Undead Servant

This spell allows the wizard to temporarily animate the body or bones of a dead human, demihuman, or humanoid creature of man-size or smaller. The animated creature is treated as a zombie or skeleton, as appropriate; see the Monstrous Manual tome. The undead servant obeys simple commands until destroyed, dispelled, or the spell duration expires.

The material component is a pinch of graveyard dirt.

Notes: Restricted to necromancers, rare. (Updated from Polyhedron Newszine.)

Skeleton: AC 7; MV 12; HD 1; THAC0 19; #AT 1; Drug 1d6 (weapon); SD Half damage from edged and piercing weapons; immune to: sleep, charm, hold and fear, SZ M.

Zombie: AC 8; MV 6; HD 2; THAC0 19; #AT 1; Dmg 1d8; SD Immune to sleep, charm, hold, death magic, poison, and cold-based spells; SZ M; strikes last in melee round.