dead body to become animate, moving according to the caster's wishes, like a marionette. (It can total no more than twice the caster's mass.) The body's crude and clumsy movements do not allow it to attack, nor perform precise or delicate actions. However, it can lift and drop large objects with both hands.

The corpse has 1d8 hit points and an Armor Class appropriate to its clothing or armor. A successful turning attempt vs. zombies effectively dispels this enchantment, causing the corpse to drop to the ground.

Many wizards use dance macabre to animate a fallen member of a group of hostile creatures unaccustomed to necromancy and intelligent enough to be frightened at the sight of one of their dead rising. (As DM, you may require a morale check to determine if the creatures flee in fear.)

The spell's material component is a drop of blood.

Wizard's Spell Compendium

The dance macabre spell causes a single dead body, no more than twice the caster's mass, to animate, moving like a marionette according to the caster's wishes. The body's crude and clumsy

Movements do not allow it to attack, nor to perform precise or delicate actions. However, it can lift and drop heavy objects with both hands.

The corpse has 1d8 hit points and an Armor Class appropriate to its clothing or armor. A turning attempt successful against zombies dispels this enchantment, causing the corpse to drop to the ground.

Many necromancers use dance macabre to animate a fallen member of a group of hostile creatures. The DM might require a morale check to determine if the creatures flee in fear.

The spell's material component is a drop of blood.