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Animate DeadSpell 1


Necromancy
Source Pathfinder Advanced Player's Guide
Traditions Arcane, Divine, Occult
Cast Three Actions (material, somatic, verbal)
Range 30 feet
Duration sustained up to 1 minute

Your magic dredges up a corpse or skeleton and fills it with necromantic life, and you force the dead to fight at your command. You summon a common creature that has the undead trait and whose level is -1; this creature gains the summoned trait. Heightening the spell increases the maximum level of creature you can summon.


Heightened (2nd) Level 1.

Heightened (3rd) Level 2.

Heightened (4th) Level 3.

Heightened (5th) Level 5.

Heightened (6th) Level 7.

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Heightened (8th) Level 11.

Heightened (9th) Level 13.

Heightened (10th) Level 15.


Traits

Common

Anything that doesn't list another rarity trait (uncommon, rare, or unique) automatically has the common trait. This rarity indicates that an ability, item, or spell is available to all players who meet the prerequisites for it. A creature of this rarity is generally known and can be summoned with the appropriate summon spell.

Necromancy

Effects and magic items with this trait are associated with the necromancy school of magic, typically involving forces of life and death.