Some Necromancer Spells to Fix Pathfinder Necromancers

anoint undead
lvl 5

m: 250sp gem
casting time: 1 minute

one unintelligent undead rises to 10 int.


create minor undead
casting time: 5 rounds
lvl 1
m: cadaver fitting need (see below)

spell can create a 1 HD zombie or skeleton, which will follow commands for 1 hour then collapse into dust. This requires a skeleton or fleshy corpse.

spell can instaead create a speaking skull of intelligence 10 which will follow instructions for 24 hours then collapse into dust. This requires just a skull or head.

spell can also be used to create animate body parts, such as a crawling arm. these only last 10 minutes.


explode undead
lvl 2
v,s
save: will save

target undead of 1-3 HD must save or explode, dealing d6*HD damage to 10 feet, save half.


mass explode undead
lvl 6
as explode undead but all undead in a 30ft radius from a point  you can see.

mass create minor undead
lvl 4
m: cocaine, 3 grams
casting time: 1 round

as "create minor undead" but may create up to 30 HD of mixed types. still need body parts


bad surgery
v,s
m: eucalyptus leaves
lvl 3
duration: 2 weeks

target dying person must save or become a zombie under the caster's control. it is not immediately obvious that they are undead.


unhallow
v,s,m: living person sacrifice
duration: 1 day/caster level
lvl 5

target structure becomes a base for undead, who will flock there. undead in the structure regain 1 hp/ hour.  bodies placed in the structure will animate as minor undead, who last for the duration.


puppet
v,s,m: large deposit of corpses, e.g. graveyard
casting time: 3 rounds
range: line of sight, will upturn graves
duration: caster level/rounds
lvl 5

target corpses all fly together to create a monster of hd = # of bodies, under the caster's control

willing undead may join, unwilling undead need to save.


locate dead bodies
lvl 2
m (focus): a terrified small animal
ritual casting takes 7 minutes

caster knows direction and distance of dead bodies within 15 miles. the search can be narrowed such as "dead body of the king", "graveyards", etc. if the search returns too many results to list the caster takes 1 wis damage and retains only general information.



fuse undead
lvl 3
m: glue, and either intestines from a living being of at least medium size or gold dust equal to 10gp*hd of combined undead
duration: if only two combined, permanent. otherwise (number of participants)/20 days

caster glues up to caster level/HD undead together. the product has hd = to total undead hd used, is one or two size categories larger, has all the special abilities of the undead used and has a number of attacks = to the number of undead. 30ft speed


undead train
lvl 7
v,s,m: bones of at least 10 people
duration: until the sun rise

caster creates an undead train! up to 15 people can ride, it moves 66ft/round, can trample at +10 for 3d6 damage! yow!!!