Flesh Puppet Horde

School: necromancy [evil]


Level: Arcanist 5, Wizard 5, Sorcerer 5, Witch 5, Shaman 4, Cleric 4, Oracle 4, Warpriest 4, Antipaladin 3, Occultist 4, Spiritualist 4



Casting Time: 10 minutes


Components: V, S, M (50 gp)


Range: touch


Target: corpse touched (1 or more)


Duration: permanent


Saving Throw: none


Spell Resistance: no


Source: Horror Adventures

Description

This spell functions as flesh puppet, but can animate multiple zombies. As noted in animate dead, you can't control more than 4 HD/caster level worth of undead in total, nor can a single casting create more than 2 HD/caster level. A separate string attaches to each zombie in your horde. Severing a zombie's string reverts that zombie to a corpse, but doesn't end the spell for other zombies. Because commanding a flesh puppet requires a swift action, you can issue commands to only one zombie/round, though zombies you previously commanded continue to follow their orders. Likewise, you can command only one zombie to speak/round. Unlike with flesh puppet, you can command a zombie to attack. If you do, all your zombies immediately gain the staggered quality and no longer appear to be alive. This spell ends automatically if you cast flesh puppet or flesh puppet horde on a new corpse.